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
hydrotherapy
- water, fluid
hypertrophy
- water, fluid
inguinal
- groin
ischemia
“to hold back blood” from body parts/tissues (deprivation of oxygen)
laparoscope
instrument to view the abdomen, abdominal wall
laparscopy
process of viewinf the abdomen, abdominal wall
laparotomy
incision of the abdomen, abdominal wall
laryngeal
- larynx
laryngectomy
excision of larynx
leukemia
blood condition of white blood cells
leukocyte
white (blood) cell - helps fight disease
leukocytosis
- white
lymphocyte
- lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces)
mammogram
record of the breast
mastectomy
excision of the breast
metatasis
-
monocyte
-
morphology
shape, form
mucoid
- mucus
mucous membrane
- mucus
mucus
?
myalgia
muscle pain
myelitis
- spinal cord/bone marrow
myeloma
- spinal cord/bone marrow
myoma
- muscle
myosarcoma
- muscle
necropsy
- death
necrosis
- death
necrotic
- death
nephrologist
- kidney
nephropathy
- kidney
neuralgia
nerve pain
neutrophil
-
ophthalmology
the process of study of the eyes
osteogenic
- bone
osteomalacia
- bone
otalgia
- ear
paracentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the !!!!!!!
pathogenesis
- disease
pathologic
- disease
pericardium
- something heart something
peritoneal
- peritoneum
phlebotomy
- vein
platelet
-
pleural
- pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
pleurodynia
pain of the chest wall (membrane surrounding lungs)
pneumonia
- lungs
polymorphonucluear leukocyte
something shape,form something white blood cell
ptosis
-
pulmonary
- lungs
radiographer
- x-rays
radiotherapy
- x-rays
rectocele
hernia of the rectum
splenomegaly
-
staphylococci
berry-shaped clusters
streptococcus
berry-shaped twisted chain
thoracentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
thrombocyte
clotting cell
thrombocytopenia
- clotting cell
thrombophlebitis
- clotting
tonsillar
- tonsils
tonsillitis
inflammation of the tonsils
tracheostomy
- creating a new way for breathing in the trachea
thacheotomy
excision of the trachea
venule
- vein