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Final exam for med t
Final exam for med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diverticul/o | Small blind pouch, divereticulum |
| Gingv/o | Gums |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Herni/o | Hernia |
| Lapar/o | Abdomen |
| Palat/o | Palate, roof of mouth |
| Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| -pespia | Digestion |
| Peritone/o | Peritoneum, to stretch |
| Polyp/o | A small growth, polpy |
| Pylor/o | Pylorus |
| Sial/o | Saliva |
| Uvul/a | Grape, uvula |
| Steat/o | Fat |
| Arche/o | Beginning, first |
| Salping/o | Fallopian tube, eustachian |
| Colp/o | Vagina |
| Culd/o | Cul-de-sac |
| Epis/o | vulva |
| Gynec/o | woman, female |
| Hymen/o | Hymen |
| Vulv/o | Vulva |
| Cervic/o | cervic, neck |
| son/o | sound |
| Azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| Hydr/o | water |
| -blast | immature cell, Embryonic |
| presbyr/o | old age |
| Lith/o | stone |
| Noct/o | Night |
| Olig/o | few in number, half |
| Tom/o | to cut |
| Urin/o, ur/o | urine |
| Albumin/o | albumin(protein) |
| Cyst/a, vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| Glomerul/o | little ball, glomerula |
| Meat/o | meatus, opening passage |
| Nepr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| Pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| Ureter/o | ureter |
| Urethr/o | urethra |
| spermato/o | sperm |
| balan/o | gland penis |
| Epididym/o | epididymis |
| orchid/a | testies, testicals |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| vas/o | blood vessel , duct |
| -ism/o | condition of disease |
| -centesis | surgical puncture, to aspirate fluids |
| -ectomy | surgical excision, removal |
| -lysis | dissolve |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -emia | blood |
| -spasm | cramp or twitching |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -rrhexix | rupture |
| -ptosis | sagging |
| -lith | stone |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o | appendix |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| encephala/o | brain |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| chir/o | hand |
| card/o , cardi/o | heart |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| bi- | two |
| di- | double, two |
| hyper- | above normal |
| hypo- | below normal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many |
| primi- | first |
| quadri- | four |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| ab- | away from |
| anti- | against |
| diplo- | double |
| ecto- | outer, external |
| en- | within, on, upon, over |
| endo- | within |
| in- | without |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| para- | alongside, near |
| pre- | before |
| sub- | below, beneath |
| supra- | beyond |
| anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back |
| promix/o | near |
| super/o | above |
| ventr/o | front |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| LUQ | Left upper quadrant |
| RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
| RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
| towards the side | lateral |
| body cavity containing the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities | ventral |
| body cavity containing the spinal and cranial cavities | dorsal |
| body cavity housing just the chest | thoracic |
| plane that divide the body into right and left half | coronal |
| plane that divides the body into front to back | sagittal |
| plane that divides the body into top and bottom portions | transverse |
| dactyl/o | toes, finger, (both) |
| omphal/o | umbilical (navel) |
| som/o | body |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
| acr/o | extremities |
| pelv/I, pelv/o | pelvis |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| dacry/o | tears |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| hem/o | condition of blood |
| hidr/o | perspiration |
| hydr/o | water |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| py/o | pus |
| lymph/o | clear water, fluid lymph |
| sail/o | saliva |
| crin/o | secrete |
| 3 types of muscles | smooth, skeletal, cardiac |
| 12 organ systems | respiratory, muscular, immengutary, cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, urinary, nervous, skeletal, male and female reproductive |
| 3 general parts of a cell | cell membrane, nucleus,cytoplasm |
| primary anatomical plane | frontal, sagittal, ventral |
| four quadrant regions | Right upper, Right lower, Left upper, Left Lower |
| regions of the body | Right hyperchondriac right lumbar, right iliac, epigastric, umbilicial, hypogastric, left hyperchondriac, left lumbar, left iliac |
| Spongy,porous tissue | Cancellous bone |
| Outward extension of the shoulder bone | Acromion |
| Opening or passage in bones where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave | Foramen |
| Projection of the temporal bone | Mastoid process |
| Knuckle-like process at the end of bone | Condyle |
| Mandible, vomer, maxilla, and zygomatic are all bones of the | Face |
| Occipital,sphenoid, frontal, temporal, and ethmoid are bones of | Cranium |
| The shaft of a long bone | Diaphysis |
| Poor formation | Osteodystrophy |
| Slipping or subluxation of a vertebra | Spondylolisthesis |
| Operation performed to relieve symptoms of a slipped disk | Laminectomy |
