Exam 2: The Body in Health and Disease

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word microscopic (my-kroh-skaw-pik)?

The front of the body is the anterior or ventral section.

The combining form dist/o- means ________.

A doctor who has the initials D.P.M.after his or her name treats patients that have problems with their feet.

The medical word medicine contains two word parts,a prefix and a combining form.

A ________ is a hollow space that is surrounded by bones or muscles.

The plane that divides the body into upper and lower sections is the ________ plane.

Geriatrics is a medical specialty that deals with older adults.

A ________ is a physician specialist who treats diseases of the integumentary system.

The suffixes -ic and -al mean ________.

The combining form iatr/o- means ________.

These word parts,congenit/o- and -al,build a medical word that means "pertaining to (being)present at ________."

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word anteroposterior (an-ter-oh-pohs-teer-ee-or)?

Which of these combining forms means "front"?

A doctor with the initials D.P.M.after his or her name specializes in ________.

People who visit a clinic are known as ________.

Structures on the surface of the body are superficial or external.

Body system that circulates the blood throughout the body.

The combining form caud/o- means "________."

To understand the patient's symptoms and signs,a physician first ________.