Med Term

Which of the following suffixes mean "pertaining to"?

• -ectomy

• -al

• -ic

• -oma

• -sis

The suffix -tomy means:

• cutting into; incision

• process of visual examination

• to view

• cutting out; removal; excision

Which of the following terms contains the suffix that means "blood condition"?

• leukemia

• hemoglobin

• neuroglobin

• anemia

• hemialgia

Which suffix would be added to the end of the medical term to complete the sentence below? Visual examination of the abdomen is laparo_______.

• -ctomy

• -scopy

• -logy

• -gram

Which of the following suffixes would be added to complete the medical term? An incision of. joint is called anthro_______.

• -tomy

• -scope

• -gram

• -ectomy

Biopsy has the suffix that means:

• abnormal condition

• surgical removal

• to view, process of viewing

• disease, condition

angi/o

• heart

• blood vessel

• muscle

• contraction

aort/o

• pulse

• hardening

• aorta (largest artery)

• vessel

arteri/o, arter/o

• small vein

• artery

• blood clot

• narrowing

ather/o

• hardening

• plaque; fatty buildup

• narrowing

• lung