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1. A condition that impairs the proper function of the body or one of its parts is __disease_________. 2. The beginning of a medical term is called the ______prefix__________. 3. The framework of bones and cartilage that protect our organs and allow us to move is called_____skeletal system________________ 4. Voluntary muscles are different from involuntary muscles because they are under the control of our _willpower__________. 5. The foundation of a word is known as the ___root___________. 6. A __acute__________ disease is a disease that has a quick onset and runs a short course. 7. A vowel linking a suffix and a root, or linking two roots in a term is called __combining vowel_____________. 8. The scientific suffix for “surgical repair” is ____plasty__________________. 9. _Digestive system_____________contains the organs involved in the ingestion and processing of food. 10. The_lungs_______provide a place where oxygen can reach the blood and carbon dioxide can be removed from it. . 11. The physical and chemical breakdown of food into nutrients that can be used by the body’s cells is called____digestion_______________. 12. The ending of a medical term is called the ___suffix__________________. 13. Carbon dioxide is carried in several ways, but is mostly converted to an acid called___carbonic_________acid. 14. Voluntary muscles are different from involuntary muscles because they are under the control of our __willpower_________. 15. The foundation of a word is known as the ___root___________. 16. A __chronic__________ disease has a slow onset and runs a sometimes years long course. 17. A vowel linking a suffix and a root, or linking two roots in a term is called __combining vowel_____________. 18. The scientific suffix for “inflammation” is ___-itis___________________. 19. The heart is contained within a fibrous sac, the _pericardium_____________. 20. There are three kinds of teeth; _incisors____________, ____cuspids___________, and ___molars____________. 21. T