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Anatomy & Physiology
Anatomy & Physiology CH3-5
Term | Definition |
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ALOPECIA | Loss of Hair |
ANEURYSM | Artery wall weakness |
ANHIDROSIS | No sweat |
ARRHYTHMIA | Irregular heart beat |
ARTHRALGIA | Joint Pain |
ARTHR/O | Joint |
ARTHRITIS | Joint Inflammation |
ARTHRODESIS | Surgical fusion of a joint |
ARTHROSCOPY | Examination of Joint Interior |
AUSCULTATION | Listening to sounds in the body with a stethoscope |
BIOPSY | Removal of a piece of tissure to aid in diagnosis |
BX | Biopsy |
BRADYCARDIA | Abnormally low heart rate - below 60bpm |
CARDIOMEGALY | Enlarged Heart |
CARDIOMYOPATHY | Disease of the myocardium |
COST/O | Rib |
CYANOSIS | Slightly bluish color of the skin, due to lack of oxygen |
DERMATOME | Instrument of cutting skin or thin transplants of skin |
DERM/O | Skin |
-DYNIA | Pain |
ERYTHEMA | Redness or flushing of the skin |
ERYTHRODERMA | Red Skin |
FIBRILLATION | Abnormal quivering/contractions of heart fiber |
FIBROMYALGIA | Aching and pain in muscules & tissue |
HTN | Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) |
JAUNDICE | Yellow cast to skin, mucous membranes and whites of the eyes |
KELOID | Raised, thickened red scar |
MALANIN | Black color pigment in skin |
MYEL/O | Bone Marrow, Spinal Cord |
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | Partial of Complete closing of one or more coronary arteries |
NECROSIS | Dead tissue |
ONYCH/O | Nail |
ORTH/O | Straight |
ORTHOPEDIST | Musculoskeletal System Specialist |
PERICARDIUM | Outer sac around heart |
PHYSIATRIST | Rehabilitation Specialist |
PIL/O | Hair |
PODIATRIST | Feet & Leg Specialist |
PULSE | Expansion and contraction produced by blood moving through artery |
RICKETS | Dificiency in calcium & Vitamin D; results in bone deformities |
-RRHAPHY | Suture |
STENOSIS | Narrowing of spinal cord |
TACHYCARDIA | State of fast heart |
VENIPUNCTURE | Incision into a vein |