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Musculoskeletal term
Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angio | vessel |
| angiogram | vessel study |
| arterio | artery |
| arteriosclerosis | condition of hard arteries |
| cardio | heart |
| caridiology | study of the heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| embolectomy | removal of embolus |
| amia | blood |
| anemia | without blood |
| hema | blood |
| hematone | blood tumor |
| phleb | vein |
| phlebotomy | vein incision |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| thrombophlebitis | clotted vein |
| varico | varicose veins |
| varicocele | twisted vein,tumor |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vasoconstriction | tightened vessel |
| vena | vein |
| vena cava | large vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| ventriculitis | ventrixcle inflammation |
| broncho | bronchi, airway |
| bronchitis | bronchial inflammation |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| ciliogenesis | cili forming |
| ectasis | expansion |
| astelectasis | abnormal expansion |
| laryngo | voice box |
| laryngitis | laryinx inflammation |
| naso | nose |
| nasology | study of nose |
| oro | mouth |
| orofacial | nose & mouth |
| oxy | oxygen,keen |
| oxyosmia | keen sense of smell |
| pector | breast |
| pectoralgia | chest nerve pain |
| pleura | rib side |
| plurisy | inflammation of exterior lung lining |
| pneumo | lung |
| pneumonectomy | lung excision |
| ptysis | to spit |
| hemoptysis | bloody sputm |
| pulmo | lung |
| pulmonology | study of lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| rhinitis | nose inflammation |
| tracheo | windpipe, trachea |
| tracheostomy | trachea opening |