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Med Term
unit 1 vocab
Term | Definition |
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bi/o | life |
cardi/o | heart |
col/o, colon/o | large intestine;colon |
cyt/o | cell |
enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
lip/o | at |
my/o | muscle |
path/o | disease |
sarc/o | flesh;connective tissue |
viscer/o | internal organs |
a-, an- | not;without |
brady- | slow |
hyper- | above normal;excessive |
hypo- | below;below normal;deficient |
peri- | around;surrounding |
tachy- | fast |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ectomy | surgical |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist (one who studies) |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor;mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-tomy | process of cutting;incision |
ECG/EKG | electrocardiogram |
NKDA | no known drug allergies |
NPO | nothing by mouth (from the latin nil per os) |
Postop | after surgery; postoperative |
Pro. time | prothrombin time (blood clotting test) |
Pt, pt | patient |
VS, V/S | vital signs |
superior | upper half of the body with transverse plane |
interior | lower half of the body with transverse plane |
anterior (ventral) | front of the body with coronal plane |
posterior (dorsal) | back of the body with coronal plane |
lateral | the patients right side with sagittal plane |
medial | the patients left side with the sagittal plane |
midline | median line, or line of bilateral symmetry |
proximal | nearer to center of body or point of attachment |
distal | away from center of body or point of attachment |
cranial cavity | anterior part of dorsal cavity that contains the space inside the skull |
dorsal cavity | lies close to the spine in the posterior of the body and contains spine, and central nervous system (brain, spinal cord) |
spinal cavity | runs from the brain stem to lower back and contains integral portion of spinal cord |
pelvic cavity | sits below the abdominal cavity and contains the reproductive organs and some digestive organs (colon and intestines) some excretory organs (bladder, urethra) |
thoracic cavity | inside the chest, and contains the heart and lungs |
ventral cavity | anterior portion of the body and contains the thoracic, pelvic, and abdominal cavities |
abdominal cavity | largest hollow space of the body, and contains stomach, small intestine, and some reproductive organs, and more excretory organs |
abdominopelvic cavity | cavity consists of both the abdominal and pelvic cavities |
4 abdominal quadrants (names) | right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lowr quadrant, and left lower quadrant |
right hypochondriac region (top row) | contains right kidney, liver |
epigastric region (top row) | contains stomach, liver, part of both kidneys |
left hypochondrias region (top row) | contains part of liver, left kidney, stomach |
right lumbar region (middle row) | contains part of liver, small intestines, right kidney, part of colon |
umbilical region (middle row) | contains stomach, small intestines, part of colon |
left lumbar region (middle row) | contains small intestines part of colon, part of left kidney |
right iliac region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, appendix, part of colon |
hypogastric region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, part of colon, bladder |
left iliac region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, parts of colon |
PRN | as needed |
t.i.d | three times a day |
b.i.d | twice a day |
arthr/o | joint |
WNL | within normal limits |