Ch. 4 Flashcards
The condition of not being able to breathe
Apnea
Before birth:
A) antigen
B) antepartum
C) postpartum
D) neonatal
B) antepartum
Deficiency in red blood cells or of the hemoglobin within the red cells:
anemia
emia-
blood condition
Excessive development, enlargement or overgrowth:
hypertrophy
-trophy
nourishment; development
A return of symptoms of illness
Relapse
Difficult, painful urination
dysuria
A substance that works against germs, made by white blood cells
Antibody
An irregularity that is present at birth:
A) intrauterine
B) neonatal
C) ectopic pregnancy
D) congenital anomaly
D) congenital anomaly
Slow heartbeat
Bradycardia
Pertaining to under the shoulder bone
Subscapular
Pertaining to both sides
Bilateral
Endocrine glands that are near (above) each kidney
A) Adrenal
B) Prostate
C) Subcostal
D) parathyroid
A) Adrenal
The spread of a cancerous tumor to another organ away from the original
site:
metastasis
Two prefixes that mean beyond:
A) Pro and Pre
B) Re and Retro
C) Ultra and Meta
C) Ultra- and Meta-
A word that means complete separation and is the process of separating waste from the blood
dialysis
A membrane that surrounds bone:
A) Pericardium
B) Peritoneum
C) Mediastinum
D) Periosteum
D) Periosteum
A prefix that has the same meaning as “ante” :
pro-
poly- has a similar meaning with:
A) Re-
B) Dys-
C) Hyper-
D) Hypo
C) Hyper-
A set of signs and symptoms that occurred together to indicate a disease condition
Syndrome
A prefix that means “beside”, “near” or “along the side of” is:
para-
An abnormal collection of blood above the membrane covering the brain:
A) subdural hematoma
B) cerebral hemorrhage
C) epidural hematoma
D) subdural hemorrhage
C) epidural hematoma
Two prefixes that mean within
endo- & intra-
If an organ slides or falls forward the condition is called
prolapse
Increase in number of cells in an organ
A) Hypertrophy
B) Hyperplasia
C) aplasia
B) Hyperplasia
plasia- formation (condition)
An indication of disease as experienced by the patient is a
Symptom
Infection with COVID-19 may cause lung damage and a condition called:
hypoxia
within the uterus
intrauterine
Low blood sugar
Hypoglycemia
collection of blood above a meningeal layer
epidural hematoma
excessive development
hypertrophy
Discharge of fluid from the rectum
diarrhea
Between a back bone
intervertebral
embryo is not in the proper location
ectopic pregnancy
pertaining to one side
unilateral
abnormal growth or development
dysplasia
harmless noncancerous
benign
cancerous, harmful
malignant
a prefix meaning “three”
tri-
the prefixes ante- and _______ have the same meaning.
Pro-
Prefixes with similar meanings are poly- and ______
hyper-
A prefix that means “beside” , “near” or “along the side of”
para-
A prefix meant “two”
bi-
If an organ slides or falls forward, the resulting condition is called:
Prolapse
ante- means:
before, forward
anti- means
against
the prefix epi- means:
above, upon
ab- means
away from
Prefix ad- means
towards, near
the prefix hemi- means
half
hyper-
excessive, too much, above
inter- means
between
intra- means
within
post- means
after, behind
meta- means
change, beyond
hypo-
deficient, too little, below
para-
beside, near, along the side of
syn-
with, together
mal-
bad
uni-
one
prefix meaning surrounding is:
peri-
neo-
new
metacarpal is:
hand bone
tachy-
fast
Brady-
slow
remission is:
symptoms of disease disappear
subcostal means:
under the ribs
retroperitoneal means:
behind the abdominal cavity
quadri-
four
an antigen is:
foreign body; bacteria, virus
Paralysis of the lower part of the body is known as:
A) Hemiplegia
B) Quadriplegic
C) Paraplegia
C) Paraplegia
paralysis of each side of the body is called:
A) Hemiplegia
B) Paraplegia
C) Biplegia
A) Hemiplegia
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Condition
