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Nursing terms 1
Nursing terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adren/o | gland |
| -oma | mass/tumor |
| -itis | inflammation |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| -ology | study of |
| -opsy | to visually examine |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -vascular | blood vessel |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -gram | record |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| col/o and colon/o | large intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| -sis | state of |
| dia | complete |
| pro- | before |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o and hemat/o | blood |
| globin | protein |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| -tomy | incision |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -ist | specialist |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| aut/o | self |
| -opsy | to view |
| psych/o | mind |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | condition of pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | mass/tumor |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | no, not |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dys- | bad, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | within |
| crin/o- | secrete |
| epi- | above, upon |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | below, less than normal |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| cells | individuals units of the body |
| tissues | similar cells grouped together |
| organs | collections of different tissues working together |
| systems | groups of organs working together |
| circulatory system | transports blood |
| lymphatic system | fight against disease |
| digestive system | breaks down food |
| endocrine system | chemical messengers (hormones) |
| female and male reproductive system | eggs and sperm, testes and ovaries (sex organs) |
| musculoskeletal system | supports body and allows it to move |
| nervous system | carries electrical messages to and from brain and spinal cord |
| respiratory system | controls breathing |
| skin and sense organ system | receives messages from environment and sends it to the brain |
| urinary system | produces urine and sends it out |
| cranial cavity | surrounds skull (brain and pituitary gland) |
| thoracic cavity | surrounded by breastbone and ribs (heart, lungs, windpipe, bronchial tubes) |
| pleura | double membrane surrounding lungs |
| pleural cavity | space between the pleural membranes |
| mediastinum | large area between lungs |
| abdominal cavity | space below thoracic cavity |
| diaphragm | muscle that separates the abdonimal and thoracic cavities |
| peritoneum | double membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen |
| pelvic cavity | below abdominal cavity |
| pelvis | bones of hips |
| spinal cavity | space within backbones |
| spinal column | backbones |
| spinal cord | nerve tissue within spinal cavity |
| cervical (neck) region | 7 bones -- C1-C7 |
| thoracic (chest) region | 12 bones -- T1-T12 |
| lumbar (loin/waist) region | 5 bones -- L1-L5 |
| sacral (sacrum/lower back) region | 4 fused bones |
| frontal (coronal) plane | front and back |
| sagittal (lateral) plane | right and left |
| transverse (axial) plane | upper and lower |
| magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | magnetic rays are used to create images |
| abdonim/o- | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| cervic/o | neck of body/cervix |
| chrondr/o | cartilage |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| crani/o | skull |
| epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
| epi- | upon |
| theli/o | nipple |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| larynx | voice box |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin (waist) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mediastin/o | medistinum |
| mediastinum | space between the lungs |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| peritoneum | membrane surrounding abdonimal organs |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trachea | windpipe |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
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