| Lateral curvature of the spinal column | Scoliosis |
| Vitamin D deficiency leads to softening of bone, | Osteomalacia |
| Pertaining to upper arm bone | Humeral |
| The shoulder bone | Scapula |
| The smaller bone of the two lower legs bones | Fibula |
| Inflammation of bone and bone marrow | Osteomyelitis |
| Clubfoot | Talipes |
| A splintered or crushed bone | Comminuted fracture |
| Surgical repair of a joint | Arthoplasty |
| Condition of stiffening and immobility of a joint | Ankylosis |
| Chronic inflammation of bones and joints due to degenerative changes in cartilage | Osteoarthritis |
| Inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid accumulation | Gouty arthritis |
| Malignant tumor of smooth muscle | Leiomyosarcoma |
| Wasting away (no development) of muscle | Atrophy |
| Type of epithelial cwl in the epidermis is | Squamous cell |
| Dermis | Middle layer of skin |
| A hard protein material found in the epidermis | Keratin |
| Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue | Collagen |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Pertaining to under a nail | Subungual |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Absence of pigment in skin | Albinism |
| Inflammation of soft tissue around a nail | Paronychia |
| Profuse sweating | Hidradenitis |
| Fungual infection | Trichomycosis |
| Fatty mass within a sebaceous gland | Steatoma |
| A wheal is a | Hive |
| Bullae | Large blister |
| Pustule | Small abscess |
| Pruritis | Itching |
| Thickened scar | Keloid |
| Inflammatory disease of the joints and collagen of the skin , can affect other organs | Systemic Lupus erythematosus |
| Moles that can develop into malignant melanoma | Dysplastic nevi |
| Decubitus ulcer | Bed sore |
| Chronic recurrent dermatomycosis w/ silvery gray scales covering red patches in skin | Psoriasis |
| A dermatomycosis | Tinea |
| White patches on a mucous membrane of tongue or cheek | Leukoplakia |
| Connective tissue in the skin hardens | Mohs surgery |
| Fibrous layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eye and is continuous | Cornea |
| Yellowish region in the retina, contains the fovea centralis | Macula lutea |
| What eye structure is transparent,biconvex,and focuses light on the retina | Optic chiasma |
| Adjustment of the lens by the ciliary body | Accommodation |
| Photosensitive receptors cells of the retina,make the perception of color possible | Cones |
| Kerat/o | Cornea |
| Cycl/o | Ciliary body |
| Palpebr/o | Eyelid |
| An eye inflammation commonly called pink eye | Conjunctivitis |
| Impairment of vision due to old age | Presbyopia |
| Myopia | Nearsightedness |
| Defective curvature of the cornea or lens | Astigmatism |
| Glaucoma is primarily diagnosed by | Tonometry |
| A blind spot, area of depressed vision surrounded by an area of normal vision | Scotoma |
| Macular degeneration produces | Loss of ventral vision |
| Small hard mass on the eyelid, formed from a sebaceous gland enlargement | Chalazion |
| Snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear | Cochlea |
| Channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx | Eustachian tube |
| Myring/o | Tympanic membrane |
| Bacterial infection of the middle ear | Suppurative otitis media |
| Tinnitus | Ringing sound in ears |
| Visual examination of the ear | Otoscopy |
| Nerve deafness occurring with aging | Prebycusis |
| Fungal infection of the ear | Otomycosis |
| Progressive damage to the macula of the eye | Macular degeneration |
| Clouding of the lens causing decreased vision | Cataract |
| Myopia | Nearsightedness |
| Hyperopia | Farsightedness |
| Small, hard cystic mass on the eyelid | Chalazion |
| Hordeolum | Stye |
| Repetitive rhythmic movement of both or one eye | Nystagmus |
| Retinal microaneurysms,hemorrhage, or new vascular growth within the retina | Diabetic retinopathy |
| Abnormal deviation of the eye,esotropia and exotropia | Strabismus |
| Separation of the retinal layers | Retinal detachment |
| Function of the thyroid gland | Secretes thyroxine |
| Name for anterior lobe of the pituitary gland | Adenohypophysis |
| Secretes cortisol | Adrenal cortex |
| Hormone secreted by the pancreas | Insulin |
| Hormone regulates calcium in he blood and bone | Parathyroid hormone |
| Stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete hormones | ACTH |
| EXAMPLE of electrolytes | Sodium |
| Element that is present in thyroxine | Iodine |
| Hormone secreted by the ovary and adrenal cortex | Estrogen |
| Description of gonadotropins | Secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
| Term for excessive development of mammary tissue in a male | Gynecomastia |
| Kal/i | Potassium |
| Insulin defiency or resistance leads to hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis | Diabetes mellitus |
| Group of symptoms produced by excess of cortisol from the adrenal cortex | Cushing syndrome |
| Advanced hypothyroidism in adulthood | Myxedema |
| Post-puberty hypersecretion of the thyroid gland | Graves disease |
| Enlargement of the thyroid gland | Goiter |
| Exophthalmos is a symptom of which endocrine system | Graves disease |
| Tetany | Constant muscle contraction |
| Natr/o | Sodium |
| Characteristics of type 1 diabetes mellitus | Little or no insulin produced |
