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AHP 318.1
Medical terminology AHP 318 Test 1 study cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete( to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, a sac or cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encehpla/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman,female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/a | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/r | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophtam/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract urine |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| cyte | cell |
| ectomy | excision remove |
| emia | blood condition |
| genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in |
| globin | protien |
| gram | record |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ical | pertaining to |
| ion | process |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| opsy | process of viewing |
| osis | condition(usually abnormal) |
| pathy | disease condition |
| scope | instrument to visually examine |
| scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| sis | state of condition |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| y | process condition |
| a, an | no not without |
| aut/o | self own |
| epi | above, upon |
| dia | through complete |
| end/o | within |
| ex/o | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo | deficient,below, less than normal |
| in | into, in |
| peri | surrounding, around |
| pro | before foward |
| re | back, backwards,again |
| retro | behind |
| sub | below,under |
| trans | across through |
| polyuria | frequent urination |
| glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
| neuropathy | nerve damage |
| nephropathy | kidney disease |
| opthalmic | conditions leading to blindness |
| tachycardia | increase heart rate |
| anterior/ventral | front surface of the body |
| deep | away from the surface |
| distal | far from point of attachment |
| frontal/coronal plane | plane dividing the body in anterior and posterior portions |
| inferior/caudal | below another structure,lower portion of the body |
| lateral | pertaining to the side |
| medial | pertaining to the middle or near the middle of the body |
| posterior/dorsal | back surface of the body |
| prone | lying on the belly |
| proximal | near the point of attachment |
| sagittal/lateral plane | length wise vertical plane dividing the body into left and right sides |
| superficial | on the surface |
| superior/cephalic | above another structure, towards the head |
| supine | lying on the back |
| transverse/cross sectional plane | horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast/throw |
| cervic/o | neck(of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| crain/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far distant |
| does/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| verebr/o | backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana | up |
| cata | down |
| wpi | above |
| hypo | below |
| inter | between |
| meta | change |
| eal | pertaining to |
| iac | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| ism | process condition |
| ose | pertaining to, full of |
| plam | formation |
| somes | bodies |
| type | picture classification |
| acr/o | extermities,top,extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp sever sudden |
| amni/o | amnion(sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | arm pit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| chem/o | drug chemical |
| col/o | colon |
| hydr/o | water fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | adbomen, adbominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myle/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neutr/o | neutrophils(white blood cell) |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation development |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | veins |
| megaly | enlargement |
| opsy | to view |
| penia | deficiency |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | development, formation, growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| ptosis | drooping,sagging,prolapse |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| stasis | stopping,controlling |
| stomy | opening to form a mouth(stoma) |
| therapy | treatment |
| trophy | development,nourishment |
| er | one who |
| ia | condition |
| ole | small,little |
| um,ium | structure,tissue |
| us | structure,substance |
| al | pertaining to |
| ar/y | pertaining to |
| oid | resembling |
| ous | pertaining to |
| tic | pertaining to |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers,toes |
| duct/o | to lead,carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape/form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind,tie,connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | place,position/locations |
| tox/o | poison |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| blast | embryonic,immature |
| crine | to secrete |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| drome | to run |
| fusion | coming together, to pour |
| gen | substance that produces |
| laspe | to slide, sag,or fall |
| lysis | breakdown,separation,loosening |
| meter | to measure |
| mission | to send |
| or | one who |
| partum | birth labor |
| phoria | to bear,carry,feeling(mental state) |
| physis | to grow |
| rrhea | flow,discharge |
| ab | away from |
| ad | towards |
| ante | before, froward |
| anti | against |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| con | with,together |
| contra | against,opposite |
| de | down,lack of |
| dys | bad,painful,difficult,abnormal |
| ec,ecto | out,outside |
| en,endo | within, in |
| eu | good,normal |
| hemi | half |
| in | into,within,not |
