i get a gold star!!

i took my first official quiz on Lesson 1 yesterday. it actually gets registered toward my certificate.

i got 100%

i am so excited. i studied so hard. the first Lesson was very difficult for me. jumping back into 'school work' was just weird...and hard. not to mention that medical terms are a friggin' different language! prefixes, root words, suffixes, OH MY!

feel my pain:

dia- prefix that means 'complete'

epi- prefix that means 'above, upon'

crin/o root that means 'secrete'

erythr/o root that means 'red'

nephr/o root that means 'kidney'

cyst/o root that means 'urinary bladder'

-gram suffix that means 'to record'

-cyte suffix that means 'cell'

-algia suffix that means 'pain'

there are 16 prefixes, 40 root words, and 23 suffixes in this lesson. bring on lesson 2!!