Final exam Flashcards
contra
opposed/against
hyper
high, above normal
hypo refers to
below, less than normal
macro
large
-logy
study of
cephalad means
anterior/ towards the head
frontal plane
body split into 2 sections front and back
sagittal plane
body split into 2 sections, right and left
transverse plane
body split into 2 sections top and bottom
hypogastric
below the abdomen
cephal/o
head
empathy
ability to identify with someones feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
what is an edema
swelling caused by excess fluid
benign
not cancer, can grow but not spread
malignant
cancer, grows and invades other parts of the body
otoscope is
used to examine ears
endoscope
used to examine inside the body
a bronchoscope is a
thin tube instrument with a light and lens
cyst/o
cyst
brady
slow
tachy
fast
-rhea refers to
flow, discharge
-trispy refers to
crushing
dermis
second layer of skin
epidermis
top layer of skin
subcutaneous
bottom layer of skin
shoulder girdle consists of
scapula, clavicle, humerus
oste/o
bone
chondr/o refers to
cartilage
arthr/o refers to
joint
cardi/o
heart
arteriosclerosis
hardening of the arteries
angina pectoris
chest pain
congestive heart failure is when the
heart fails to empty effectively, causing edema
melan/o
black
cyan/o
blue
glauc/o
gray
poli/o
silver
chlor/o
green
purpur/o
purple
leuk/o
white
xanth/o
yellow
(skull bones) forehead
frontal
(skull bones) top middle to back middle
parietal
(skull bones) lower back
occipital
(skull bones) middle side
temporal
(skull bones) jawbone
mandible
(skull bones) in front of ear
sphenoid
(skull bones) upper lip to nose
maxilla
(skull bones) in front of sphenoid
zygomatic
(skull bones) behind the eye
ethmoid
(skull bones) eye
lacrimal
(skull bones) bridge of nose
nasal
the tricuspid valve
allows blood flow from right atrium to the right ventricle
the pulmonary valve
allows blood to pump from right ventricle to pulmonary artery/lungs
mitral valve
allows blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle
the aortic valve
allows blood flow from left ventricle to the aorta
endocardium
inside layer, lines chambers and valves
the myocardium is the
thick and muscular middle layer that makes up the heart wall
epicardium
outer thin lining, covers heart
universal donor
O neg
universal recipient
AB positive
most common blood type
O positive
least common blood type
AB neg
what does the liver do
secretes bile
what does the gallbladder do
stores bile
spermatozoa are
male sperm cells
the testes are…
gonads that hang from the scrotum and produce sperm and male sex hormones
