Ch 3 QUIZ MATERIAL Flashcards
abdominocentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen (peritoneal cavity)
achondroplasia
Development without cartilage
acromeglaly
Enlargement of extremities
acrophobia
Fear of heights
extremities, top, extreme point
acute
- sharp, severe, sudden
adenoids
gland
adipose
- fat
agoraphobia
fear of crowds (market place)
amniocentesis
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
anemia
“without blood”
angiogenesis
- vessel
angiography
- vessel
angioplasty
- vessel
arteriole
- artery
arteriosclerosis
- artery
arthralgia
joint
atrophy
-
axillary
- armpit
basophil
-
biopsy
- life
blepharoptosis
- eyelid
bronchitis
bronchial tubes (branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
carcinogenesis
- cancer
carcinogenic
- cancer
cardiac
- heart
cardiomyopathy
- heart
chemotherapy
- drug, chemical
chondromalacia
- cartilage
chronic
- time
colostomy
- colon (large intestine)
cystocele
hernia of the urinary bladder
electroencephalogram
record of the electricity of the brain
electroencephalograph
instrument to record the electricity of the brain
electroencephalography
recording the electricity of the brain
eosinophil
-
erythrocyte
red (blood) cell - carries oxygen in the blood
erythropenia
-
esophagus
-
hematoma
- blood
hemolysis
- blood
hemostasis
- blood
hydronephrosis
- water, fluid