| what is a description of achondroplasia | Defective cartilage formation that affects bone growth |
| Administration of radioactive compound and visualization with a scanner to detect tumor or nodules | Thyroid scan |
| Removal of a gland above the thyroid gland | Parathyroid |
| Hormone that stimulate the thyroid glands | Thyrotropic hormone |
| Removal of gland above the kidney | Adrealectomy |
| Inflammation of thyroid gland | Thyroiditis |
| High level of sugar | Hyperglycemia |
| Excessive thrist | Polydipsia |
| Low levels of calcium | Hypocalcemia |
| Hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex | Corticosteroid |
| High level of calcium in the urine | Hypercalcuria |
| Male hormone | Androgen |
| Producing female characteristics | Estrogenic |
| High level of calcium in the blood | Hypercalcemia |
| Animal starch | Glycogen |
| Blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs | Pulmonary artery |
| Contraction phase of the heartbeat | Systole |
| Located between the left upper and lower chamber of the heart | Mitral valve |
| Saclike membrane surrounding heart | Pericardium |
| Sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heartbeat | Sinoatrial node |
| Blood vessel branching from the aorta to carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle | Coronary arteries |
| Disease of heart muscle | Cardimyopathy |
| Phlebitis | Inflammation of a vein |
| Instrument to measure blood | Sphygmomanometer |
| Local widening of an artery | Aneurysm |
| Cyanosis | Bluish coloration of skin |
| Ischemia | Can be caused by thrombotic occlusion of a blood vessel |
| Angina | Chest pain relieved w/ nitroglycerin |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | Fibrillation |
| Petechiae | Small, pinpoint hemorrhage |
| Blood clot forms in large lower limb | Deep vein thrombosis |
| Four separate congenital heart defect | Tertralogy of fallot |
| Patent- means: | Open |
| Cause of essential hypertension | Idiopathic |
| Digoxin | Drug used to stregthen the heartbeat |
| Ck,LD,and AST | nitrate-like drugs |
| ECHO | High-frequency sound waves are transmitted into the chest |
| Incision of a vein | Phlebotomy |
| Removal of plaque from inner lining of an artery | Endareterectomy |
| Holter monitor | ECG taken during daily activity |
| C | With |
| S | Without |
| Prn | As needed |
| Stat | Immediately |
| Asap | As soon as possible |
| Npo | Nothing by mouth |
| Hs | Hour of sleep |
| Pt | Patient |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Bs | Blood sugar |
| Afib | Atrial fibrillation |
| Mi | Myocardial infarction |
| Bbb | Bundle branch block |
| Bid | Twice a day |
| Qid | Four times a day |
| Qday | Every day |
| OM | Otitis media |
| Bom | bilateral otitis media |
| Bp | Blood pressure |
| Bm | Bowel movement |
| Bph | benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| Htn | Hypertension |
| C/o | Complain of |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| Cabg | coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
| Cad | Coronary artery disease |
| Dc | Discontinued |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) |
| Cbc | Complete blood count |
| Wbc | White blood count |
| Wt | Weight |
| Vs | Vital sign |
| Uti | Urinary tract infection |
| Us | Ultrasound |
| Uri | Upper respiratory infection |
| Cf | Cystic fibrosis |
| Chf | Chronic heart failure |
| Chol | Cholesterol |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CPOD | chronic pulmonary obstructive disease |
| CxR | chest X-ray |
| D&C | Dialation and cureltage |
| HCT | hematocrit |
| HgB | hemoglobin |
| DOb | date of birth |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| EENT | ears eyes nose throat |
| Ent | Ear nose throat |
| flu | influenza |
| Fx | fracture |
| H&H | hemoglobin & hematocrit |
| H&P | history and physical examination |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| Hx | history |
| IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| IUD | intrauterine death/device |
| IV | intravenous |
| LMP | last menstrual period |
| K | potassium |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| MOM | milk of magnesium |
| Ms | Multiple scuarosis |
| N/v | nausea and vomiting |
| MRI | magnetic imaging |
| Na | sodium |
| PDR | Physicians desk reference |
| Po | by mouth |
| PTS | post traumatic stress disorder |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC | red blood count |
| RLL | right lower lobe |
| RUL | right upper lobe |
| ROM | range of motion |
| SIDS | sudden infant death syndrome |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematous |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| STREP | streptococcus |
| TEA | tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy |
| TSH | thyroid stimulating hormone |
| PTH | post transfusion hepatitis |
| TAH | total abdominal hysterectomy |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TIA | trans ischemic attack (stroke) |
| TM | tympanic membrane |
| UA | urinary assessment |
| Cpk | creatine phosphokinase |
| CRF | chronic renal failure |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
| IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| ETOH | alcohol |
| GERD | gastro esophageal reflux diseases |
| GTT | glucose tolerance test |
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