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Med Term ch 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dorsal | – near or on the back |
| Ventral | – near or on the belly side of the body |
| Anterior | toward the front or in front of |
| Posterior | following or located behind |
| Cephalic | – upward, toward the head |
| Caudal | – caudad – downward, toward the tail |
| Medial | – toward the midline |
| Lateral | – toward the side, away from the midline |
| Superior | above |
| Inferior | – below |
| Proximal | – near the point of origin |
| Distal | – away from the point of origin |
| Sagittal | – vertical, anteroposterior direction or plane dividing into left and right |
| Coronal | – resembling a crown or encircling |
| Combining form for anterior | – antero |
| Combining form for posterior | postero |
| Pertaining to the front or side | – anterolateral |
| Pertaining to front and middle | – anteromedial |
| Pertaining to the front and top | – anterosuperior |
| Pertaining to the back and side | – posterolateral |
| Pertaining to the back and outside of the body | – posteroexternal |
| Pertaining to the back and inside of the body | – posterointernal |
| Pertaining to the front and back (from front to back) | – anteroposterior (AP) or ventrodorsal |
| Pertaining to toward the back of the head | – dorsocephalad |
| Pertaining to toward the front | – ventrad (ventral) or anterior |
| Proximal | – means closer to the designated point (like the origin of a muscle or limb) |
| Distal | – means further from the designated point. |
| PA | – Posteroanterior |
| LAT | – lateral position |
| LPO | – left posterior oblique |
| Mediolateral | – middle and side |
| Superolateral | – above and to the side |
| Cephalocaudal | – head to tail |
| Tomography and sonography | used to look at anatomy by taking view or planes or slices of the body |
| A sagittal cut made in a vertical, | anteroposterior direction. |
| A sagittal cut at the midline to divide the body into equal right and left halves is called the | midsagittal plane. |
| Any vertical slice front to back is a | sagittal view |
| Latin word that means arrowlike – | sagittalis |
| The coronal suture line of the skull sits at the | crown of the skull |
| Coronal comes from Greek word meaning | crown or circle |
| The corona dentis is the | crown of the tooth |
| The coronary arteries | circle the heart to supply the muscle with blood |
| The arteries encircling the heart are the | coronary arteries |
| The veins encircling the heart are the | coronary veins |
| Inflammation of the umbilicus | – omphalitis |
| Latin word for navel | – umbilicus |
| Greek word for navel | – omphalos |
| Combining form for navel is | omphalo |
| Pertaining to the navel | – omphalic |
| Excision of the umbilicus | omphalectomy |
| Herniation of the navel (umbilical hernia) | – omphalocele or umbilicocele |
| Umbilical hemorrhage | – omphalorrhagia |
| Discharge flowing from the navel | – omphalorrhea |
| Rupture of the navel | – omphalorrhexis |
| Ad | – suffix meaning toward |
| Toward the head | – cephalad |
| Toward the tail | – caudad |
| Greek word meaning knowledge | – gnos |
| Words built from the Greek word meaning knowledge | –gnosia and gnosis |
| Pro | – prefix meaning in front of |
| Prognosis | – means foreknowledge or predicting the outcome of a disease |
| The prefix that means before or in front of is | pro |
| Px | prognosis |
| Leukemia | – is a serious disease associated with leukocytes |
| Procephalic | means in the front of the head |
| Prognostic | – means giving an indication concerning the outcome of a disease |
| Dia | – means through or complete |
| Diagnosis | –literally means knowing through or know through |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| A diagnosis | – identification of disease |
| The literal meaning of diarrhea (watery stool) is | flowing through |
| Dialysis | – is the separation of substances in a solution |
| Hemodialysis – | removes waste from the blood by using an artificial kidney machine |
| Dialysis – | is a process of destroying waste products in the blood by diffusion through a membrane |
| ESRD | – end stage renal disease |
| Peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis are two types | dialysis |
| The word part for through is – | dia |
| Instrument placed on skin, used to look at superficial surface lesions and other things | diascope |
| Aero | – combining form for air |
| Abnormal fear of air | – aerophobic |
| Treatment with air | – aerotherapy |
| Herniation containing air | – aerocele |
| Greek word for life | – bios |
| Biochemistry – | is the study of chemical changes |
| The science (study of) living things is | biology |
| A biologist is one | who studies living things or life |
| Biogenesis – | is the formation of living things |
| An anaerobic plant or animal | cannot live in the presence of air |
| An – | prefix that means without |
| Suffix for life – | bic |
| The tetanus bacillus causes | lockjaw |
| The tetanus bacillus is an | anaerobic bacterium |
| Lockjaw can only develop where air does not penetrate | |
| Botulism – is a serious type of food poisoning that occurs from eating improperly canned meats and vegetables. | |
| The bacillus that causes botulism is anaerobic | |
