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Chapters 1-7 Test
terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardi | heart |
| -logy | study of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| hypo- | insufficient, below |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| lumb/o | loin, low back |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| ili/o | ilium (top of the hip bone) |
| epi- | upon, over, at |
| Supine position | laying flat on your back, face up. |
| Lateral position | toward the side |
| Prone position | Patient is lying on his stomach/front side of the body Head is turned to one side. |
| high-fowler | 60 to 90 degrees |
| semi-fowler | 30 to 45 degrees |
| low fowler | 15 to 30 degrees |
| Sims position | lying on the left side with one leg flexed. |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| integument | protective covering |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| sebace/o | oil |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| hidr/o, diaphor/o | sweat |
| -dermis | skin |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| cutane/o | skin |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -itis | inflammation |
| cellul/o | plant or animal cell |
| oste/o, osse/o | bone |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| flex/o | to bend |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| path/o | disease |
| rheumatoid arthritis | gout |
| scler/o | hard |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| lord/o | curve |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| electr/o | electricity |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ot/o | ear |
| aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
| audi/o, audit/o | hearing |
| mening/o | meaninges |
| algia | pain |
| pathy | disease |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| isch/o | hold back |
| hem/o | blood |
| post | after |
| partum | birth |
| ia | condition |
| psych/o | mind |
| tic | pertaining to |
| metry | process of measurring |
| intra | within |
| ocul/o | eye |
| therapy | treatment |
| cytes | cell |
| de- | removal of removing |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| renovascular | a type of hypertension |
| tele- | distant, over a distance |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| tension | pressure |
| ech/o | reflected sound |
| -philia | tendency to |
| coron | crown or circle. |
| peri | around or surrounding |
| arteri/o | artery |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| endo | within, inside |
| cardium | the heart |
| Erythro | "red"blood. |
| Leuko | "white" blood. |
| thromb/o | "clot" a blood clot. |
| an- | not, without |
| -emia | blood condition |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| eu | normal |
| -pnea | breathing |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | rapid or fast |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
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