Ch.8-10 A/P/MT Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What covers the trachea so that food does not go into the lungs when you swallow? | epiglottis |
What is it called when fluids and solids come back up from the stomach to the mouth? | regurgitation |
What is an inflammation of a pouch in the colon? | diverticulitis |
What is the medical term for gallstones? | cholelithiasis |
What is a varicose vein in the rectum called? | hemmorrhoid |
What is the abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"? | NPO |
What is the disease that destroys the cells of the liver? | cirrhosis |
What is the term for a visual exam of the colon? | colonscopy |
What is the medical term for loss of appetite? | anorexia |
inguinal hernia | loop of intestine through a weak spot in the abdominal muscle wall in groin region |
abdominal hernia | loop of intestine protruding through diaphragm into thoracic cavity |
hital hernia, or diaphragmatocele Hint: grandfather had this disorder | protrusion of the stomach through the diaphragm |
Where is the appendix? | end of the cecum of the large intestine |
Where is bile produced? | liver |
What is the medical term for the removal of the gallbladder? | cholecystectomy |
chol/e | bile |
cholecystitis | inflammation of gallbladder |
cholelithiasis | presence of gallstones |
diverticulitis | inflammation of a diverticulum |
enter/o | small intestine |
gingivitis | inflammation of the gums |
or/o | mouth |
Where does urine formation take place? Hint: The specific place | nephrons |
What is it called when you place a tube in the urethra to drain urine from the bladder? | catheterization |
What is the abbreviation for a urinalysis? | U/A, UA |
What X-ray is done of the kidney (renal pelvis) using a dye that is injected into a vein? | Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP) |
What is the term for pus in the urine? | pyuria |
What is the term for the back up of urine in the kidney causing distention? | hydronephrosis |
What is the term for a kidney stone? | nephrolith |
What is a 'visual exam of the bladder'? | cystoscopy |
What would you call it if a patient produced no urine at all? | anuria |
What is the term for blood in the urine? | hematuria |
ureter | tubular canal which urine drains from the kidney to bladder |
incontinence | involuntary release of urine or feces |
micturition | another term for urination |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
-stenosis | narrowing |
What is the baby called for the first 8 weeks of the pregnancy? | embryo |
Abortion | doctor terminates the pregnancy |
What is the medical term for menstrual cramping? | dysmenorrhea |
What is the area between the urethra and the anal opening called? | perineum |
multipara | given birth to live infants more than once; one at a time |
What is the beginning of menstruation called? | meanarche |
What is the end of menstruation called? | menopause |
What is the length of time during a pregnancy called? | 40 weeks, gestation |
What is an excess amount of fluid around the testes called? | hydrocele |
What is the main difference between the urethra in a male and the urethra in a female? (hint: it has to do with what goes through them) | Urethra in male: urine and sperm Urethra in female: urine only |
What is an inflammation of the glans penis called? | balanitis |
What is it called when the testes do not descend into the scrotal sac? | cryptochidism |
Castration | removal of testes; ovaries |
centesis | puncture of a cavity |
colp/o | vaginia |
mast/o | breast |
oophor/o | ovary |
orch/o | testes |
PSA | prostate- specifc antigen; a test for prostate cancer |
Where is bile stored? | gallbladder |
urethra | tubular canal which carries urine from bladder to outside of body |
-algia | pain |
cyst/o | bladder |
dysuria | diffcult of painful urination |
lith/o | stone |
Spontaneous abortion | body terminates the pregnancy; another name for miscarriage |
What is "abruptio placenta"? | Placenta tears away from uterine wall prematurely |
What is another name for a bengin tumor in the uterus? | fibroid tumor |
multigravida | pregnant one of more times |
Sterilization | a male or female who is unable to conceive children |
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