Surgical Puncture to Aspirate Fluid Quiz and Flashcards

What is the primary function of a combining vowel in medical terminology?

Which of the following medical terms is an example of an eponym?

What is the meaning of the combining form 'Acr/o' in medical terminology?

Which of the following is an example of a compound word in medical terminology?

What is the meaning of the combining form 'Psych/o' in medical terminology?

Which surgical procedure involves surgical fixation?

What does the suffix '-tome' refer to in surgical terminology?

Which procedure involves the process of loosening, freeing, or destroying?

What is the purpose of a thoracentesis procedure?

Which term refers to the creation of an opening?

In surgical terminology, what does the suffix '-pexy' indicate?

A medical term consists of a word root, combining vowel, and combining form.
A word root is the main part of a medical term that conveys the basic meaning.
A combining vowel is used to link word roots together and facilitate pronunciation.
A combining form is a modified word root that is used to form a new medical term.

Centesis: a surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid (e.g., abdominocentesis, amniocentesis).
Ectomy: excision or surgical removal (e.g., appendectomy, cholecystectomy).
Lysis: process of loosening, freeing, or destroying (e.g., gastrolysis, adhesiolysis).
-pexy: surgical fixation (e.g., rectopexy, hemorrhoidopexy).
-plasty: surgical repair (e.g., hernioplasty, abdominoplasty).
RRhaphy: suture (e.g., herniorrhaphy).
Scopy: visual examination with the use of a lighted instrument (e.g., colonoscopy, anoscopy).
-stomy: creation of an opening (e.g., colostomy, ileostomy).
-tome: an instrument used for cutting (e.g., electrotome, microtome).
-tomy: incision or cutting into tissue (e.g., laparotomy, choledochotomy).