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Final Exam!!!!!
Language of Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| air sac in the lung | Alveolus |
| benign bone surface tumor or growth | exostosis |
| clumping of recipient's blood when mixed with incompatible blood | agglutination |
| collapsed lung | atelectasic |
| enlarged speen | splenomegaly |
| harsh, high pitched repiratory sound heard on inspiration, caused by obstruction | stridor |
| malignant connective tissue tumor | sarcoma |
| narrow, slit-like opening between bones | fissure |
| pain in the diaphragm | phrenodynia |
| removal of the voice box | laryngectomy |
| swayback or anterior curvature in the lumbar region | lordosis |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| chrondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| morph/o | shape/form |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| oste/o | bone |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| sider/o | iron |
| tel/o | expantion that is not complete |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tox/o | poison |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -poisesis | formation |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| COPD | Cronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease. airway obstruction associated with emphysema, and chronic bronchitis |
| CT Scan | computor x-ray imaging in the transverse plane |
| EMG | electromyography-recording strength of muscle contractions as a result of electrical stimulation |
| MRI | magnetic resonace imaging- magnetic field creates images of soft tissue. |
| adenoids | nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue |
| anaphylaxis | exaggerated or unusual hypersensitivity to foreign protein or other substance |
| ankylosis | condition or stiffening and immobility of a joint |
| antibodies | protein produced by lymphocytes in response to bacteria, viruses, or antigens |
| antigens | foreign material that invades the body |
| aplastic anemia | failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation in bone marrow |
| arthroscopy | visual examination of a joing with an arthroscope and T.V camera |
| asbestosis | type of pneumoconiosis (asbestos particulate accumulation in lungs) |
| auscultation | listening to sounds within the body (Stethoscope) |
| bone marrow | produces lymphocytes and monocytes and all other blood cells |
| bronchi | branch of trachea that is a passageway into the lung; broncial tube |
| cancellous bone | spongy/ trabicular porus bone tissue |
| cytotoxic cells | T lymphocyte that directly kills foreign cells |
| electrophoresis | method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge |
| endotracheal intubation | tube placed through mouth to trachea to establish air |
| eosinophil | phagocytic cells involved in allergic responses and parasitic infections |
| Ewing sarcoma | malignant bone tumor, often in children |
| exostosis | bony growth on surface of bone |
| facial bones | bones of face-lacrimal, mandibular, maxillary, nasal, vomer, and zygomatic |
| fissure | narrow, slit-like opening in or between bones |
| gouty arthritis | inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid accumulation |
| hematocrit | sample of blood spun in test tube, RBC fall to bottom and % of RBC's is taken |
| hemochromotosis | excessive deposits of iron in the body |
| hemophilia | excessive bleeding caused by lack of factor VIII or IX |
| heparin | anticoagulent found in the blood |
| Hodgkin disease | malignant tumor of lymph nodes |
| humeral | pertaining to the upper arm bone |
| iron-deficiency anemia | sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin |
| Kaposi Sarcoma | cancer arising from lining cells of capillaries that produces dark purplish skin nodules. Associated with AIDS |
| Lyme disease | disorder, marked by arthritis, myalgia and malaise; cause is bacterium caused by tick |
| lymph nodes | a collection of stationary solid lymphatic tissure along lymph vessels |
| lymphocytosis | slight increase in leukocytes |
| lymphopoiesis | formation of lymph |
| mastoid process | the projection of the temporal bone |
| mediastinum | space between lungs in chest |
| myeloid | derived from bone marrow |
| neutropenia | deficiency in #'s of WBC's |
| orthopnea | breathing easier in an upright position |
| osteoarthritis | chronic inflammation of bones and joints due to degenerative changes in cartilage |
| osteodystrophy | poor formation of bone |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| palliative | relieving symptoms, not curing |
| pernicious anemia | lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B12 |
| pleural effusion | abnormal accumulation of fluid in pleural cavity |
| pleuritis, pleurisy | inflammation of pleura (around lungs) |
| pulmonary abscess | localized area of pus forming in the lungs |
| scoliosis | lateral curvature of the spinal column |
| sella turcica | depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is localized |
| stridor | occurs with croup-strained, high pitched sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction |
| T cells | helper or supressor cells |
| talipes | club foot, congenital abnormality of hind foot |
| thalassemia | an inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin (mostly in Mediteraneans) |
| tonsils | oropharyngeal lymph tissue |
| toxic | pertaining to poison |
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