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chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| oste | (word root) bone |
| chodr | (word root) cartilage |
| itis | (suffix) inflamation |
| hypo | (prefix) low, under |
| glyc | (word root) sugar, glucose |
| lysis | (suffix) breakdown |
| cyst | (word root) bladder |
| hepat | (word root) liver |
| neur | (word root) nerve |
| hem | (word root) blood |
| stasis | (suffix) stoping, controlling, standing |
| leuk | (word root) white |
| penia | (suffix) deficiency |
| thromb | (word root) = clot |
| osis | (suffix) abnormal condition |
| vas | (word root) vessel |
| constriction | narrowing |
| arteri | (word root) artery |
| scler | (word root) hard |
| spasm | (suffix) twitch, involuntary muscle movement |
| pathy | (suffix) disease |
| electr | (suffix) electricity |
| cardi | (word root) heart |
| gram | (suffix) recording or writing |
| lip | (word root) fat |
| ase | (suffix) enzyme |
| poly | (suffix) many, much |
| cyt | (word root) cell |
| hyper | (suffix) too much, high |
| natr | (word root) sodium |
| emia | (suffix) blood condition |
| nephr or ren | (word root) kidney |
| my | (word root) muscle |
| algia | (suffix) pain |
| glycolysis | the breakdown or metabolism of glucose (blood sugar) by blood cells. |
| alveoli | tiny airsacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. |
| cyctitis | inflamation of the bladder. |
| hepatitis | liver inflamation |
| nephritis | inflamation of the kidneys |
| neuritis | inflamation of the nerves |
| hemostasis | process by wich the body stops the leakage of blood after an injury known as coagulation |
| leukopenia | an abnormal/decrease of white blood cells in the circulatory blood |
| Thrombosis | The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. |
| vasoconstriction | constricted blood vessels |
| arteriosclerosis | condition of hard arteries |
| arteriospasm | a reflex (involuntary) contraction of the artery that can be caused by pain or irritation during needle penetration of the artery muscle or result from a patient's anxiety during arterial punture. |
| arteriopathy | disease of the arteries |
| arteritis | inflamation of the arteries |
| electrocardiogram | (ECG of EKG) and actual record of the electrical currants corresponding to each event in the heart muscle contraction. |
| lipase | digestive enzyme secreted by the pancreas. (fat) |
| polycythemia | a disorder involving overproduction of red blood cells. |
| ovum (singular) | ova (plural) |
| erythrocyte sedimentation rate | ESR |
| postprandial | PP |
| white blood cell | WBC |
| urinary tract infection | UTI |
| aer | (word root) air |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| Prefix | A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. |
| Suffix | The ending part of a word that modifies the meaning of the word. |
| Word Root | central part of a word. |
| Combining Vowel/Forms | a vowel that is added between two word roots and a suffix to make a pronunciation easier. |
| MSO4 | on the "do not use" list. |
| IU | on the "do not use" list. |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| erythrocyte | medical term for red blood cell. |
| atria | the plural form for of atrium. |
| CLSI | organizations that writes guidelines for laboratory practices. |
| ACO | the law that was designed to make health insurance more portable and accountable. |
| the prefix of the word antiseptic means? | against |
| If phlebotomy program decides to become nationally approved, it would contact which organization? | NAACLS |
| PPD | purified protein derivative |
| venule | small vein |
| thrombocyte | the medical term for platelet. |
| cephal | head |
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