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Chapter 13-15
Medical Terminology All prefixes suffixes roots w/ Some terms and Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fibr/o fibro fibr | fibrous, connective tissue |
| leiomy/o leiomyo leiomy | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| immun/o | protection |
| dyscrasia | abnormal or pathological blood condition |
| hemoglobin/o hemoglobino | hemoglobin |
| -blast | embryonic cell immature cell |
| What is hemoglobin? | Blood proteins that contains iron/ carrys oxygen in the blood |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| eosin/o eosino | red rosy dawn |
| -stasis | stop control |
| Spher/o sphero spher | globe round |
| granul/o | granules |
| bas/.o | base / alkaline |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| -oid | resembling devired from related to |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells increase in cells |
| -phil | attraction to |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| Basophil responds and releases what ..? Name 2x | Responds to allergens Releases histamine and herparin |
| Pubis | anterior part of the pelvis |
| -stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
| sider/o sidero sider | iron |
| tibi/o | tibia (shinbone) |
| chondr/o chondro chondr | cartilage |
| Heparin | anti-coagulate |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| all/o | other |
| coccyx | tailbone |
| mandibul | lower jaw bone |
| articul/o articulo articul | joint |
| Sternocleidomastoid | turns head |
| Plasma is a solution of (name 7) | water sugar salt hormones lipids vitamins proteins |
| -globin | protein |
| ankylo/o | stiff |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| terporalis | closes jaw |
| masseter | closes jaw for chewing |
| trapezious | elevates shoulder |
| soleus (deep) *posterior* | raises the head |
| Gluteus medius | abducts the thigh |
| Gatroonemius *posterior* | (superficial) Bends the kneew and lifts the heel off the ground |
| Gluteus Maximus *posterior* | Extends , abducts, and rotates high externally |
| Abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
| Deltoid | abducts shoulder |
| Adduction | movement toward the midline of the body |
| flexion | decrease the angle between two bones |
| extension | increasing the angle between two bones |
| dorsiflexion | decreasing this angle of the ankle joint so that the foot moves upward toward the knee or ceiling (oppposite of foot stepping on gas pedal |
| Plantar Flexion | Movement with foot like stepping on a gas pedal |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| supination | applied to hand or forearm where elbow is bent turning palm up////W/ foot it is the outward roll of the foot/ankle during normal motion |
| pronation` | applied to hand or forearm where elbow is bent turning palm DOWN //// W/ foot it is the INWARD roll of the foot/ankle during normal motion |
| occipitofrontalis | raises eyelids and draws scalp backwards |
| tibia | shinbone- longer of the two lower leg bones |
| striated muscle | muscle connected to the bones ; voluntary or skeletal muscle |
| visceral muscle | muscle connected ot internal organs |
| insertion of a muscle | connection of a muscle to a bone that moves / usually distal on the skeleton |
| fascia | fibrous membrane seperating and enveloping muscles |
| fasci/o | fasia; (forms sheaths enveloping muscle |
| pectoralis major | adducts, flexes, rotates shoulder inward |
| bicaps brachll | flexes forearm and supinates forearm |
| triceps brachll | extends forearm and abbducts arm |
| quadriceps | extends the knee |
| burs/o burso burs | bursa |
| rheumat/o rheumato rheumat | watery flow |
| Synou/o | synovial membran sheath (covering around the tendon) |
| hamstrings | flex the knee and extend the hip |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| ten/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind tie togerther |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| pod/o | sole of foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (stricted)muscle connects to the bones |
| dorsi- | back |
| -clast | to break |
| chir/o chiro chir | hand |
| phallanx | finger bones |
| Scapula | shoulder blade |
| sternum | breast bone |
| Ulna | Forearm bone little finger side |
| Vertebre | backbone/spine |
| tarsuls | hindfoot and midfoot bones |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| kyph/o | humpback, humpback (posterior curvature in the thoraic regions) |
| apheresis | removal a carrying away (refers to a removal of blood from on donor with a portion seperated and retained remainder reinfusal into donar. |
| radius | forarm bone - thumb side |
| poikil- | irregular shaped irregular varied |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| What shape are normal red blood cells | biconcave shape |
| patella | kneecap |
| atri/o atrio atri | atrium upper heart chamber |
| pernicious | harmful or dangerous |
| Ca | Calcium |
| CRP | C Reactive protein |
| PRP | platelet rich plasma |
| myel/o myelo myel | bone marrow spinal cord |
| Neutrophil is a _________cyte and ____cyte | A leukocyte > granulocyte |
| neutrophil | responds to parasite infections and is a phagocyte in allergic reactions |
| neutrophil is a ______ in allergic reactions | neutrophil is a phagocyte in allergic reactions |
| sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| myocardi/o myocardio myocardi | heart muscle |
| blood forming cells | hematopoietic stem cells |
| neutr/o neutro neutr | neutral (neither acid nor base) |
| aniso- | unequal in size |
| poikil/o poikilo poikil | varied irregular irregular shaped |
| -gen | giving rise to |
| thrombocyte are ...? | Platelets |
| -phoresis | carrying transmission (of electricity into separate substance) |
| lymphaden/o | lymph nod (gland) |
| -poiesis | formation |
| ana- | again anew |
| stern/o | sternum breastbone |
| tars/o tarso tars | ulna (forearm bone little finger side) |
| scalpul/o scalpulo scalpul | scapula (shoulder blade |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone-thumb side) |
| pub/o pubo | pubis (anterior part of the ?pelure? bone |
| phalang/o phalango phalang | phangles (finger and toe bones) |
| Patella | kneecap |
| Phalanges | finger and toe bones |
| acetabulum | hip socket |
| calcenous | heel bone |
| carpals | wrist bones |
| cavicle | collarbone |
| fibula | smaller of the two lower leg bones |
| humorous | upper arm bone |
| illeum | tailbone |
| mallelus | ankle |
| maxilla | upper jaw bone |
| metacarpais | handbones |
| matatarsals | foot bones |
| olecranon | tip of the elbow |
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