| A | B |
|---|
| What are the skin layers? | epidermis, dermis, hypodermis |
| What is an emollient? | product that softens the skin |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -cele | hernia |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| balan/o- | glans penis |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| angi/o | vessel |
| endo- | within |
| peri- | around |
| myo- | muscle |
| What virus causes mononucleosis? | Epstein-Barr virus |
| gastrectomy | excision or removal of the stomach |
| laparotomy | incision into the abdomen |
| retina | in the eye, contains the vision receptors |
| choroid | blood vessles |
| mycosis | fungus |
| ocular | eye |
| photo | light |
| phobia | fear |
| optician | fits glasses or contacts |
| -ist | specialist (doctor) |
| -ologist | specialist (doctor) |
| labyrinth/o | inner ear |
| tympan/o, myring/o | tympanic membrane; eardrum |
| aur/i, aur/o, ot/o | ear |
| audi/o | hearing |
| cochlea | fluid filled protion of the ear that sends information to the auditory nerve |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| petr/o | stone; hard |
| py/o | pus |
| otopyorrhea | discharge of pus from the ear |
| otomycosis | ear infection caused by a fungus |
| ichium | part of the pelvis that you sit on; lower portion |
| ilium | upper wing, shaped portion of the pelvis |
| pubis | front portion of the pubic bone |
| acetabulum | large socket in pelvic bone for head of the femur |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| ankyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| inter- | between |
| hemi- | half |
| -paresis | slight paralysis; weakness |
| thyr/o | thyroid |
| kal/i | potassium |
| natr/o | sodium |
| acr/o | extremities, height |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| -pathy | disease |
| Hormones are secreted by which body system? | The endocrine system |
