O Flashcards
Oxidative Stress
Damage caused the cell membrane and DNA by free radicals in their manic search for their missing electron
Organelle
Mini organs
Organ - specialised structure
Elle - Mini Organs
Ortho
Straight/Upright
Oedema
Fluid swelling
Pulmonary Oedema is fluid on the lungs
Omentum
Apron
Great Omentum
Lesser Omentum
Occult
Hidden
Ossify
Harden
Oxy
Sharp
Osis
A process / Condition or disease
Hperkeratosis
Sarcoidosis
Ology
Field of study
Olfactory
Smell
Occipito
Support is at the back of the head
Occipitofrontalis is the muscle running from the occiput to the front of the head and is responsible for raising eyebrows
Oculi
Eye
Orbicularis oculi is the muscle that is around the eye
Orbit
Around
Orbicularis oculi is the muscle around the eye orbicularis Ori is the muscle around the mouth
Oral
Mouth
Orbicularis oris – muscle around the mouth
ortho
Straight or upright
Orthopnea is a medical term to describe shortness of breath that occurs while lying flat and is relieved by sitting or standing.
Orthopaedic - Involved in the muscular system. Is it called this because it’s about Keeping people standing?
Osis
Condition or disease
Oid
Latin suffix that means “resembling” or “like”. It is attached to the end of medical words and changes their meaning. For example, Erythroid, leukemoid, steroid and nucleoid
Oli
Oligo
Few
Oliguria – little urine (less than 400 mil per day)
Oligomenorrhoea – infrequent cycles
Oligomenorrhoea
infrequent cycles
Oliguria
little urine (less than 400 mil per day)
Oo
Egg
Oblongata
Oblong shape as in the medulla oblongata
Osmolarity
Concentration of a solution