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Cumulative Review 57
Directions: This review covers word parts,
medical terms, and key concepts that you
learned in Chapter 1: The Basics and the Body
and Chapter 2: The Skeletal System. Write your
answers to each exercise on a separate sheet of
paper.
Word Parts
Directions: Write the meaning(s) of each word
part. Identify each word part by type (combining
form, prefi x, or suffi x).
1. gastr/o
2. crani/o
3. -scopy
4. oste/o
5. sub-
6. -logy
7. arthr/o
8. -ectomy
9. -ary
10. hypo-
11. orth/o
12. poster/o
13. cardi/o
14. proxim/o
15. hyper-
16. -itis
17. -osis
18. chondr/o
19. bi/o
20. dist/o
21. a-, an-
Word Construction
Directions: Build the medical term described in
each defi nition.
1. infl ammation of the joints
2. pertaining to the front of the body
3. study of cells
4. study of tissues
5. pain in the joint(s)
6. pertaining to the rib(s)
7. softening of cartilage
8. pain in a bone
9. surgical repair of a joint
10. pertaining to far away from the point of origin
Word Surgery
Directions: Divide each medical term into its
word parts. Identify each word part (prefi x,
combining form, or suffi x). Then write a
defi nition of the term.
1. arthritis
2. osteoporosis
3. ankylosis
4. osteitis
5. spondylosis
6. osteoarthritis
7. arthroscopy
8. scoliosis
9. intercostal
Pronunciations
Directions: Write the correct spelling of the
medical term for each pronunciation listed.
1. fuh-LAN-jeez
2. AHS-tee-oh-puh-ROH-sis
3. met-uh-TAR-suhlz
4. DIGH-ar-THROH-seez
5. uh-PIF-uh-sis
6. AR-throh-PLAS-tee
7. KAHN-droh-muh-LAY-shuh
8. seh-FAL-ik
9. peer-ee-AHS-tee-um
10. sih-NOH-vee-uhl
11. ahk-SIP-ih-tuhl
12. mid-SAJ-ih-tuhl
Cumulative Review
Chapter 1: The Basics and the Body
Chapter 2: The Skeletal System
(Continued)