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Med Term Quiz 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anorchism | congenital absence of one or both testes. |
| Angina | Chest pain associated with myocardial ischemia |
| Astrocytes | Glial (neuroglial) cell that transports salts and water from capillaries. |
| Aura | Peculiar sensation appearing before more definite symptoms. |
| Balanitis | Inflammation of the glans penis |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) | Prostatic enlargement, nonmalignant |
| Bilateral Orchiectomy | excision of one or both testes, done when a testis is seriously injured or diseased (as in testicular cancer). |
| Cardiomyopathy | Disease of heart muscle |
| Cause of essential hypertension | Essential hypertension is high blood pressure that doesnât have a known secondary cause. It is also referred to as primary hypertension. |
| Cerebellum | Part of the brain that coordinates muscle movement and maintains balance. |
| Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) | Disruption of the normal blood supply to the brain; stroke |
| Common cause of nongonococcal urethritis | is an inflammation of the urethra that is not caused by gonorrheal infection. For treatment purposes, doctors usually classify infectious urethritis in two categories: gonococcal urethritis, caused by gonorrhea, and nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). |
| Cryogenic Surgery | Use of extremely cold temperatures to freeze or destroy tissue. |
| Cryptorchism | one or both testes fail to descend from the abdomen in the scrotal sac near the time of birth. |
| Cyanosis | abnormal condition of bluish coloration of the skin. |
| Dementia | Mental decline and deterioration. |
| Diastole | relaxation phase of the heartbeat. |
| Dysesthesia | impairment of any sense, especially of the sense of touch. 2. a painful, persistent sensation induced by a gentle touch of the skin. |
| Embolus | Blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel. |
| Embryonal carcinoma | Malignant tumor os the testes. |
| Fibrillation | Random, rapid, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the atria or ventricles. |
| Gyri | Sheet nerve cells that produces a rounded fold on the surface of the cerebrum. |
| Hypothalamus | Region of the brain lying below the thalamus, but above the pituitary gland. It stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete and release hormones. |
| Identify (list) serum enzymes | |
| Interstitial; cells of the testes | In the testes, these cels lie between the seminiferous tubes and produce testosterone. |
| Intrathecal | Pertaining to within the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord. |
| Ischemia | Condition of holding back. |
| Mitral Valve | Valve between the left atrium and left ventricle; bicuspid valve. |
| Orchiopexy | Surgical fixation of an undescended testis in the scrotum. |
| Parenchymal | although often used to refer solely to alveolar tissue, term describes any form of lung tissue including bronchioles, bronchi, blood vessels, interstitium, and alveoli. |
| Parenchymal tissue | Functional, essential tissue of an organ. The seminiferous tubules are the parenchyma of the testis. |
| Paresthesia | Abnormal nervous sensation occurring without apparent cause. Examples are tingling, numbness or prickling sensations. |
| Pericardium | Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. |
| Phlebitis | a condition in which a vein becomes inflamed (phleb=vein + it is=inflammation). The inflammation may cause pain and swelling. When the inflammation is caused by a blood clot or thrombus, it is called thrombophlebitis |
| Phlebotomy | Incision of a vein for the removal of blood. |
| Pneumoencephalogram | an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast |
| Prepuce | Fold of skin covering the glans penis (tip of the penis); foreskin. |
| Purulent | Pus-filled; forming or containing pus. |
| Seminoma | Malignant tumor within a testis |
| Sinoatrial node | Sensitive nervous tissue in the wall of the right atrium; pacemaker of the heart. |
| Syphilis | Sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria (spirochetes). A chancre (ulcer) on the genitalia is a characteristic lesion. |
| Systole | Contraction phase of the heartbeat |
| Systole | the contraction, or period of contraction, of the heart, especially of the ventricles, during which blood is forced into the aorta and pulmonary artery. atrial systole contraction of the atria by which blood is forced into the ventricles; |
| Testis | Male gonad that produces spermatozoa (sperm cells) and the hormone, testosterone. |
| Testis | either of the paired, egg-shaped glands normally found in the scrotum; called also testicle. The testes produce the spermatozoa (the male reproductive cells) and testosterone which is responsible for the secondary sex characters of the male. |
| Tetralogy of fallot | a congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum, malposition of the aorta over both ventricles, and hypertrophy of the right ventricle. |
| Varicocele | Enlarged dilated veins near a testicle. |
| Vas deferens | Narrow tube (one on each side) that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body, around the urinary bladder toward the urethra. |
| Vasectomy | Removing a piece of each vas deferent and tying off each end. |
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