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Body System
Appendix 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/0 | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| venul/o | venule |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of arteries with a collection cholesterol-like plaque |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| myocardial infarction | Heart attack an infarct is an area of dead tissue |
| angiography | recording (via x-ray images) blood vessels after the injection of contrast into the bloodstream. |
| echocardiography | producing images of the heart via sound waves or echoes |
| electrocardiography | recording electricity flowing through the heart |
| endarterectomy | surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery to remove fatty deposits and clots |
| percutaneous coronary intervention | A balloon-tipped catheter is threaded into a coronary artery to compress fatty deposits and open the artery ( AKA balloon angioplasty) |
| thrombolytic therapy | drugs are injected into a patients bloodstream to dissolve clots that may cause a heart attack |
| ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
| ACS | disease changes in coronary arteries leading to plaque/clot formation and heart attack or other heart problems |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass grafting |
| CABG | surgery to replace clogged arteries supply blood to the heart muscle |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CHF | heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| ECG | electrocardiography |
| ECHO | echocardiography |
| HDL | high-density lipoprotein |
| HTN | hypertesion |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein |
| ECG | electrical record of the heart |
| ECHO | ultrasound record of the heart |
| HDL | lipoprotein carrying "good" cholestrol |
| LDL | lipoprotein carrying "bad" cholestrol |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| duoden/o | doudenum (1st part of the small intestine) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part of the small intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part of the small intestine) |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pract/o | anus and rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| -cele | suffix meaning hernia and protrusion |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon (s-shape lower portion of the colon) |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| cholelithiasis | abnormal condition of gallstones |
| chole/o | gall |
| lith/o | stone |
| -iasis | pathological condition |
| diverticulosis | abnormal condition of small pouches or sacs (diverticula) in the wall of the intestine (often the colon) |
| gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | a condition in which content of the stomach flow back into the esophagus |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| hepatocellular carcinoma | cancer (primary) of the liver - hepatoma |
| abdominal ultrasonography | proces of beaming sound waves into the abdomen to produce images of organs such as the gallbladder |
| cholangiography | x-ray examination of the bile ducts after the injection of contrast material |
| cholangi/o | bile ducts |
| gastrointestinal endoscopy | visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract with an endoscope |
| colostomy | surgical creation of a new opening of the colon to the outside of the body |
| ileostomy | surgical creation of a new opening of the ileum to the outside of the body |
| laparoscopic surgery | removal of organs or tissue via a laparoscope |
| ALT,AST | alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase |
| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease - reflux esophagitis |
| GI | gastrointestinal - stomach and intestines |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease -crohn disease and ulcerative colitis |
| IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
| LFTs | Liver function tests -ALT,AST,billrubin |
| NPO | Nothing by the Mouth -nil per as |
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition -intravenous solutions are given to maintain nutrition |
| adren/o | adrenal gland (located above the kidney) |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland (located above the kidney) |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| orch/o | testis |
| orchi/o | testis |
| -pexy | suffix meaning surgical fixation |
| orchid/o | testis |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland (located behind the thyroid) |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland (located in the middle of the chest) |
| thyroaden/o | thyroid gland (located in the neck) |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| acromegaly | enlargement of extremities caused by hypersecretion from the anterior portion of the pituitary gland after pubery |
| acr/o | extremeties |
| hyperthyroidism | overactivity of the thyroid gland; also called Graves disease |
| exophthalmometry | measurement of the eyeball protrusion (exophthalmos) as an indicator of Graves disease |
| DM | diabetes mellitus -type 1 ad type 2 are forms of disease |
| GTT | glucosse tolerance test -measures the ability to respond to a glucose load; test for diabetes mellitus |
| K+ | potassium |
| Na+ | sodium |
| TSH | Thyroid-stimulating hormone -pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland |
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