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Here are some guided questions to ask yourself as we move through this lesson! It's good stuff I promise...

1. Within the word Sarcopenia, the root word “SARCO-” refers to _______________.
2. When etymologizing the word “Sarcoma”, “sarc-“ + “-oma” literally means what?____________________________
3. Hippocrates named masses of cancerous cells as “Karkinos.” What does Karkinos mean is English? ___________________
4. Sarcophagus’ literal meaning is: “________________” + “________________”
5. In Sarcomere, “-mere” means ______________ in English.
6. A Sarcomere is made up of __________ and Myosin.
7. In the word Autophagy, “Auto-” refers to _____________.
8. If “BIOGRAPHY” means “A study of life,” then what do you think AUTObiography? _______________________________________________
9. “phago-” + “cyte” = “_____________________”
10. In the term “CYTOPENIA”, the suffix “-penia” means: __________________
11. “Thrombo-” + “cytes” = ____________________________
12. Thrombocytes help to form ________________ to slow or stop bleeding and to help wounds heal.
13. What do you think it means when you have a “-penia” of thrombocytes? AKA… Thrombocytopenia?
14. Circle the correct answer: Do hemophilia and thrombocytopenia go hand in hand?  True or False
15. What does the prefix “hemo-” mean?  “_______________”
16. The root word “OSTEO” means _________________
17. Circle the correct answer: Is bone porous in nature?  True or False
18. Osteoporosis = “a” + “b” + “c” = _____________________________________