Medical terminology Flashcards
What is an anatomical position/illustration?
One with the object standing erect, facing observer with head level and eyes facing forward and the palm of the hands are facing forward.
Axillary
Armpit
Brachial
Arm
Trunk
Överkropp
Cervical / Collum
Neck
Clavicle
Nyckelben
Thoracic
Chest
Inguinal region
Groin
Pollex
Thumb
Lumbar
Loin (ländrygg)
Name some directions on the body
Lateral (sida) < > Medial < > Lateral
Superior
^
v
Inferior
(Lateral on limb) Distal Proximal (Medial on limb)
Posterior or dorsal (bak) and anterior or ventral (fram)
Cranial
^
v
Caudal (svans för svanskota)
Dexter (höger) - Sinister (vänster)
What are the different planes in anatomy?
Frontal plane (Delar kroppen i fram och bak) Transverse plane (Delar kroppen i över och under) Sagittal plane (also mid- and parasagittal) (Delar kropp i höger och vänster) Oblique plane (Delar limb)
Name the cavities in the body
Cranial cav Vertebral canal Thoracic cav --- Diaphragm --- Abdominal cav Pelvic cav (sometimes included in abdominal)
Manus
Hand
Pes
Foot
Name the large bones in the body
Humerus, radius, ulna
Femur, tibia, fibula
Pelvis (bäcken/höftben)
CT scan is always viewed how?
From the feet and up towards the head (cranial)
The suffix -it/itis depicts a what? Examples?
An inflammatory process.
- Tonsillitis
- Bursitis
- Appendicitis
- Sinuitis
- Gastritis
What are:
- graphy
- scopy
- tomy
- stomy
Respectively: Some sort of readout To look inside To cut open The opening created
Uterus / hysteros
Womb
Extirpation of the uterus and hyster-ectomy are the same thing (surgery where entire womb is removed).
Tumors
Uncontrollable growth
Maligna
Benigna
Spreads (elakartad) Local growth (godartad)
Different names of tumors depending on origin:
Cancer (epithelial), sarkom (mesenkymal tissue like skel musc) and leukemia (blood)
CT, US, MR, and MIS stands for what?
Computed tomography, Ultrasound, Magnetic resonance imaging, Minimal invasive surgery
