chapter 4 med term review

Question 1

Adductor

Answer 1

Ad/duct/or
muscle that moves towards the body

Question 2

Abductor

Answer 2

Ab/duct/or
muscle that moves away from body

Question 3

Adrenal

Answer 3

Ad/ren/al
above the kidney

Question 4

Analysis

Answer 4

Ana/lysis
separation of various substances into various parts

Question 5

Anoxia

Answer 5

An/ox/ia
condition pertaining to without oxygen

Question 6

Anteflexion

Answer 6

Ante/flex/ion
process of bending forward

Question 7

Apnea

Answer 7

A/pnea
failure to breathe

Question 8

Antisepsis

Answer 8

Anti/sep/sis
eliminates microorganisms that cause disease

Question 9

Bilateral

Answer 9

Bi/later/al
pertaining to both sides of the body

Question 10

Bradycardia

Answer 10

Brady/cardi/ia
slow heart

Question 11

Contralateral

Answer 11

Contra/lateral
opposite side of the body

Question 12

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 12

Arteri/o/scler/osis
hardening of the arteries

Question 13

Catabolism

Answer 13

Cata/bolism
breakdown of complex molecules

Question 14

Encephalopathy

Answer 14

Encephal/o/pathy
disease of the brain

Question 15

Carpometacarpal

Answer 15

Carp/o/meta/carpal
joint that connects wrist to fingers

Question 16

Pericardium

Answer 16

Peri/cardi/um
pertaining to around the heart

Question 17

Anemia

Answer 17

An/emia
blood condition when one has a lack of red blood cells

Question 18

Polyneuritis

Answer 18

Poly/neur/itis
inflammation of many nerves

Question 19

Transurethral

Answer 19

Trans/urethr/al
surgery through the urethra

Question 20

Prodrome

Answer 20

Pro/drome
early symptom indicating disease

Question 21

Sucrase

Answer 21

Sucr/ase
enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose

Question 22

Tachypnea

Answer 22

Tachy/pnea
rapid breathing

Question 23

Postmortem

Answer 23

Post/mort/em
happening after death

Question 24

Subcutaneous

Answer 24

Sub/cutane/ous
under the skin

Question 25

Retroperitoneal

Answer 25

Retro/perit/o/neal pertaining to behind the peritoneum (the tissue that lines the walls and surrounds the organs of the abdominal cavity)

Question 26

Intercostal

Answer 26

Inter/cost/al between the ribs

Question 27

Oral

Answer 27

or/al pertaining to the mouth

Question 28

Myocardial

Answer 28

my/o/cardi/al pertaining to the heart muscle

Question 29

Hysterectomy

Answer 29

Hyster/ectomy surgical removal of the uterus

Question 30

Macrocephaly

Answer 30

macro/cephal/y large head

Question 31

Gastroscope

Answer 31

Gastr/o/scope instrument to look into the stomach

Question 32

Hemostasis

Answer 32

Hem/o/stasis process to stop blood flow

Question 33

Gastralgia

Answer 33

Gastr/algia stomac pain

Question 34

Percutaneous

Answer 34

Per/cutane/ous pertaining to through the skin

Question 35

Osteocyte

Answer 35

Osteo/cyte bone cell

Question 36

Pneumonia

Answer 36

Pneumon/ia lung condition

Question 37

Urosepsis

Answer 37

Uro/sepsis infection in the urinary bladder/ tract

Question 38

Dislocation

Answer 38

Dis/location away from its location

Question 39

Leukocyte

Answer 39

Leuk/o/cyte white blood cell