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