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FHSU Medical Term.
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ilium | hip bone |
| ileum | last part of the small intestine |
| pyo- | |
| pyro- | |
| pyelo- | |
| syndrome | collection of signs & symptoms |
| superficial | on the surface |
| deep | below the surface |
| thorax | |
| thoracic | |
| Diaphragm | |
| inguinal | |
| groin | |
| retro- | behind |
| perineum | the surface of the body between the legs |
| peritoneum | |
| perineal | refers to part of the surface of the body |
| hypogastric | designates part of the ventral body cavity |
| visceral | refers to all the hollow, soft organs (Plural-viscera)(Singular-viscus) |
| Epithelium | sheet of cells |
| epi- | upon |
| endothelium | lines blood and lymph vessels but not the rest of the body cavities |
| endo- | within |
| intra- | within |
| Adipose | fat |
| lipid or lip/o | fat |
| athero | fatty |
| A- | without |
| Aplasia | complete absence of an organ or part |
| hypoplasia | incompletely developed |
| -plasia | development resulting from mitosis (cell division) |
| ileitis | inflammation of the small intestine |
| epidermis | above the skin (surface) |
| midsagittal plane | |
| parasagittal plane | |
| transverse/horizontal plane | |
| coronal/frontal plane | |
| Posterior/Dorsal | toward the back |
| Anterior/Ventral | toward the front |
| Peri- | around |
| Pre- | before/in front of |
| Post-/Retro- | Behind |
| atherosclerosis | cased by damaged endothelium; causes heart attack & stroke |
| anaplasia | failure to develop |
| displasia | cells are more variable in size, shape, and location than normal |
| metaplasia | replacement of one kind of epithelial tissue by another |
| neoplasia | new growth (tumor)- either benign or malignant |
| Benign tumors | usually not life-threatening, although they can kill if they secrete hormones uncontrollable or compress a nerve or blood vessel. Remain localized. |
| Malignant tumors | synonym for cancer. Invade adjacent normal tissue and also spread to distant parts of the body |
| hypertrophy | individual cells enlarge (working out = muscles) |
| atrophy | shrinking (ex- unexercised muscles) |
| dystrophy | due to defective nutrition or metabolism |
| dystrophic | abnormal |
| adeno- | gland (This prefix also refers tot he lymph nodes, which don't secrete hormones) |
| adenopathy | pathology of a gland |
| Borne | carried |
| -gen/o | origin/cause |
| nosocomial | |
| Organic | not psychological |
| atresia | |
| aplasia | |
| muscular distrophy | |
| neo- | new |
| malignant | bad |
| hyper- | excessive or increased |
| hypo- | deficient or decreased |
| hyperplasia | enlarged organ or tissue due to larger amounts of mitosis |
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