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MED 104 Mrs.D
Flashcard Ch. 13 & 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bronchus | windpipe |
| bronch/i- | bronchus |
| pharynx | throat |
| pulmon- | lung |
| rale | rattle |
| spir- | to breathe |
| -meter | measure |
| thorac- | chest |
| ventil- | wind |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| sinus- | sinus |
| -pnea | breathe |
| phon- | voice |
| voc- | voice |
| expiration | breathe out |
| inspiration | breathe in |
| pleur- | pleura |
| -isy | inflammation |
| cyan/o- | dark blue |
| eu- | normal |
| atelectasis | collapse of part of a lung |
| pneum/o- | air; lung |
| thora- | chest |
| dilat- | expand |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| skelet- | skeleton |
| orth/o- | straight |
| ped- | child |
| oste/o- | bone |
| tendon | sinew |
| -genesis | creation |
| -por- | opening |
| -malacia | abnormal softness |
| myel- | bone marrow |
| -penia | deficient |
| nonunion | failure of healing of fracture |
| malunion | fracture fail to heal together correctly |
| fract- | break |
| articul- | joint |
| abduction | move away from midline |
| adduction | move toward midline |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| burs- | bursa; closed sac around the joint containing synovial fluid |
| phalang/e- | phalanx |
| atrophy | wasting away |
| ten/o- | tendon |
| vertebr- | vertebra |
| carp- | bones of the wrist |
| phalanx phalanges (pl) | bone of a finger or toe |
| necrosis | death |
| patella | kneecap |
| respiratoy | pertaining to breathe |
| carpal | pertaining to the bones of the wrist |
| intervertebral | pertaining to between the vertebrae |
| tendonitis | inflammation of the tendon |
| phalangeal | pertaining to the phalanges |
| bursitis | inflammation of the bursa |
| fracture | result of a break |
| orthopedist | specialist of straight child; one who specializes in the correction and cure of deformities and diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
| osteogenesis | creation of bone |
| osteoblast | bone forming cell |
| osteoclast | bone destroying cell |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joint |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone and bone marrow |
| osteoporosis | condition of openings in the bone; condition in which the bones become more porous, brittle, and fragile and more likely to fracture |
| osteopenia | deficient in bone |
| osteomalacia | abnormal softening of the bone |
| periosteum | structure around the bone |
| diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
| epiphysis | area at the proximal and distal ends of the long bones where ligaments and tendons are attached |
| pneumoectomy | surgical removal of a lung |
| lobectomy | surgical removal of a lobe of the lung |
| fracture | result of to break |
| ventilator | device that breathes for the patient |
| ventilation | movement of gases into and out of the lungs |
| respiration | process again to breathe |
| apnea | absence of respirations |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
| pneumonectomy | surgical removal of a lung |
| eupnea | normal breathing |
| endotracheal | pertaining to inside the trachea |
| lobectomy | surgical removal of a lob of the lungs |
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