Question

drag the word parts from the bank onto the chalkboard to form the medical term described below. some terms may only have two parts. the abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries. prefixes word roots / combining forms suffixes word part bank col ostomy algia arteri/o neur/o rrhaphy arthr col ectomy gastr hyper hypo ion itis myc myel neur/o osis ostomy ot/o otomy rhin/o rrhaphy sclerosis stasis tens

Explanation:

The word - root for artery is "arteri/o". The suffix "sclerosis" means hardening. Combining these two gives the medical term for the abnormal hardening of artery walls.

Answer:

arteri/o + sclerosis = arteriosclerosis