Medical Terminology Simplified

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 595

Vocabulary Review

1.acromegaly 6. insulin 11.hyperglycemia 16. adrenaline 21.deglutition

2.pancreatolysis 7. neurohypophysis 12.pancreatolith 17. glycogenesis 22.vertigo

3.adenohypophysis 8. pancreatopathy 13.polydipsia 18. meningocele 23.jaundice

4.cerebral palsy 9. polyphagia 14.thyrotoxicosis 19. neuromalacia 24.metastasis

5.hypercalcemia 10.diabetes mellitus 15.adrenalectomy 20. pruritus 25.hormone

CHAPTER 10: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Section Review 10–1

Section Review 10–2

1.-osis 5.hemi- 9. hepat/o 13. -rrhexis 17.-tome

2.cyst/o 6.scler/o 10.my/o 14. -plasty 18.chondr/o

3.-cyte 7.-tomy 11.-plegia 15. -rrhaphy 19.-sarcoma

4.quadri- 8.enter/o 12.-genesis 16. ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o 20.-lysis

Section Review 10–3

Term Meaning

1. my/o/sarcoma -sarcoma: malignant tumor of connective tissue; muscle


2. my/o/rrhaphy -rrhaphy: suture; muscle


3. hemi/plegia -plegia: paralysis; one half


4. ten/o/tomy -tomy: incision; tendon


5. cost/o/chondr/itis -itis: inflammation; ribs; cartilage


6. tend/o/lysis -lysis: separation; destruction; loosening; tendon


7. my/o/pathy -pathy: disease; muscle


8. lumb/o/cost/al -al: pertaining to; loins (lower back); ribs


9. tendin/itis -itis: inflammation; tendon


10. my/algia -algia: pain; muscle

Term Meaning

1. dia/physis -physis: growth; through, across


2. sub/cost/al -al: pertaining to; under, below; ribs


3. oste/o/malacia -malacia: softening; bone


4. lamin/ectomy -ectomy: excision, removal; lamina (part of the vertebral arch)


5. pelv/i/metry -metry: act of measuring; pelvis

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