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Medical Term
Medical Terms for Chapter 5 & 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cardi | Heart |
| angi | vessel |
| arteri | artery |
| capill | capillary |
| phleb | vein |
| ven | vein |
| hem,hemat | blood |
| aort | arota |
| ather | fat |
| brady | slow |
| crasia | mixture of blending |
| emia | blood condition |
| erthr | red |
| leuk | white |
| tachy | rapid |
| thromb | clot |
| my | muscle |
| ventricul | ventricles |
| inter | between |
| -cyte | cell |
| valvu | valve |
| embol | something inserted; bol: cast, em: blodd |
| coron | crown |
| isch | hold back /lack of |
| lipid | fat |
| aneurysm | a ballooning of a vessel |
| chrom: chromat | color |
| -ism | condition |
| plast | growth |
| venules | small veins |
| penia | decreased |
| fasci, | fascia |
| fibr | fiber |
| kines,kenesi | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| ton | tone |
| tax | coordination |
| tri | three |
| duct | lead |
| ten /o , tend/o , tendin | tendons |
| -ion | action |
| tens | stretch out |
| flex | bend |
| ceps | head |
| bi | two |
| lysis | breakdown, destroy |
| poly | many |
| sarc | flesh |
| brady | slow |
| asthenia | weekness |
| condyl | knuckle |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| hemi | half |
| quadri | four |
| electr | electricity |
| neur | nerve |
| -dynia | pain |
| carpi | wrist bone |
| clon | violent action |
| cardiovascularsystem | consists of the heart, blood, vessels |
| pericardium | known as the pericardial sac double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart |
| epicardium | is the external layer of the heart and inner layer of the pericardium |
| myocardium | also known as myocardial muscle is the middle and thickest of the heart's three layers and consists of specialized cardiac muscle tissue. This muscle maintains the flow of blood throughout the body |
| endocardium | which consists of epithelial tissue it is the inner lining of the heart. This surface comes into direct contact with the blood as it is being pumped through the heart. |
| atria | two upper chamber of the heart. They are the receiving chambers and all blood vessels coming into the heart enter here. |
| Septum | is a wall that separates two chanbers |
| ventricles | are the lower chambers of the heart. They are the pumping chambers, and all blood vessels leaving the heart emerge from the ventricles |
| Tricuspid | controls the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle.. means having three cusps |
| pulmonary semilunar valve | located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. |
| pulmonary | means pertaining to the lungs |
| semilunar | means half moon shaped like a half moon |
| mitral valve | also known as the bicuspid valve is located between the left atrium and left venticle. Biscupid means having two cusps |
| aortic semilunar | is located between the left ventricle and aorta |
| pulmonary circulation | is the flow of blood only between the heart and lungs |
| pulmonary arteries | carry deoxygenated blood out of the right ventricles and into the lungs. This is the only place in the body where deoxygenated blood is carried by arteries instead of veins |
| pulmonary veins | carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart. This is the only place in the body where veins carry oxygenated blood |
| systemic circulation | includes the flow of blood to all parts of the body except the lungs |
| Sinoatrial node | establishes the basic rhythm and rate of the heartbeat (natural pace maker) |
| atrioventricular node | transmits the electrical impulses onward to the bundle of His |
| bundle of HIs | fibers that carry electrical impulse to ensure to insure the sequence of the heart contractions |
| purkinje fibers | This contraction of the ventricles forces blood out of the heart and into the aorta and pulmonary arteries |
| arteries | are large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all regions of the body |
| Neutrophils | formed in the red bone marrow are the most common type of WBC |
| Basophils | are the least common and are responsible for the symptoms of allergies |
| Eosinophils | they destroy paraasitic organisms and paly a major role in allergic reactions |
| Lymphocytes | they identify foreign substances and germs in the body (bacteria or viruses) they produce antibodies that specifically target them |
| Monocytes | they provide immunological defenses against many infectious organisms |
| aneurysm | is a localized weak spot or ballon like enlargement of the wall of an artery. Can be fatal |
| ateriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| Chronic venous insufficiency | circulation is inadequate due to partial vein blockage or leakage of venous valves effects the feet and ankles causes discoloration of the skin |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein occurs in superficial vein |
| varicose veins | abnormally swollen veins occur when valves in the veins malfunction and allow blood to pool in these veins causing them to enlarge |
| thrombosis | is the abnormal condition of a having a thrombus |
| thrombus | is a blood clot attached to the interior wall of an artery |
| thrombotic occlusion | is the blocking of an artery by a thrombus |
| coronary thrombosis | is damage to the heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery |
| deep vein thrombosis | is the condition of having a thrombus attached to the wall of a deep vein blockage can form in the legs example sitting to long on a airplane it can break loose and be fatal |
| embolism | is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus |
| embolus | is a foreign object such as a blood clot quantity of air or gas or a bit of tissue or tumor tha is circulating in the blood |
| Blood dyscrasia | is any pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood |
| Hemochromatosis | is a genetic disorder in which the intestines absorb too much iron |
| leukopenia | that the number of leukocytes in the blood are less than normal |
| polycythemia | is an abnormal increase in the number of red cells in the blood due to excess production of bone marrow |
| Septicemia | blood poisoning/ is a systemic condition caused by the spread ob microorganisms and their toxins via the circulating blood |
| Thrombocytopenia | is a condition in which there is an abnormally small number of platelets circulating in the blood |
| Thrombocytosis | is an abnormal increase in the number of platelets in the circulating blood |
| hemmorrahage | is the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
| transfusion reactions | is a serious and potentially fatal complication of a blood transfusion when a patients blood does not match |
| Cholesterol | fatty substance that travels through the blood and is found in all parts of the body |
| heyperlipidemia | is elevated levels of cholesterol and fatty substances |
| myelodysplastic | bone marrow disorders |
| leukemia | type of cancer found in blood forming tissues, other organs and in circulating blood |
| Anemia | is a lower than normal number of erythrocytes it means inadequate hemoglobin which means all parts of the body receives less oxygen |
| Aplastic | failure of blood cell productions leads to fatigue and weakness |
| Hemolytic anemia | is a condition of an inadequate number of circulating red blood cells due to the premature destruction of red cells by the spleen |
| Iron deficiency anemia | common form of anemia Iron is essential component of hemoglobin blood can not carry oxygen effectively |
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