Medical Terminology 2

Question 1

Anatomy

Answer 1

study of the structure or internal workings of something

Question 2

biology

Answer 2

study of life

Question 3

cytology

Answer 3

study of cells

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embryology

Answer 4

study of origin and development

Question 5

histology

Answer 5

study of tissue= microscope structure

Question 6

pathology

Answer 6

study of disease

Question 7

physiology

Answer 7

study of function

Question 8

autopsy

Answer 8

postmortem examination

Question 9

adipocytes

Answer 9

fat cells

Question 10

chondrocytes

Answer 10

cartilage cells

Question 11

keratinocytes

Answer 11

skin cells

Question 12

melanocytes

Answer 12

skin cells

Question 13

myocytes

Answer 13

muscle cells

Question 14

erythrocytes

Answer 14

red blood cells

Question 15

integument system

Answer 15

skin

Question 16

coronal plane

Answer 16

frontal plane (anterior/posterior)

Question 17

sagittal plane

Answer 17

lateral plane right and left

Question 18

transverse plane

Answer 18

axial or horizontal plane upper and lower

Question 19

body cavities

Answer 19

cranial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, spinal

Question 20

smaller body cavities

Answer 20

nasal/oral, pharangeal, pleural, mediastinal, peritoneal

Question 21

abduction

Answer 21

movement away from median plane of body or one of its parts

Question 22

adduction

Answer 22

movement toward the median plane of the body

Question 23

ventral

Answer 23

anterior - front of body

Question 24

dorsal

Answer 24

posterior - back of body

Question 25

cephalad

Answer 25

superior- toward the head or upper portion of structure

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caudad

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inferior- away from the head or toward lower portion of a structure

Question 27

distal

Answer 27

further from center

Question 28

proximal

Answer 28

closer to center

Question 29

parietal

Answer 29

pertaining to the outer wall of the cavity

Question 30

visceral

Answer 30

pertaining to the viscera (abdominal organs)

Question 31

prone

Answer 31

lying face down

Question 32

supine

Answer 32

lying face up

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lateral

Answer 33

pertaining to a side

Question 34

medial

Answer 34

pertaining to the midline of the body

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ipsilateral

Answer 35

same

Question 36

unilateral

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one

Question 37

bilateral

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both

Question 38

contralateral

Answer 38

opposite form

Question 39

inversion

Answer 39

turning inward

Question 40

eversion

Answer 40

turning outward

Question 41

palmar

Answer 41

pertaining to the palm of the hand

Question 42

plantar

Answer 42

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Question 43

flexion

Answer 43

bending at joint

Question 44

extension

Answer 44

stretching out joint

Question 45

dorsiflexion

Answer 45

flex of foot upward

Question 46

plantar flexion

Answer 46

flex of the foot downward

Question 47

supination

Answer 47

palm up

Question 48

pronation

Answer 48

palm down

Question 49

-otomy

Answer 49

opening of a cavity

Question 50

-oscopy

Answer 50

use of endoscopic instrument to examine a hollow or tubular organ or space

Question 51

-plasty

Answer 51

plastic repair of a tissue or organ and may or may not involve tissue removal

Question 52

Da Vinci

Answer 52

postatectomies and hysterectomies robotic procedures can be done completely remote

Question 53

Whipple procedure

Answer 53

pancreaticoduodenectomy for tumor or chronic pancreatitis or pseudocyst

Question 54

Soave procedure

Answer 54

Hirschprung's disease treatment -rectum

Question 55

Puestow

Answer 55

pancreatic psuedocyst

Question 56

Moh's

Answer 56

dermatologic surgery procedure resecting skin tumors with intraoperative frozen sections and reconstruction

Question 57

Billroth (I and II)

Answer 57

partial gastrectomy with anastomosis 2 types for weight loss

Question 58

Ivor

Answer 58

Lewis esophagogastrectomy- cancer

Question 59

Nissen fundoplication

Answer 59

Gerd

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Roux-en-Y anastomosis

Answer 60

upper GI surgery

Question 61

Hartman procedure

Answer 61

rectosigmoid resection with formation of colostomy