Language Of Medicine Final Flashcards
The bottom or tail end of the body
CAUDAD
Select the term used to describe the position of a patient laying on their abdomen
PRONE
Select the correct relationship below
Ribs are inferior to the head
This tube carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
VEIN
Muscular tube that food passes through to reach the stomach
ESOPHAGUS
Select the prefix related to the vagina
COLP-
Select the suffix that means “surgical repair, suturing”
-Orrhaphy
Anatomical position further away from the midline of the body
LATERAL
A nephrectomy is a procedure that involves
Removing a kidney
Which structure refers to the “THIRD (most distal) part of the small intestine”?
ILEUM
What is the difference between the prefixes “ureter-“ and “urethr-“?
“Ureter-‘’ refers to the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, “urethr-“ refers to the urethra
Which suffix means “surgical puncture to remove fluid”?
-CENTESIS
The wrist is _________ to the elbow
DISTAL
Which prefix refers to a “structure used for breathing”
TRACHE-
Which prefix refers to calcifications such as “kidney stones”?
LITH-
Where is the submucosa located in relation to the mucosa?
BELOW THE MUCOSA
Any structure that functions like a duct or canal is referenced by the prefix:
VAS-
Which of the following suffixes mean “destruction, breakdown, or separation”?
-LYSIS
Select the basic position used to reference designated sites or directional planes of the human body:
ANATOMICAL POSITION
Select the prefix below that means “uterus”
HYSTER-
Prefix meaning between:
INTER-
The medical term that means near the point of attachment to the trunk of the body or near the beginning of a structure:
PROXIMAL
Refers to the wall of a body cavity:
PARIETAL
The plane that divides the body into front and back halves:
CORONAL
The abdominal body cavity:
CELIO-
Pancreatitis is defined as an inflammation of which organ:
PANCREAS
Toward the head or the top end of the body
CEPHALAD
Prefix relating to a vessel:
ANGI-
Which anatomical structure is referenced by the prefix “mast-“
BREAST
Select the term that means “mass of blood”-
HEMATOMA
Select the correct term for the anatomical position pictures: (diagonal human with feet up)
TRENDELENBURG
Select the suffix that means “surgical reshaping”
-OPLASTY
Name the anatomical structure pictures below the kidneys:
URINARY BLADDER
The prefix “pneumon” is defined as:
RELATED TO THE LUNGS
Classic birth position, lying on back with knees apart, perineum exposed:
LITHOTOMY POSITION
Anatomical reference that means positioned below another structure:
INFERIOR
A condition which involves gallstones in the bile duct:
CHLOECDOCHOLITHIASIS
The term “cystoscope” refers to:
VISUAL EXAMINATION OF A URINARY BLADDER
Name of the anatomical plane pictured (body cut in half from top to bottom)
TRANSVERSE
Which of the following terms does NOT refer to “a half)
HEMOSTAT
Name the sac-like membrane surrounding the heart
PERICARDIUM
Which of the following means “against” or “opposite”?
CONTRA-
A supracervical hysterectomy preserves the cervicx because the procedure is conducted ________ the cervix
ABOVE
Which prefix is defined as “related to the lungs”?
PULMON-
What type of procedure is a urethrotomy?
INCISION OF THE URETHRA
The endometrium is the inner lining of which anatomical structure:
UTERUS
The condition ostalitis is described as:
INFLAMMATION OF A BONE
Name for a secondary system, generally stemming from a central system:
PERIPHERAL
Medical term for the front side of the body:
ANTERIOR
Select the term that means “creation of a new opening between the small intestine and the large intestine:
ENTERCOLOSTOMY
A gastrectomy is a procedure involving:
GASTRIC RESECTION
A sonogram is defined as:
THE RECORD OF AN IMAGE CREATED USING SOUND
Involving the tubes that carry air to the lungs:
BRONCH-
CHOOSE THE SIDE OF THE BODY SHOWN HERE (BACK)
POSTERIOR
The final straight portion of the large intestines defined by the prefix “proct-“ is:
THE RECTUM
The prefix “ex-“ is defined as:
OUTSIDE
The breakdown or destruction of biological structures:
LYSIS-
Select the prefix that means “posterior” or behind”:
RETRO-
Visual examination of the large intestine with an optical instrument:
COLONOSCOPY
What is the difference between the prefixes “chole-“ and “cholecyst-“?
“CHOLECYST-“ IS RELATED TO THE GALLBLADDER, “CHOLE”- IS RELATED TO BILE
Enteritis is:
INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Anatomical reference that means positioned above another structure:
SUPERIOR
The plane that divides the body into right and left halves :
SAGITTAL
Hepatomegaly is a condition defined by a(n) _______ liver.
ENLARGED
Removal of the gallbladder:
CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Select the procedure which involves fixation of the vagina to correct prolapse:
COLPOPEXY
Select the correct meaning for the prefix “Phleb-“:
VEIN
The prefix “dudoden-“ refers to which anatomical structure:
FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Select the prefix that means “behind”:
PROST-
Select the procedure involving the removal of an appendix:
APPENDECTOMY
Select the correct prefix for the anatomical structure pictured (ovaries):
OOPHOR-
Prefix that references an artery:
ARTER-
Select the term used to describe the position of a patient lying on their back:
SUPINE
Select the prefix defined as “within”-
ENDO-
The term “renal” refers to structures related to which organ?
KIDNEY
The prefix that means “related to the final straight portion of the large intestine” is:
RECT-
Select the term that that contains the root word for “heart”:
PERICARDIUM
Select the correct term for “the study of cells”:
CYTOLOGY
Which of the following prefixes means “beside, parallel to or abnormal “?
PARA-
Name of the term defined as “tumor of the liver”:
HEPATOMA
Salpingo-oophorectomy is the surgical removal of:
FALLOPIAN/UTERINE TUBES AND OVARY
The prefix “thorac-“ refers to which general area of the body:
CHEST
Select the term that refers generally to the internal organs of the body:
VISCERAL
A laparoscopic procedure is an endoscopic visual examination of which area of the body?
ABDOMEN
Which structure refers to the “SECOND part of the small intestine”?
JEJUNUM
Which of the following procedures involves “cutting a bone”?
OSTEOTOMY