Health Science Review

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

word parts

Back (Answer)

word root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel

Front (Question)

word root

Back (Answer)

(WR) Main idea of the word There can be more than one

Front (Question)

prefix

Back (Answer)

(P) Usually at the beginning of the word

Front (Question)

suffix

Back (Answer)

(S) usually at the end of the word

Front (Question)

combining vowel

Back (Answer)

(CV) Usually the letter o. Used to combine word roots and suffixes

Front (Question)

Example of a word root written by itself

Back (Answer)

oste/

Front (Question)

Example of a prefix written by itself

Back (Answer)

pre-

Front (Question)

Example of a suffix written by itself

Back (Answer)

-osis

Front (Question)

combining vowels are used when

Back (Answer)

The suffix begins with a consonant

#10

Front (Question)

arthr/

Back (Answer)

joint

#11

Front (Question)

oste/

Back (Answer)

bone

#12

Front (Question)

my/

Back (Answer)

muscle

#13

Front (Question)

hepat/

Back (Answer)

liver

#14

Front (Question)

enter/

Back (Answer)

small intestine

#15

Front (Question)

encephal/

Back (Answer)

brain

#16

Front (Question)

brady-

Back (Answer)

slow

#17

Front (Question)

ventral

Back (Answer)

front (or belly side) of the body or organ

#18

Front (Question)

dorsal

Back (Answer)

back of the body or organ

#19

Front (Question)

Back (Answer)

front

#20

Front (Question)

posterior

Back (Answer)

back

#21

Front (Question)

superior

Back (Answer)

above

#22

Front (Question)

inferior

Back (Answer)

below

#23

Front (Question)

cephalic

Back (Answer)

toward the head

#24

Front (Question)

caudal

Back (Answer)

toward the lower part of the body