Suffixes Prefixes Test Q's Muscular+ Skeletal Word Building
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what does the suffix -oma mean?
Tumor
100
What does the prefix ab-, ex-, mean?
Away From
100
A patient with which condition has abnormally soft bones?
Osteomalacia
100
What physician treats disorders involving the bones, joints, and muscles?
Orthopedic Surgeon
100
Hyper-, Kinesia,
Hyperkinesia
200
What does the suffix -blast mean?
Immature Cell
200
What does the prefix ad- mean?
Toward
200
A patient scheduled for a laminectomy will be having what done on the lamina?
Surgical removal of the lamina.
200
What is the definition of atonic?
Without or lack of muscle tone.
200
My/o-, -asthenia
Myasthenia
300
What does the suffix -desis mean?
Bind Together
300
What does the prefix dorsi- mean?
Back
300
What is the term used to describe partial paralysis of the left half of the body? ( or right)
Hemiparesis
300
Which is the term used for a deficiency of the bone or a thinner than average bone density?
Osteopenia
300
oste/o,-oma
Osteoma
400
What does the suffix -path,-pathy mean?
Disease
400
what does the prefix dys- mean?
Bad; difficult
400
A bursotomy is needed. What is the meaning of the suffix term for this?
Surgical incision ( otomy)
400
What does the term ataxia describe?
Lack of muscle coordination.
400
burs-, -itis
bursitis
500
What does the word suffix in the term hematopoietic mean?
Pertaining to information
500
What does the prefix peri- mean?
Surrounding
500
Jake Hurley is diagnosed with kyphosis. What does this mean?
Jack has a forward spinal curvature; swayback.
500
A 47 year old patient has come in for a removal of fluid in his knee. What is the med term for removal fluid?
Aspiration
500
What is the definition of leiomyofibroma?
Benign tumor of smooth muscle and fibrous connective tissue.






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