Medical Terminology

2. What is the breakdown of urine into parts called?
6. What are erosions of skin or mucous membranes as a result of prolonged pressure called?
8. If you are experiencing abnormal heart rhythms and irregular heartbeats, this is called what?
11. What is the common term for things that animals eat that are not normal food or treats?
15. What is the device placed around the neck and head of dogs or cats to prevent them from traumatizing an area called?
16. Breathing out is also called what?
17. What are bones outside of the body called?
21. What is the blood protein that transports oxygen called?
22. Which prefix means toward?
25. Means low blood sugar.
26. Lying on the back.
29. Inflammation of the colon.
30. What is the surgical incision into the stomach called?
31. Suffix meaning to burst.
32. If the inside of the body will be visually examined, this procedure is called what?
34. Also called crit, PVC, or packed cell volume.
35. Both ears.
36. If you have difficulty or labored breathing, it is called what?
37. Absence of sensation and consciousness.
38. If you have an enlarged heart, this is known as what?

1. Air in the pathway of the respiratory system.
3. If you are experiencing difficult or painful urination, this is called what?
4. What is the condition called of having a short face? Ex.Pugs
5. What is the colorless solution of formaldehyde used as a preservative for biological specimens?
7. Prefix meaning slow.
9. Opposite of towards a surface.
10. If you have increased blood pressure, you are experiencing what?
12. What prefix means outside?
13. The number of times the heart contracts and relaxes per minute is called what?
14. What is the removal of cells or tissues for microscopic or chemical examinations called?
18. Which suffix means blood?
19. System that includes the brain and spinal cord.
20. Sterilization unit that creates high temperature pressurized steam.
23. Decreased blood pressure.
24. What is the incision into the abdominal cavity called? Also known as a laparotomy.
27. Which suffix means disease?
28. Accumulation of blood in the chest cavity is called what?
30. Prefix meaning within, inside.
33. Suffix which means pertaining to the kidneys.