Terminology - All Systems Flashcards
- cardiovascular
Heart
Cardi/o coron/o
Aorta
Aort/o
Veins
ven/o phleb/o
Venules
venul/o
Arterioles
arteriol/o
Arteries
arteri/o
- plasty
surgical repair
stenosis
narowing
sclerosis
hardening
-pathy
disease , disease condition
peri-
surrounding
-ium
pertaining to
ar-
without
rythm/o
rythm
Cerebr/o
cerebrum
cerebell/o
cerebellum
medull/o
medulla oblongata
encephal/o
brain
neur/o
spinal nerves
myel/o
spinal cord
hyster/o
uterus
metri/o
uterus
uter/o
uterus
cervic/o
cervix
colp/o
vagina
vagin/o
vagina
salping/o
fallopian tube
o/o
ovum
oophor/o
ovary
ovari/o
ovary
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
Amenorrhea
Absence of menstrual flow
endometriosis
Inner lining of the uterus is found on other tissue of the pelvic and or abdominal cavity
Menorrhagia
Excessive discharge of blood during menstruation
salpingitis
Inflammation of the pelvis area usually associated with the fallopian tubes.
GYN
gynecology
OB
obstretics
PID
pelvic inflammatory disease
STI
sexually transmitted infections
Amniocentesis
Surgical puncture of the amnion
Mammogram
X-ray imaging of the breast
hysterosalpingography
X-ray imaging of the uterus and the fallopian tubes following contrast material
prostate gland
prostat/o
Urethra
urethr/o
vas deferens
vas/o
penis
balan/o
scrotum
scrot/o
testis
orch/o orchi/o orchid/o
Cryptorchism
condition of undescended testis
Crypt/o
hidden
Varic/o
Swollen vein