Unit 9 Flashcards
achromophilic
resisting color (stain)
aerobic
requiring air to live
aerocele
herniation containing air
aerophobia
abnormal fear of air
aerotherapy
treatment using air
amenorrhea
without menstruation
anaerobic
able to live without air
anterolateral
front and side
anteromedial
front and middle
anteroposterior
from front to back
anterosuperior
front and top
arteriostasis
control of flow through arteries
axillary
underarm, arm pit
bioethics
study of what is good and bad for living things
biology
study of living things
blastoderm
immature skin cell
caudad
toward the tail/ sacrum
cephalad
toward the head
cephalocaudal
from head to toe
chondrodysplasia
difficult/painful development of cartilage
chromogenesis
formation of color
chromolysis
destruction of color
chromometer
measuring color
chromophilic
attracting color (stain)
coronal
pertaining to the crown or encircling
coronary
pertaining to the crown or encircling (around the heart)
diagnosis
identifying a disease
dialysis
separating substances in solution
diarrhea
abnromally loose watery bowel movement
distal
away from point of origin
dorsal
back/posterior
dorsocephalad
toward the back of the head
dysentery
painful condition of the small instestine
dysmenorrhea
difficult or painful menstruation
dyspepsia
difficult digestion
dyspnea
difficulty breathing
dystocia
difficulty in labor
ectocytic
outisde the cell
ectoderm
outer embryonic layer
ectogenous
formed outside the body
ectopic
outside of the normal location
ectoplasm
outer membrane of the cell
endocardium
inner membrane layer of the heart
endochondral
within the cartilage
endocolitis
inflammation of th elining of the colon
endocystic
inside the urinary bladder
endoderm
inner embryonic layer
endoenteritis
inflammation of the lining of the small intestine
endogenous
made by one’s own body
endoscopy
process of using a scope to look into the body
eugenics
choosing good genetic traits to propagate
eupepsia
good digestion
eupnea
easy breathing
euthanasia
easy death
eutocia
easy labor
hemostasis
control blood flow
hyperplasia
overdevelopment (too many cells)
hypoplasia
underdevelopment (too few cells)
inferior
below
lateral
side
lithotripsy
surgical crushing of a stone
lymphostasis
control or stoppage of lymph flow
medial
middle
menopause
cessation of menstruation
menorrhagia
flow during menstruation
menses
menstruation
mesoderm
middle germ layer
midaxillary
middle of the armpit
midsagittal
the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves
neurotripsy
surgical crushing of a nerve
omphalectomy
excision of the umbilicus
omphalic
pertaining to the umbilicus
omphalitis
inflammation of the umbilicus
omphalocele
umbilical herniation
omphalorrhagia
discharge from the umbilicus
osteochondrodysplasia
painful development of the bone and cartilage
para-appendicitis
inflammation near the appendix
paracentral
pertaining to near the center
paracolpitis
inflammation near the vagina
paracystitis
inflammation near the urinary bladder
parahepatitis
inflammation near the liver
paranephritis
inflammation near the kidney
parietal
pertaining to the wall
peritoneum
membrane of the abdomen
phlebostasis
control of flow through a vein
pleura
membrane of the lungs
posteroanterior
from back to front
posteroexternal
back and outside
posterointernal
back and inside
posterolateral
back and side
procephalic
in front of the head
prognosis
predicting the outcome of a disease
prognostic
pertaining to predicting the outcome of a disease
proximal
near the point of origin
pseudocyesis
false pregnancy
pseudocyst
false cyst
pseudoedema
false swelling
pseudoesthesia
false sensation
retrocolic
behind the large intestine
retroflexion
bending/flexing backward
retroperitoneum
behind the peritoneum
retroperitonitis
inflammation of the area behind the peritoneum
retrosternal
behind the sternum
retroversion
twisting/turning backward
sagittal
vertical plane or slice, divides into left and right
signs
objective observable information
superior
above
symptoms
subjective self-reported information
syphilophobia
abnormal fear of syphilis
syphilopsychosis
severe mental condition caused by untreated syphilis
syphilotherapy
treatment for syphilis
ventral
front
viscera
organs
visceropleura
membrane surrounding and attached to the lung