| A biopsy is an excision of tissue for examination of living or live tissue | |
| Chromo | combining form that means color |
| Greek word for color is – chroma | |
| English words for color – chroma or chrome | |
| A chromocyte is any colored cell | |
| An embryonic color (pigment) cell is called a chromoblast | |
| Destruction of color (in a cell)– chromolysis | |
| Formation of pigment – chromogenesis | |
| Instrument used for measuring amount of color in a substance – chromometer (chromatograph) | |
| Phil is a word root meaning attracted to or love | |
| A chromophilic cell is one that takes on stains easily | |
| Chromophilic – staining easily | |
| The word that means something does not (without) stain easily is achromophilic | |
| Dys – means abnormal, bad, painful, or difficult | |
| The opposite of dys is eu which means well or easy | |
| The word that means opposite of dyspepsia – eupepsia | |
| The word that means opposite of dyspeptic – eupeptic | |
| The word that means opposite of dyspnea – eupnea | |
| Dyskinesia | difficult movement |
| Dysesthesia | difficult sensation |
| Dysphoria | feeling of depression |
| tocia – | suffix means labor |
| Dystocia – | difficult labor |
| Eutocia | – means easy or normal labor |
| Greek word meaning death | – thanatos |
| The word root for death is | than |
| When someone is has an easy or peaceful death it is called – | euthanasia |
| Eugenics – | good development |
| Gen – | form or produce |
| Eu | means good |
| Eugenic sterilization | selective sterilization of individuals that society says have undesirable traits/bad parents. |
| What are two words that are controversial topics concerning bioethics: | euthanasia and eugenics |
| Combining form for intestine | – entero |
| Painful or difficult condition of the small intestine is called | dysentery |
| Combining form for colon | – colo |
| Meno | – is used in words referring to the menses |
| In Latin mensis means | – month |
| Menses is another way or saying | – menstruation |
| Menarche | – comes from the Greek words men for month and arche for beginning |
| Menarche – | refers to a female’s first menstrual period |
| Flow of menses | – menorrhea |
| Painful (bad or difficult) menstrual flow | – dysmenorrhea |
| Permanent cessation of menstruation or menses – | menopause |
| Excessive menstruation or menstrual hemorrhage | – menorrhagia |
| Absence (without) menstrual flow | – amenorrhea |
| Stopping menstrual flow | – menostasis |
| stasis | – means the act or condition of stopping or controlling |
| Hemostasis – | means act of controlling blood flow |
| A word that means control of blood flow in veins is | – venostasis |
| Control of flow in arteries | arteriostasis |
| Control of lymph flow | – lymphostasis |
| Sexually transmitted disease (STD) | – syphilis |
| Combining word used when referring to syphilis is | – syphilo |
| Mental condition caused by syphilis – | syphilopsychosis |
| Fear of contracting syphilis – | syphilophobia |
| Therapy for syphilis – | syphilotherapy |
| A syphilitic tumor – | syphiloma |
| Any syphilitic disease – | syphilopathy |
| cyesis – | comes from Greek word kyesis meaning pregnancy |
| Pseudo | means false |
| A pseudopregnancy or pseudocyesis | – is a false pregnancy |
| Pseudomania | – is a psychosis in which patients have a false or pretended mental disorder |
| Pseudoparalysis – | means false paralysis |
| A false cyst | – pseudocyst |
| False edema | – pseudoedema |
| False or imaginary sensation | – pseudoesthesia |
| False hypertrophy | – pseudohypertrophy |
| False tuberculosis (TB) – | pseudotuberculosis |
| False nerve tumor – | pseudoneuroma |
| The viscera (singular viscus) – | are the internal organs of the body |
| Viscerad – | means toward the viscera |
| Viscerogenic | – means development of organs |
| Combining form for viscera is | – viscero |
| The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity is the | peritoneum |
| The membrane that covers the lungs is the | visceral pleural membrane |
| Parieto | is the combining form for wall |
| Membrane on the surface of the lung | – visceral pleura |
| Membrane on the chest cavity wall – | parietal pleura |
| Membrane on the surface of the organs of the abdominal wall | – visceral peritoneum |
| Membrane on the abdominal cavity wall – | parietal peritoneum |
| Membrane that covers the lungs | – visceral pleura |
| Membrane of the thoracic cavity wall | – parietal pleura |
| Prolapse of the organs – | viscerorrptosis |
| Pain in the organs | – visceralgia |
| Pertaining to the organs | – visceral |
| Sensory function of the organs | – viscerosensory |
| Pertaining to organs and the skeleton | – visceroskeletal |
| Pertaining to the development of organs – | viscerogenic |
| Ecto | outer – outside |
| Endo | inner – inside |
| Meso | middle |
| Retro | backward – behind |
| Para | near |
| Blastoderm | – an embryonic disk of cells that gives rise to the three main layers of tissue in humans |
| Outer germ layer is called the | – ectoderm |
| Inner germ layer is called the | endoderm |
| Between the ectoderm and endoderm is a middle layer called the | mesoderm |
| The ectoderm forms – | the skin |
| Nervous system arises from the | ectoderm |
| Sense organs and some glands are also formed from the – | ectoderm |
| The endoderm – | forms organs inside the body |
| The stomach and small intestine arise from the | – endoderm |
| The mesoderm forms organs that arise between the | ectoderm and endoderm. |
| Muscles are formed by the – | mesoderm |
| Ecto | is Latin prefix for outside |
| Exo | is Greek prefix for outside |
| Something produced within an organism is said to be | – endogenous |
| Something produced outside an organism is said to be | – ectogenous or exogenous |
| Type 1 Diabetes produce very little | endogenous insulin |
| Type 1 Diabetics must take insulin from | exogenous or ectogenous sources |
| Type 1 Diabetics have – | hyperglycemia |
| Type 1 Diabetics display the three P’s – | polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia |
| Polyuria – | excessive urination |
| Polydipsia – | excessive thirst |
| Polyphagia – | excessive hunger |
| Ectocytic – | adjective meaning outside the cell |
| Inside a bladder is called | – endocystic |
| plasm | – used as suffix in words about the substance of cells (cytoplasm) |
| Proto | means first |
| Protoplasm | – is the substance of life |
| The protoplasm that forms the outer membrane of the cell is called | – ectoplasm |
| The protoplasm within the cell is called – | endoplasm or cytoplasm |
| Endocranial – | adjective meaning within the cranium |
| An adjective meaning within cartilage is | – endochondrial |
| Endoenteritis | – inflammation of the lining of the small intestine |
| Pertaining to the lining of the heart (adjective) | – endocardial or endocardiac |
| Inflammation of the lining of the colon – | endocolitis |
| Endoscope | is an instrument used to look into a hollow organ or cavity of the body. |
| The process of viewing the stomach through an instrument is called | – endoscopy |
| Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) – | is one type of endoscopy |
| Endarterectomy | – removal of a substance (usually an atheroma) from the inside of an artery |
| Ectopic | – out of place |
| Ecto – | outside |
| Topos | – Greek word for place |
| An ectopic pregnancy | occurs outside of the uterus (usually in a fallopian tube) |
| A salpingectomy | may be required after the rupture of an ectopic pregnancy |
| An embryo’s development in the abdominal cavity is another example of an | ectopic pregnancy |
| Meso | prefix for middle |
| Peritoneum attaching intestine to the abdominal wall | – mesentery |
| Peritoneum attaching large intestine to the abdominal wall(mesentery of the colon) | – mesocolon |
| Pertaining to the middle sized teeth | – mesodontic |
| Retro | |
| Behind the colon | – retrocolic |
| Behind the breast (mammary glands) | – retromammary |
| Behind the sternum | retrosternal |
| Anteversion | means turning forward |
| The word for turning backward is | retroversion |
| The retroperitoneum | is the space behind the peritoneum |
| An inflammation of this space is called | – retroperitonitis |
| ERCP | – endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| Flexion | – is bending or shortening of a body part (usually at a joint) |
| Ante | is prefix for front or forward |
| Anteflexion | means bending forward |
| Retro | – means behind (or backward) |
| Bending backward | – retroflexion |
| Retroflexion | of the uterus means that the uterus is bending backward |
| Para | prefix that means near, beside or around |
| Paracentral | means near the center or around the center |
| Para | appendicitis means inflammation around the appendix |
| Inflammation around (near) the bladder – | paracystitis |
| Inflammation of tissues around (near) the vagina – | paracolpitis |
| Inflammation of tissues near the liver – | parahepatitis |
| Inflammation of tissues near the kidney – | paranephritis |
| ā | before |
| AD | right ear (auris dextra) |
| AP | – anterior to posterior, anterioposterior |
| AS | – left ear (auris sinistra) |
| AU | – both ears (auris uterque) |
| Bx | biopsy |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DRG – | diagnostic related group |
| Dx | – dignosis |
| ESRD – | end stage renal disease |
| Hx | history |
| LAT – | lateral |
| LMP – | last menstrual period |
| LOA – | left occiput anterior |
| LPO – | left posterior oblique |
| OD – | right eye (ocular dextra) |
| OS – | left eye (ocula sinistra) |
| OT – | occupational therapy |
| OU – | both eyes (ocula sinistra) |
| PA – | posterior to anterior |
| p – | after |
| Px | prognoses, prognosis |
| ROP | – right occiput posterior |
| RPO | – right posterior oblique |
| RPR, VDRL | – syphilis test ( blood test) |
| STD, STI | – sexually transmitted disease (infection) |
| TB – | tuberculosis |
| VD – | venereal disease |
| Introduction of a tube to evacuate or irrigate a body cavity | catheterization |
| Cessation of breathing – | apnea |
| Type one diabetes mellitus – | IDDM |
| Upper respiratory infection – | URI |
| Sleep seizures | – narcolepsy |
| Continuous positive air pressure | CPAP |
| Reduced depth of breaths | hypoventilation |
| Symptoms that run together – | syndrome |
| How the patient feels | symptoms |
| Units | – U |
| Low blood sugar (adjective) | – hypoglycemic |
| Pain reliever – | analgesic |
| Headache – | cephalgia |
| Difficulty breathing – | dyspnea |
| Getting air in lungs (adjective) | ventilatory |
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