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Flash Cards Pima
150 word flash cards from assignment 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adhesion | A fibrous band or structure by which parts abnormally adhere. Union of two surfaces that are normally separate, such as in wound healing or in some pathological process. |
| absorbent | 1. able to take in, or suck up and incorporate. 2. a tissue structure involved in absorption. 3. a substance that absorbs or promotes absorption. |
| alcoholic | Relating to, controlling alcohol. One who abuses/depend on alcohol. |
| ameboid | like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) Of or resembling an amoeba, especially in changeability of form and means of locomotion |
| aortic arch | One of the four portions of the aorta giving rise to three arterial branches |
| arm | A portion of the upper limb of the body between the shoulder and the elbow |
| bacteriolysis | The breakdown of bacteria intracellularly or extracellularly |
| benign | (of a tumor) non cancerous and therefore not an immediate threat, even though treatment eventually may be required for health or cosmetic reasons |
| bilirubin | A yellow bile pigment found as sodium bicarbonate |
| blephar- | A combining form meaning pertaining to the eyelid or eyelash |
| boxer’s fracture | A fracture of one or more metacarpal bones, usually the forth or the fifth, caused by punching a hard object. Such a fracture is often distal, angulated, and impacted |
| buttocks | The large fleshy protuberances at the lower posterior portion of the torso comprising fat and the gluteal muscles |
| carotid pulse | The pulse of the carotid artery, palpated by gently pressing a finger in the groove between the larynx and sternocleidomastoid muscle of the neck |
| carpal tunnel | A common painful disorder of the wrist and hand, induced by compression on the median nerve between the inelastic carpal ligament and the other structures within the carpal tunnel |
| cell | The fundamental unit of living tissue |
| -centric (not dental) | A combing form meaning center |
| charting | To note data in a patient record, usually at prescribed intervals |
| coagulate | The process of transforming a liquid into a solid especially of the blood |
| date of service (DOS) | |
| dermatosis | Any disorder of the skin, especially if not associated with inflammation |
| detoxify | |
| dexter | |
| -dipsia | A combining form meaning thirst |
| dry gangrene | Necrosis or death of tissue, usually the result of ischemia (loss of blood supply), bacterial invasion, and subsequent putrefaction |
| ec- | A combing form meaning out of |
| -ectomy | Excision or surgical removal |
| EKG | Electrocardiogram |
| embolus | A foreign object, a quantity of air or gas, a bit of tissue or tumor, or a piece of a thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream unit it becomes lodged in a vessel |
| embry/o- | An organism in the early stages of development |
| endometrium | The mucus membrane lining of the uterus, consisting of the stratum compactum, the stratum sponigiosum and the stratum basale |
| facial | |
| facio- | A combing form meaning 'pertaining to the face' |
| fibro- | A combing form meaning 'pertaining to fiber' |
| finger | Any of the digits of the hand |
| flexion | The act of flexing or bending |
| follicle galacto | A pouch like depression, as the dental follicles that enclose the teeth before eruption or the hair follicles within the epidermis |
| gait | The manner or style of walking, including rhythm, cadence and speed |
| galacto- | A combing form meaning 'pertaining to milk' |
| nosocomial | Of or pertaining to hospital |
| obstetric | The branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy &childbirth including the study of the physiologic &pathologic function of the female reproduction tract & the care of the mother & fetus throughout pregnancy, childbirth & the immediate postpartum period. |
| occiput | The back part of the head |
| oculo- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to the eye |
| -oid | A combing form meaning resembling something specified |
| -ole | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to the oil |
| oligo/olig | A combing form meaning few, little |
| -ology | Suffix denoting study of |
| pan- | |
| pancreas | |
| papilla | |
| papule | |
| pepsin | |
| percutaneous | |
| quadr-/quadri- | Combining forms meaning four |
| quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four limbs |
| quiescent | |
| radial | |
| radiate | |
| rale | |
| receptor | |
| recto-/rect- | |
| ren-/reno-/reni- | |
| resect | |
| rubor | |
| rugae | |
| sac | |
| sacral | |
| sagittal (def. #2) | |
| salivary | |
| sensori- | |
| sibilant | |
| tablet (tab.) | |
| tachy- | |
| tactile | |
| temporo- | |
| thoraco- | Combining forms meaning denoting the chest |
| ulcer | |
| ulna | |
| umbilical | Relating to the umbilcus |
| undifferentiated | |
| unifocal | |
| vagal | |
| vagina | |
| vago | |
| varicose | |
| vasculo- | |
| wheeze | |
| wheal | |
| white matter | |
| wound | |
| wrist | |
| xeno- | |
| xero- | |
| xerostoma | |
| xiphoid | |
| x-ray | |
| zoonosis | |
| Z-track method | |
| zygo- | |
| zygote | The diploid cell resulting from union of a sperm and an oocyte/early embro |
| supine | |
| prone | |
| lateral | |
| supinate | |
| pronate | |
| adduction | Movement of a body part toward median plane |
| gastric | Relating to the stomach |
| gastro | combining forms meaning the stomach, abdomen |
| geront- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to old age or aged |
| glosso- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to the tongue |
| halitosis | Offensive breath resulting from poor oral hygiene, dental or oral infection, the ingestion of certain foods |
| ham-string | Any of the three muscle at the back of the thigh |
| heart | Hollow muscular chamber |
| helminth | A combing form meaning worm |
| hemangio- | Combining form meaning the blood vessels. |
| hip | The hip joint; The head of the femur and the acetabulum of the innominate bone |
| -ia | Condition, used in formation of names of many diseases |
| -iasis | A combing form meaning disease produced by something specified |
| iatro- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to physician or treatment |
| ictero- | Combining form related to jaundice |
| ileo- | Combining form denoting the ileum; bottom of the small intestine. |
| impregnate | 1 to inseminate and make pregnant; to fertilize. 2 to saturate or mix with another substance. impregnable, adj., impregnation, n. |
| jaundice | A condition in which a person's skin and the whites of the eyes are discolored yellow due to an increased level of bile pigments in the blood resulting from liver disease. Jaundice is sometimes called icterus, from a Greek word for the condition. |
| jejunum | That part of the small intestine extending from the duodenum to the ileum |
| joint | Any of the connections between the bones |
| jugular | |
| justice | |
| juxtaglomerular | Smooth muscle cells lining the glomerular end of the afferent arterioles in the kidney that are in opposition to the macula densa |
| kali- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to potassium |
| karyo- | A combing form meaning of or pertaining to a nucleus |
| keloid | Overgrowth of collagenous scar tissue at the site of a wound of the skin |
| keratin | A fibrous sulfur containing protein that is the primary component of the epidermis, hair, nails, enamel of the teeth and horny tissue of animals. |
| Korotkoff sounds | Sounds heard during the taking of blood pressure using sphygmomanometer and stethoscope |
| Kussmaul respirations | Abnormal deep very rapid sighing respirations characteristic of diabetic ketoacidosis |
| labio- | |
| laceration | |
| lact-/lacto- | Milk |
| laparo- | Abdomen |
| laryngo- | Larynx |
| lumbar | Relating to the loins or part of the back and sides between the ribs and the pelvis |
| macro-/macr- | |
| mal- | |
| -malacia | |
| malignant | |
| meato- | meatus (opening) |
| miosis | Contraction of the pupils |
| nano- | |
| narcotic | Any drug derived from opium or opium like compounds, sig alters mood/behavior |
| necro- | Death (body cell) |
| noct- | night |
| normo- |
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