chapter 4 Flashcards
carp/o
wrist bones
cib/o
meals
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thel/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield-shape
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
urethr/o
urethra
-blast
embryonic, immature
-crine
to secrete
-cyesis
pregnancy
-drome
to run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-or
one who
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-trophy
development, nourishment
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self, own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, complete
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto-
out, outside
en-, endo-
in, within
epi-
upon, on, above
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside, away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
not
in-
into, within
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before, forward
pseudo-
false
re-
back, again
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
one
adrenal glands
endocrine glands located above each kidney. secrete adrenaline
antigen
usually a foreign substance, stimulates the production of antibodies.
antibodies
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
vaccine
dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies.
Rh condition
rh positive has a protein coating antigen on his or her red blood cells.
HDN hemolytic disease of the newborn
when the mother has Rh positive baby and she is negative.
autoimmune disease
the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.
rheumatoid arthritis
autoimmune disease affecting joints
systemic lupus erythematosus
autoimmune disease affecting connective tissues, skin, and internal organs
graves disease
hyperthyroidism, autoimmune disease
congenital anomaly
webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects,
ipsilateral
located on the same side
ectopic pregnancy
the zygote develops outside the uterus, most often within the fallopian tube.
prolapses
slides forward or downward
recombinant DNA technology
process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.
PCR, polymerase chain reaction
method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology
syndactyly
congenital anomaly marked by fusion of fingers or toes
syndrome
group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality.
reye syndrome
characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver.
fetal alcohol syndrome
affects infants whose mothers consumed excessive amounts of alcohol during pregnancy.
marfan syndrome
inherited CT disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long, spidery fingers and toes, elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and opthalmic abnormalities
symbiosis
two organisms living together in close association, either for mutual benefit or not.
parasitism
another example of symbiosis, occurs when one organism benefits and the other does not.
symphysis
a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage.
transurethral
a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through the urethra.
ultrasonography
diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
echocardiograms
ultrasound images of the heart
