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Q&E Medical Terms 5
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tissue | Groups of cells that form the same basic activity |
| Connective, Epithelial, Muscular, Nervous | The four main types of tissues |
| Distal | Far or distance from the origin or point of attachment |
| Thoracic | Pertaining to the chest |
| Peritoneum | The membrane that lines the abdomen cavity and invests the internal organs |
| Laparoscopy | Endoscopic examination of the abdomen |
| Omphalocele | Congenital hernia of the naval |
| Cephalad | Toward the head |
| Acrodermatitis | Inflammation of the skin of the arms and legs |
| Hydrophobia | Another name for rabies |
| Sialography | Radiography of the ducts of the salivary glands |
| Hidrosis | Excessive sweating |
| Hematoma | A localized collection of blood in organ, space, or tissue that results from a rupture in the wall of a blood vessel |
| Anemia | A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, hemoglobin, or both |
| Leukopenia | A deficiency of white blood cells |
| Lymph | The fluid found in a lymphatic vessel |
| Mucous | Resembling mucus |
| Hidradenitis | Inflammation of the sweat gland |
| Anteromedian | A term that means front and toward the middle |
| Posteroanterior | From the back to the front |
| Ventral | Belly surface |
| Superior | Uppermost or situated above |
| Proximal | Position of structures that are nearest their origin or point of attachment |
| Cranial | This body cavity contains the brain |
| Abdominocentesis | A surgical procedure that is performed to remove excess fluid from the abdominal cavity or to inject a therapeutic agent |
| Omphalic & Umbilical | Pertaining to the naval |
| Thoracentesis | Surgical procedure of the chest wall for aspiration of fluids |
| Viscera | Large organs contained in the ventral cavity |
| Antibodies | Immunoglobulins that are formed to act against foreign cells or substances |
| Erythropoiesis | Production of red blood cells |
| Cephalalgia | Headache |
| Blepharedema | Swelling of the eyelid |
| Acrohypothermy | Abnormal coldness of the extremities |
| Dactylitis | Inflammation of bones of the fingers and toes |
| Chiroplasty | Plastic surgery of the hand |
| Onychomalacia | Softening of the nails |
| Lacrimation | Crying |
| Dacryolithiasis | The presence of tear stones |
| Thoracodynia | Pain in the thorax, distinguished from chest pain from a heart condition |
| Thoracotomy | Surgical incision of the chest cavity |
| Blepharoptosis | Drooping of the eyelid |
| Onychomycosis | A fungal disease of the nails |
| Dacryocystitis | Inflammation of the tear sac |
| Endocrine Glands | They are ductless |
| Sweat Glands | Sudoriferous glands |
| Ambulant | Able to walk |
| Thrombocyte | Blood platelet |
| Prone | Horizontal with the face down |
| Anterosuperior | In front and above |
| Spinal | Pertaining to the spine |
| Thrombosis | Presence of a thrombus |
| Erythrocyte | Red blood cell |
| Metastasis | Spreading from one part of the body to another |
| Intracellular | Within a cell |
| Phagocytosis | The ingestion and destruction of microorganisms and cellular debris by certain cells |
| Hypertrophy | Increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells |
| Hyperplasia | Increase in the number of normal cells that increases the size of the tissue/organ |
| Caudad | Toward the tail or in an inferior direction in human beings |
| Extracellular | Outside the cell |
| Coagulation | Clotting of blood when removed from the body |
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