More stuff to memorize for midterm Flashcards
1
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Hypercapnia
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Excessive carbon dioxide
2
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Eupnea
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Normal breathing
3
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Dyspnea
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Difficult breathing
4
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Hemoptysis
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Blood spitting; To cough up blood or blood-stained sputum
5
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What prefix means excessive?
A
hyper-
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What prefix means insufficient?
A
hypo-
7
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What combining form means straight?
A
orth/o
8
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What medical term means: Narrowing of trachea
A
tracheostenosis
9
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What medical term means chest pain?
A
Thoracalgia
10
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What suffix means breathing?
A
-pnea
11
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What medical term means lack of sense of smell?
A
Anosmia
12
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What medical term means: Not breathing
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Apnea
13
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Combining form for pleaural?
A
pleur/o
14
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Which of the following medications improves the ability to cough up mucus?
A
expectorant
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A
16
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Which term means pleural pain?
A
pleurodynia
17
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What is the other name for whooping cough?
A
pertussis
18
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What does TB mean?
A
Tuberculosis
19
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The respiratory membrane consists of:
A
walls of alveoli and capillaries
20
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The combining form that means dust is?
A
coni/o
21
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The combining form that means coal is?
A
anthrac/o
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A combining form that means lung or air is?
A
pneum/o; pneumon/o (put both)
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The combining form aer/o means?
A
air
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A medical term that means lack of (sense of) smell is?
A
anosmia
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The combining form that means trachea is?
trache/o
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A medical term that means pertaining to the larynx is?
laryngeal
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The combining form that means pharynx is?
pharyng/o
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A medical term that means instrument to view inside a bronchus is?
bronchoscope
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A medical term that means pertaining to the pharynx is?
pharyngeal
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A medical term that means insufficient oxygen is?
hypoxia
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The suffix that means chest is?
-thorax
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The combining form that means bronchiole is?
bronchiol/o
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A medical term that means no voice is?
aphonia
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A medical term that means chest pain is?
thoracalgia
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True or false, CPR is a technique for removing a foreign body from the trachea or pharynx?
False
36
A technique for removing a foreign body from the trachea or pharynx is called the?
Heimlich maneuver
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True or false, A pulmonary embolism may cause an infarct in the lung tissue?
True
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The paranasal sinuses are located within the ________.
Facial bones
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External respiration refers to the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the?
Alveoli and bloodstream
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The combining form that means trachea is?
trache/o
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A medical term that means insufficient oxygen is?
Hypoxia
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The combining form that means dust is?
coni/o
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A medical term that means surgical repair of the voice box is?
laryngoplasty
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What term means voice box?
Larynx
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A medical term that means instrument to view inside a bronchus is?
bronchoscope
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A medical term that means not breathing is?
apnea
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A medical term that means instrument to measure oxygen is?
oximeter
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A combining form that means nose is?
rhin/o; nas/o (Must put both)
49
A medical term that means chest pain is?
thoraclgia
50
-thorax means?
Chest
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Thoracalgia means?
Chest pain
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The combining form that means lobe is?
lob/o
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lob/o means?
lobe
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What is the combining form for air?
aer/o
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A medical term that means puncture pleura to withdraw fluid is?
pleurocentesis
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-centesis means?
58
pleur/o means?
pleural
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sept/o means?
wall
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What suffix means smell?
-osmia
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What is the combining form for pus?
py/o
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What combining form means breathing?
spir/o
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What is the combining form for wall?
sept/o
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py/o meaning?
Pus
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What combining form means breathing?
spir/o
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What combining form means trachea?
trache/o
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What combining form means cough?
tuss/o
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-phylaxis meaning?
protection
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-phonia meaning?
voice
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-capnia meaning?
carbon dioxide
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What two combining forms mean nose?
rhin/o, and nas/o
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combining form for larynx?
laryng/o
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coni/o meaning?
dust
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cyan/o meaning?
blue
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anthrac/o meaning?
coal
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alveol/o meaning?
alveolus
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bronchi/o meaning?
bronchus
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bronchiol/o meaning?
bronchiole
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bronchi/o meaning?
bronchus
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bronch/o meaning?
bronchus
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What two combining forms mean bronchus?
bronchi/o and bronch/o
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-phylaxis meaning?
protection
83
pnea meaning?
breathing
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What suffix means spitting?
-ptysis
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mucus combining form?
muc/o
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diaphragm combining form?
diaphragmat/o
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diaphragmat/o meaning?
diaphragm
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alveolus combining form?
alveol/o
89
atel/o meaning?
