**Educational Content: Introduction to Medical Terminology**In this educational section, we explore fundamental medical suffixes and an exercise to build medical terms. ### Common Medical Suffixes- **-algia**: pain- **-asthenia**: weakness- **-eal**: pertaining to- **-ectomy**: surgical removal; excision- **-gram**: record; image- **-itis**: inflammation- **-logist**: specialist in the study and treatment of- **-logy**: study of- **-oma**: tumor; mass- **-osis**: abnormal condition- **-pathy**: disease- **-rrhexis**: rupture- **-scope**: instrument used to observe- **-scopy**: process of observing- **-stomy**: new opening (created surgically)### Building Medical TermsThis table helps you practice constructing medical terms by combining root words, combining vowels, and suffixes.| Definition | Root Word | Combining Vowel | Suffix | Build the Medical Term ||----------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|------------------------|| 1. pertaining to the esophagus | esophag | | | || 2. the study of the heart | cardi | | | || 3. rupture of a vessel | angi | | | || 4. cancerous tumor | carcin | | | || 5. inflammation of the large intestine | col | | | || 6. abnormal condition of the diverticulum | diverticul | | | || 7. pain in the stomach | gastr | | | |This exercise is designed to solidify your understanding of medical terminology and improve your proficiency in forming and interpreting medical terms.**End of Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology | Page 41**

process of observing new opening (created surgically) -scopy -stomy Definition Root Word Combining Vowel Suffix Build the Medical Term 1. pertaining to the esophagus esophag 2. the study of the heart cardi 3. rupture of a vessel angi 4. cancerous tumor carcin 5. inflammation of the col large intestine 6. abnormal condition of the diverticulum diverticul

process of observing new opening (created surgically) -scopy -stomy Definition Root Word Combining Vowel Suffix Build the Medical Term 1. pertaining to the esophagus esophag 2. the study of the heart cardi 3. rupture of a vessel angi 4. cancerous tumor carcin 5. inflammation of the col large intestine 6. abnormal condition of the diverticulum diverticul

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

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