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ISBN-10: 0134070259

ISBN-13: 9780134070254978-0134070254

Medical Terminology: A Living Language, 6e (Fremgen)
Chapter 3 Integumentary System

3.1 Fill-in-the-Blank

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-.

Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style.

1) The combining form that means life is ________.
Answer: bi/o
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Learning Obj.: 1
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

2) The combining form that means cold is ________.
Answer: cry/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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3) The combining form that means to burn is ________.
Answer: cauter/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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4) The combining form that means profuse sweating is ________.
Answer: diaphor/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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5) The combining form that means electricity is ________.
Answer: electr/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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6) The combining form that means red is ________.
Answer: erythr/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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7) The combining form that means sweat is ________.
Answer: hidr/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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8) The combining form that means scaly is ________.
Answer: ichthy/o
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9) The combining form that means horny is ________.
Answer: kerat/o
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10) The combining form that means black is ________.
Answer: melan/o
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11) The combining form that means fungus is ________.
Answer: myc/o
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12) The combining form that means light is ________.
Answer: phot/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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13) The combining form that means pus is ________.
Answer: py/o
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Taxonomy: Remembering
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14) The combining form that means wrinkle is ________.
Answer: rhytid/o
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15) The combining form that means oil is ________.
Answer: seb/o
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16) The combining form that means outer layer is ________.
Answer: cortic/o
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17) The combining form that means bladder or sac is ________.
Answer: vesic/o
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18) The combining form that means hair is ________.
Answer: trich/o
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19) A combining form that means nail is ________.
Answer: ungu/o; onych/o
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20) A combining form that means skin is ________.
Answer: cutane/o; derm/o; dermat/o
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21) A suffix that means skin condition is ________.
Answer: -derma
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22) A suffix that means view of is ________.
Answer: -opsy
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23) A suffix that means instrument to cut is ________.
Answer: -tome
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24) A prefix that means other or different from usual is ________.
Answer: allo-
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25) A prefix that means foreign is ________.
Answer: xeno-
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26) A medical term that means pertaining to above the skin is ________.
Answer: epidermal
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Taxonomy: Understanding
Question Type: Word Building
27) A medical term that means pertaining to within the skin is ________.
Answer: intradermal
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Learning Obj.: 6
Taxonomy: Understanding
Question Type: Word Building

28) A medical term that means inflammation of the skin is ________.
Answer: dermatitis
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Taxonomy: Understanding
Question Type: Pathology