It means incomplete
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cyst/o meaning?
sac
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What term means nosebleed?
epistaxis
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audit/o means?
hearing
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lingu/o means?
tongue
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-al means?
pertaining to
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-orty means?
pertaining to
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The pharynx is roughly a five-inch-long tube consisting of three parts:
nasopharynx, laryngopharynx, and oropharynx
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What is another term for adenoids?
pharyngeal tonsils
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What is another term for pharyngeal tonsils?
adenoids
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What is the opening of the eustachian called?
auditory tube
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What medical term means: creating opening into vein to withdraw blood?
phlebotomy
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What is the medical term that means surgical repair of a hernia; also called herniorrhaphy?
hernioplasty
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Histology means?
Studies of tissues
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-logy means?
study of
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HIV is also called the?
retrovirus
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Cutaneous membrane is another term for?
skin
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surgical removal of larynx?
laryngectomy
108
-itis means?
inflammation
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inflammation of larynx causing difficulty in speaking?
laryngitis
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surgical repair of larynx?
laryngoplasty
111
-plegia means?
paralysis
112
acoustic means?
pertaining to hering
113
What is a muscular structure located between the pharynx and the trachea?
larynx
114
What does the larynx contain?
vocal cords
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A flap of cartilaginous tissue is called the?
epiglottis
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What provides protection against food and liquid being inhaled into the lungs?
epiglottis
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is the central region of the chest cavity between the lungs?
mediastinum
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-ism means?
state of
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True or false: A combining form consists of a word root and combining vowel?
True
120
Which of the following is not the type of information provided by a prefix?:
procedure
location of an organ
number of parts
time
procedure
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The windpipe is called the?
trachea
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path/o means?
123
cis/o means?
to cut
124
Which combining form is spelled incorrectly?
Nephr/o
Dermat/o
Hemat/o
Opthalm/o
Opthalm/o
125
dis- meaning?
apart
126
A surgeon reports the details of a surgery in a
127
Report given by pathologist who studies tissue removed from patient (e.g., bone marrow, blood, or tissue biopsy)
pathologist's report
128
Results of diagnostic tests performed on patient, principally from clinical lab (e.g., blood tests) and medical imaging (e.g., X-rays and ultrasound)
Diagnosists report
129
The suffix -otomy means to surgically remove.
True
False
False. To surgically remove is -ectomy. To cut is -otomy
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To cut suffix?
-otomy
131
To surgically remove suffix?
-ectomy
132
Reports from various treatments and therapies patient has received, such as rehabilitation, social services, or respiratory therapy
133
Record of patient’s care throughout the day; includes vital signs, treatment specifics, patient’s response to treatment, and patient’s condition
Nurse's notes
134
A History and Physical is written each time a specialist evaluates a patient, true or false:
False.
Specialists only do consultation reports, not a history or physical report.
135
The suffix -scope means instrument for measuring.
True
False
False.
An instrument for measuring is -meter
136
-scope?
instrument for viewing
137
What suffix means instrument for measuring?
-scope
138
enter/o meaning?
small intestine
139
The combining form enter/o means inside.
True
False
False
140
The combining form cardi/o means heart.
True
False
true
141
Which healthcare setting provides treatment in a private office setting?
physician's office
142
What does not require hospitilization?
ambulatory care
143
provides supportive treatment for terminally ill patients?
hospice
144
Which suffix means excessive, abnormal flow?
-rrhage
145
-rrhea
discharge
146
-rrhapy
suture
147
-rrhexis
rupture
148
The pleural cavity contains the heart.
True
False
False. Pleural cavity contains only the lungs
149
What cavity contains the heart?
pericardial cavity
150
The female reproductive system produces sperm for reproduction.
True
False
false
151
The term apex refers to the bottom or lower part of an organ.
True
False
false.
Apex= tip/summit
152
Medical term for the bottom or lower part of an organ?
base
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Which term means pertaining to internal organs?
visceral
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term that means pertaining to the heart?
cardial
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What term means pertaining to the peritoneum?
peritoneal
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What term means pertaining to the tail?
Caudal
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A suffix that means process of measuring is?
-metry
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A prefix that means outward is?
ex-
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A suffix that means dilation is?
-ectasis
160
A suffix that means disease is?
-pathy
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A combining form that means eye is?
ophthalm/o; ocul/o
MUST PUT BOTH FOR CREDIT
162
stigmat/o meaning?
point
163
blephar/o meaning?
eyelid
164
A medical term that means pertaining to the heart and blood vessels is?
cardiovascular
165
The combining form that means pelvis is?
pelv/o
166
A medical term that means pertaining to the peritoneum is?
peritoneal
167
The combining form that means genital region is?
pub/o
168
The combining form that means muscle is?
muscul/o; my/o (put both)
169
What does -retro mean?
backward
170
my/o meaning?
muscle
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Pathology meaning?
172
-rrhexis meaning?
rupture
173
Medical term that means muscle pain?
myalgia
174
my prefix=
muscle
175
myotonia means?
muscle tone
