Med Term I Review Game Units 67

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Med Term IReview GameUnits 6-7

• Uro, Gyno, and Gastro

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Urology

• The two combining forms for kidney are?
• Answer ren/o and nephr/o
• The root words for bladder and urine are?
• Answer ur and cyst
• Destruction is denoted by what suffix?
• Answer -lysis
• -Rrhagia is a suffix meaning what?
• Answer hemorrhage

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More Uro

• What kind of physician specializes in the urinary
  tract?
• Answer urologist
• What is the suffix for prolapse?
• Answer -ptosis
• The suffix for urine or urination is what?
• Answer -uria
• Therefore, the word glycosuria would mean what?
• Answer sugar in the urine

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More urology

• And night urination would be?
• Answer nocturia
• Blood in the urine would be?
• Answer hematuria
• A prolapse of the kidney is called?
• Answer nephroptosis
• The two words for kidney disease are?
• Answer renopathy or nephropathy

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More uro

• What particular portion of the kidney is the
  combining form pyel/o referring to?
• Answer renal pelvis
• The word pyelonephritis means what?
• Answer inflammation of the renal pelvis and
  kidney
• A picture or xray of the renal pelvis is called?
• Answer pyelogram
• Destruction of kidney tissue would be?
• Answer nephrolysis

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A few more uro

• A stone or calculus in the ureter would be?
• Answer ureterolith
• A repair of the renal pelvis and ureter would be?
• Answer ureteropyeloplasty
• The word ureterorrhaphy means what?
• Answer suturing of the ureter
• Inflammation of the urethra and bladder would be?
• Answer urethrocystitis
• Making a hole or incision in the urethra would
  be?
• Answer -urethrotomy
• And bleeding from the urethra would be?
• Answer urethrorrhagia

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Strictly men

• The combining forms for the male reproductive
  cells?
• Answer sperm/o(i), or spermato
• The word for formation of sperm is?
• Answer spermatogenesis
• An immature sperm cell would be?
• Answer spermoblast
• The surgical destruction of sperm cells would be?
• Answer spermolysis
• The root words for testis are?
• Answer orchi, orch, orchid

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More man stuff

• The combining form for this structure is vas/o?
• Answer vas deferens
• Sperm mature in this structure which has the
  combining form of?
• Answer epididym/o
• This suffix means to kill or destroy?
• Answer -cide
• This important gland provides the muscular
  propulsion for sperm its combining form is?
• Answer prostat/o
• Scrot/o and balan/o are combining forms for
  these?
• Answer scrotum and glans penis

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More man stuff

• A herniation of the testicle would be?
• Answer orchidocele
• A discharge (abnormal) prostate would be?
• Answer prostatorrhea
• A condition of an undescended testicle would be?
• Answer cryptorchidism
• A repair of the glans penis would be?
• Answer balanoplasty

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Strictly women

• The combining form for egg is?
• Answer o/o
• How bout ovary?
• Answer oophor/o
• Surgical removal of the ovary would be?
• Answer oophorectomy
• The root word for vagina is?
• Answer colp
• The combining form for uterus would be?
• Answer hyster/o

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More women stuff

• The combining form for fallopian tube is?
• Answer salping/o
• So removal of the uterus, tubes, and ovaries
  would be?
• Answer hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
• A picture of the uterus and tubes would be?
• Answer hysterosalpingogram
• A prolapse of the uterus would be?
• Hysteroptosis
• To fix it you would need this surgical fixation?
• Answer hysteropexy
• An exam using an instrument to look into the
  vagina is?
• Answer Colposcopy

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The GI tract

• The combining form for the mouth is?
• Answer stomat/o
• The two combining forms for tongue are?
• Answer lingu/o gloss/o
• How bout lips?
• Answer cheil/o
• And pharynx?
• Answer pharyng/o
• And the esophagus?
• Answer esophag/o

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More GI

• The root word for colon and liver are?
• Answer col and hepat
• The combining forms for duodenum, ileum, and
  jejunem are?
• Answer duoden/o, ile/o, and jejun/o
• Cholangi/o is the combing form for what?
• Answer bile duct
• The suffix plegia means?
• Answer paralysis

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Still more GI

• Inflammation of the tongue would be?
• Answer glossitis
• Under the tongue would be?
• Answer sublingual or hypoglossal?
• A repair of the lips would be?
• Answer cheiloplasty
• The process of chewing is?
• Answer mastication
• The process of swallowing is?
• Answer ingestion

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Still more GI

• Breaking down food into usable parts is?
• Answer digestion
• Moving those parts into the blood is called?
• Answer absorption
• The combining form for gums is?
• answer gingiv/o
• Another word for the mouth cavity is?
• Answer buccal cavity
• The word dysphagia means?
• Answer difficulty swallowing
• While dysphasia means this?
• Answer difficulty talking