| infra | beneath |
| intra | into,within |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| micro | small |
| neo | new |
| pan | all |
| para | abnormal,beside,near |
| per | through |
| poly | many,much |
| post | after,behind |
| pre | front,in front of |
| pro | before,froward |
| pseudo | false |
| re | back again |
| retro | behind,backward |
| supra | above,upper |
| syn,sym | together,with |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | across,through |
| ultra | beyond,excess |
| uni | one |
| alveol/o | small sac |
| cac/o | bad |
| cauter/o | burn,heat |
| cry/o | cold |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| follicul/o | small glandular sacs |
| fung/i | fungus,mushrooms |
| medull/o | soft inner part |
| mucos/o | mucus membrane |
| mut/a | genetic change |
| mutagen/o | causing genetic changes |
| papill/o | nipple like |
| pharmac/o | chemical drug |
| plas/o | formation |
| ple/o | many,more |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| xer/o | dry |
| blastoma | immature tumor |
| genesis | formation |
| suppersion | to stop |
| apo | off away |
| brachy | short(distance) |
| prot/o | first |
| tele | far |
| eosinophils | Type of leukocyte |
| basolphils | Type of leukocyte |
| lymphocytes | Type of leukocyte |
| monocytes | Type of leukocyte |
| protoplasm | first formation,gelatinous substance within cells |
| cell membrane | protect the cell environment |
| nucleus | site of replication |
| Chromosomes | Nuclear structures composed of DNA and wrapped in protective protein that code for biological structure and function |
| cytoplasm | gelatinous material in cell outside of nucleus |
| mitochondria | site of energy production from catabolism(break large/complex into small/simple) |
| Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) | site of protein anabolism |
| Metabolism | the combination of anabolism and catabolism |
| System: Digestive | mouth,throat,esophagus,stomach,intestines,liver,gallbladder,pancreas |
| System:Urinary or excretory | kidneys,ureters,urinary bladder,urethra |
| System:Respiratory | nose,pharynx,trachea,bronchial tubes |
| System:Reproductive | ovaries,fallopian tubes,uterus,vagina,mammary glands,testes,urethra,penis,prostate gland |
| System:Endocrine | thyroid gland,pituitary gland, sex glands,adrenal glands,pancreas,parathyroid gland |
| System:Nervous | brain,spinal cord,nerves, and collections of nerves |
| System:Circulatory | heart,blood vessels,lymphatic vessels, nodes, spleen, thymus gland |
| System:Musculoskeletal | muscles,bone,joint |
| System:Skin and sense organs | skin,hair,nails, sweat glands, sebaceous (oil) glands, eyes, ears, nose, tongue |
| Tissues | epithelial, muscle, nerve, connective |
| Cavities:Cranial | Brian,pituitary gland |
| Cavities:Thoracic | 2 pleural cavities,lungs, |
| Cavities: Mediastinum | heart,esophagus,trachea,bronchial tubes, thymus gland,aorta |
| Cavities: Abdominal | digestive organs and accessory organs, peritoneum |
| Cavities: Pelvic | Urinary tract system,reproductive system, |
| Cavities: Spinal | spinal cord and associated nerves |
| Hypochondriac | right and left below cartilage of ribs that extend over abdomen |
| epigastric | above the stomach |
| lumbar | right and left near the waist |
| umbilical | navel |
| inguinal | right and left near the groin, iliac region |
| hypogastric | middle region right below the umbilical region |
| Spine:Cervical | Neck c1-c7 |
| Spine:thoracic | chest t1-t12 |
| Spine:lumbar | lower back l1-l5 |
| Spine:sacral | s1-s5, fused into one bone |
| Spine: coccygeal | 4 fused bones at end of spine |
| Spine:Spinal column | bone and vertebrae that protect the spinal cord |
| Spine:Spinal cord | nerves |
| Hernia | bulging forth,out pouching,protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. |
| Hiatial hernia | stomach protrudes into mediastinum through esophagus opening of diaphragm cause back flow,heartburn |
| inguinal hernia | intestine protrudes into groin, often scrotal sac in male usually treated surgically to avoid obstruction,strangulation,gangrene |
| umbilical hernia | intestines protrude from the abdominal wall around the umbilical region |
| cystocele | urinary bladder protrudes towards the vagina |
| rectocele | rectum protrudes towards the vagina |
| dialysis | separation of harmful products from the blood |
| Hemolytic disease | incompatibility between mother and fetus blood |
| leukemia | excessive abnormal white blood cells(cancer) |
| Ischemia | to hold back blood |
| amniocentesis | removing fluid from the amniotic sac |
| COCCI: COCCI | berry shaped bacteria |
| COCCI:streptococci | twisted chains of cocci causes strep throat,tonsillitis,Rheumatic fever,kidney diseases |
| COCCI:streptococci A | flesh eating bacteria |
| COCCI: staphylococci | clusters of cocci causes external skin absences and boils, food poisoning |
| COCCI: pneumococci | lancet shaped cocci cause bacteria pneumonia in adults |
| COCCI:gonococci | causes gonorrhea |
| Tumors: Carinomas | cancer from epithelial cells |
| Tumors:sarcomas | cancer from connective tissue |
| Tumors: Grading | determines the degree of maturity or differentiation |
| Tumors:staging | determines the amount of spread |
| Tumors:Grade1 | well differentiated |
| Tumors:Grades 2&3 | moderately to poorly differentiated |
| Tumors:Grade4 | very differentiated often hard to determine the origin of the cells |
| Tumors:Staging Tis | carcinoma in situ research term not practitioner term |
| Tumors: Staging | TNM system |
| Tumors: Staging T | tumor, size and degree of local spread |
| Tumors: Staging N | nodes, number of regional lymph nodes invaded |
| Tumor: Staging M | Metastases, presence or absence or malignant tumor cells at different sites |
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