WORD BUILDING PRACTICE

Use the above word parts in your notes to build word that would mean the following:

  1. Pertaining to the chestthoracic
  2. Enlarged jointarthromegally
  3. Inflamed stomachgastritis
  4. To remove the skull (cranium)craniectomy
  5. White cellleukocyte
  6. Specialist in the study of the heartcardiologist
  7. Removal of part (pertaining to) the low back______
  8. Treatment using heatthermotherapy
  9. Flow from the noserhinorrhea
  10. Tumor of the heartcardioma
  11. The study of lifebiology
  12. Pertaining to before surgerypresurgical
  13. Black tumormelanoma
  14. Below the stomachhypogastric
  15. Treatment using coldcryotherapy
  16. Enlarged heartcardiomegally
  17. Pertaining to the belly buttonumbilical
  18. Pertaining to the fight against life (bacteria)anitbiotic
  19. Red blood cellerythrocyte
  20. Condition of being bluecyanotic
  21. Without yellow dischargeaxanthrorrhea
  22. Head ache (pain in the head)chephalodynia
  23. Pertaining to the groininguinal
  24. A cell upon the noseepirhinocyte
  25. Inflammation of a jointarthritis
  26. Pertaining to the abdomenabdominal
  27. Condition of a fused jointsynarthrosis
  28. Pain in the pelvispelvodynia
  29. Yellow tumorxanthroma
  30. Opposite side of the body(use one word from directions)contralateral
  31. Pertaining to the tailcaudal
  32. Muscle painmyalgia
  1. Pertaining to the neckcervical
  2. Advantage for life (pertaining to)probiotic
  3. Upon the stomachepigastric
  4. Pertaining to the headcephalic
  5. Pertaining to after surgerypostsurgical
  6. Pertaining to the spinespinal

Use the directional terms from your notes to finish each statement.

  1. The nose is medial to the ears.
  2. The hand is distal to the shoulder.
  3. The heart is superior to the stomach.
  4. The mouth is inferior OR medial to the eyes.
  5. The ovary is inferiorto the kidney.
  6. The lungs are lateral OR posterior to the heart.
  7. The knee is proximal to the ankle.
  8. The “pects” (pectoralis major) are anteriorto the spine.
  9. The “gluts” (glueus maximus) are posteriorto the bladder.
  10. The hamstrings areposteriorto the quadriceps.
  11. The abdominal cavity isinferior to the cranial cavity.
  12. The shoulder is superior to the knee.
  13. The thumb is lateral to the pinky.
  14. The navel is anteriorto the vertebrae.
  15. The elbow is proximal to the wrist.
  16. The hip is lateral to midline.
  17. The heart is medial to the shoulder.
  18. The toes are distal to the ankle.
  19. The scalp is superior to the tongue.
  20. The scapula (shoulder blade) is posterior to the heart.
  21. The skin is superficialto the bone.
  22. The brain is deep to the skull.