Pages 115-118 Flashcards
Periosteum
Pertaining to surrounding the bone
Pericardium
Sac surrounding the heart
Polymorphonuclear
Many shapes of nucleus
Polyneuritis
Inflammation of many nerves
Postmortem
After death
Postpartum
After birth or labor
Precancerous
Before or in front of cancer
Prenatal
Before or in front of birth
Prodrome
Before, forward to run
Prolapse
Before sliding falling or sagging
Prosthesis
And artificial limb
Relapse
Signs, symptoms, disease returning or coming back again after an apparent recovery
Remission
Signs and symptoms lesson
Recombinant DNA
The process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism
Retroperitoneal
Pertaining to behind the peritoneum
Retroflexion
Organ bent or tilted backwards
Subcutaneous
Under the skin
Suprapubic
Above the pubis/pubic bone
Syndactyly
Fingers and toes together
Synthesis
Building up together
Syndrome
To run together
Symbiosis
Two organisms live together in close association
Symmetry
The quality of parts on opposite sides of the body
Symphysis
Joint where bony surfaces are firmly united by fibrocartilage
Tachypnea
Fast breathing
Transfusion
Transfer of blood from one person to another
Transurethral
Pertaining to you across the urethra
Ultrasonography
Recording of sound waves
Unilateral
One side
Antigen
Usually a foreign body substance stimulates the production of antibodies
Antibodies
Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens
Immune response
The reaction between an antigen and an antibody
Vaccine
Dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies
