MedTerm Final
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- rule #1
- if the suffix begins with a vowel drop the combining form vowel
- metabolism
- together catabolism and anabolism
- catabolism
- breaking down complex foods
- sub
- under
- hemi
- half
- plegia
- paralysis, stroke
- tomy
- incision
- nerve tissue
- conducts impulses all over the body
- combining form
- anatomic root with a combining form
- sym
- together, with
- connective tissue
- attachment tissue
- dermat/o
- skin
- cyte
- cell
- word element
- any component of a medterm
- rule #4
- prefixes are attached with no spelling change
- cele
- hernia
- cell membrane
- surrounds and protects and regulates what passes in and out
- rule #2
- when there is more than one combining form or anatomic root, keep the combining vowel until you attach the suffix
- chromosomes
- rod-like structures within the nucleus 23 pairs
- gastr/o
- stomach
- anti
- against
- rule #3
- combining forms can be placed in any order
- eal
- pertaining to
- endoplasmic reticulum
- network of canals w/i the cell manufacture protein
- ribosomes
- protein factories w/i endoplasmic reticulum
- genes
- regions inside chromosomes composed of DNA
- auto
- own
- nucleus
- controls operations directs cell division and determines structure and function
- hyper
- excessive
- epithelial tissue
- covers the outside of the body and lines the inner surface of internal organs
- ile
- ileum
- mitochondria
- sausage shaped bodies produce energy by burning food in the presence of oxygen
- plasty
- surgical repair
- lysosomes
- garbage disposal of a cell
- tachy
- fast
- muscle tissue
- voluntary and involuntary
- bi
- life
- cytoplasm
- includes all material outside the nucleus enclosed by the cell membrane
- rule #5
- suffixes are attached with no spelling change
- anabolism
- building up complex materials from simpler parts
- combining vowel
- added to the anatomic root usually an O
- phobia
- fear
- anatomic root
- core of the medical term
- karotyping
- determines whether chromosomes are normal in number and structure