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Midterm-Medical Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hemat/o | blood |
| -logy | study of |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ilium | part of the pelvis |
| -ileum | part of the small intestine |
| urethra | tube leading from the urinary bladder to outside of the body |
| electr/o | electricity |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -gram | record |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| epi- | above |
| aden/o | gland |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| -opsy | the process of viewing |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| -al | pertaining to |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -ion | process |
| crin/o | secrete |
| endo- | within |
| ex- | out |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| dia- | through, complete |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| -globin | protein |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -ist | one who specializes in a field |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease condition |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidneys |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| auto- | self |
| exo- | out |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| 4 types of tissues | epithelial, muscle, connective, nerve |
| 4 types of cells | muscle, fat, nerve, epithelial |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/o | hip, pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | bellsy side of body |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| inter | between |
| meta | change |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry chaped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal;excision;resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown; destruction; seperation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| acr/o | extremeties, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neutr/o | neutrophil |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | vein |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue, thing |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | ducts or tubes |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, braching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| norm/o | rule order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn//o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | place, position |
| tox/o | poison |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -ore | one who |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia, -plasm | development, formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| contra | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | bad, painful |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| infra- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | abiv |
| syn-, sym- | together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| hormone produced by an endocrine gland | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| ms.sally ping has vaginal discharge, pain in the LLQ and RLQ, dysmenorrhea, and a gonoccal infection, a likely diagnosis is | pelvic inflammatory disease |
| physicians effort to turn the fetus during delivery | cephalic version |
| removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries | bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| fingerlike ends of the fallopian | fimbriae |
| ovarian sac | corpus luteum |
| the study and treatment of newborns is called | neonatology |
| painful labor and delivery | dystocia |
| area between the uterus and the rectum | cul-de-sac |
| excessive flow of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods | metrorrhagia |
| a woman who has had 3 miscarriages and 2 live births | grav 5, para 2 |
| part of the vulva | labia majora |
| removal of internal and reproductive organs in the region of the hip | pelvic exenteration |
| leukorrhea is associated with which of the following conditions | cervicitis |
| adnexa uteri | ovaries and fallopian tubes |
| monthly discharge of blood front the lining of the uterus | menstruation |
| act of giving birth | parturition |
| reproductive organs | genitalia |
| innermost membrane around the developing embryo | amnion |
| parenchymal tissue in the testes | seminiferous tubules |
| foreskin | prepuce |
| swollen, twisted veins near the testes | varicocele |
| benign prostatic hyperplasia is characterized by | overgrowth of glandular tissue |
| congenital absence of a testicle | anorchism |
| undescended testicle | cryptochordism |
| a chancre is the primary lesion in which of the following conditions | syphilis |
| testicular carcinoma | seminoma |
| orchiopexy | fixation of an undescended testicle |
| the sac containing the male gonad | scrotum |
| tissue that produces sperm cells | seminiferous tubules |
| tube that leads from the epididymus to the urethra | vas deferens |
| sterilization procedure | vasectomy |
| a spermolytic substance | destroys sperm cells |
| testosterone is produced by | interstitial cells of the testes |
| male sex hormone | testosterone |
| mal gonad | testes |
| scanty sperm production | oligospermia |
| glands that secrete semen | bulbourethral |
| sexually transmitted infection | syphilis |
| a highly malignant brain tumor | glioblastoma |
| space between the nerve cells is called | synapse |
| fainting | syncope |
| x-ray record of the spinal cord | myelogram |
| inflammation of the spinal nerve root | radiculitis |
| pertaining to the muscles and nerves | myoneural |
| cerebral aneurysm, thrombosis, or hemorrhage can be the cause of | cerebrovascular accident |
| elevated portions of the cerebral cortex are called | gyri |
| spinal bifida is associated with | meningomyelocele |
| glial cells | astrocytes |
| neurotransmitter | acetylocholine |
| burning sensation of pain | causalgia |
| collection of blood within the meningeal layers | subdural hematoma |
| abnormal sensation of tingling or prickling | paresthesia |
| a network of interlacing nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system | plexus |
| part of the brain that controls the breathing, heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels | medulla oblongata |
| part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscle movements and maintaining balance | cerebellum |
| portion of the brain that controls the pituitary gland, water balance, and body temperature | hypothalamus |
| collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord | cauda equina |
| inability to speak | aphasia |
| abnormal sensation | paresthesia |
| parts of the brain that controls muscular coordination | cerebellum |
| essential cells of an organ | parenchymal |
| muscular wave-like movement to transport food through the digestive system | peristalsis |
| new opening from the large bowel to the surface of the body | colostomy |
| stone in a salivary gland | sialadenolithiasis |
| fats are improperly digested and appear in the feces | steatorrhea |
| lack of appetite | anorexia |
| membrane that connects part of the small intestine | mesentery |
| part of the tooth that contains a rich supply of nerves and blood vessels | pulp |
| stomat/o means | mouth |
| carries bile into the duodenum | common bile duct |
| the combining form of the first part of the large intestine | cec/o |
| high blood levels of a pigment released by the liver with bile | hyperbilirubinemia |
| cheil/o means the same as | labi/o |
| gingiv/o means | gums |
| pertaining to the abdomen | celiac |
| ring of muscle | sphincter |
| pertaining to bile | biliary |
| dilation of a lymph vessel | lymphangiectasis |
| an ulcer would most likely be detected by which of the following test | gastroscopy |
| opposite of -ectasis | -stenosis |
| periodontal procedure | gingivectomy |
| which test would demonstrate choledocholithiasis | transhepatic cholangiography |
| anastomosis | cholecystojejunostomy |
| forward protusion of the eye | proptosis |
| destruction of blood | hemolysis |
| pyloric stenosis | narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine |
| not open | atresia |
| drooping, sagging, prolapse | ptosis |
| enlargement of the liver | hepatomegaly |
| heavy menstrual discharge | menorrhagia |
| palatoplasty | a surgical repair of the roof of the mouth |
| common bile duct | choledoch/o |
| a term that means no urine production | anuria |
| alkaline | pH |
| Lithotripsy | shock waves crush urinary tract stones |
| nephrolithotomy | incision to remove a renal calculus |
| renal pelvis | pyel/o |
| uremia | azotemia |
| oliguria | scanty urination |
| electrolyte | creatinine |
| diabetes insipidus is characterized by all of the following except | glycosuria |
| hernia of the tube connecting the kidneys and urinary bladder | ureterocele |
| portion of the urinary bladder | trigone |
| renal abscess may lead to | pyuria |
| childhood renal carcinoma | wilms tumor |
| a group of symptoms marked by edema, proteinuria, and hypoalbuminemia | nephrotic syndrome |
| nitrogenous waste | creatinine |
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