Final Review Flashcards
Angi/o
Vessel
My/o
Muscle
Thromb/o
Clot
Phleb/o
Vein
Ather/o
Fatty
Scler/o
Hard
-rrhexis
Rupture
-Ectasia
Dilatation
Arteries
Carry blood away from heart
Veins
Carry blood back to the heart
Motor
Movement
Plastic
Repair
Hepat/o
Liver
-rrhaphy
Suturing
Cyst/o
Bladder
-rrhagia
Hemorrhage
Alger/ia
Oversensitivity to pain
Para-
Beside, beyond, near, abnormal
rhabd/o
Rod shaped
Skeletal, striated, voluntary
leiomy/o
Smooth, visceral, involuntary
Organs and vessels
ADL
Activities of daily living
CAD
Coronary artery disease
HA
Headache, hearing aide.
SOB
Shortness of breath
enter/o
Small intestine
Ventral
Belly side
Anterior
Towards front
Cephalic
Toward head
Caudal
Towards the tail
Proximal
Distal
Near the point of origin
Away from the point of origin
Sagital
Plane dividing left and right
Coronal
Crown or encircling
Ompha
Umbilicus
Gnosis or gnosis
Knowledge
Pro
Foreknowledge, predicting
Dia-
Through or throughout.
Aer/o
Air
Phil
Loves
-tocia
Labor
Than
necr/o
Death
Retro
Behind
Nephr
Kidney
Colp
Vagina
AD
Right ear
AS
Left ear
AU
Both ears
OD
Right eye
OS
Left eye
OU
Both eyes
p
Post. After
Lapar/o
Abdominal wall
Scope
Instrument
Tomy
Incision
Pyr/o
Fire
Hidro
Sweat
Genesis
Formation
bid
Twice a day
FBS
Fasting blood sugar
hs
Hours of sleep
Bed time
grav
pregnancies
para
live births
qid
4 times a day. Quarterly
tid
3 times a day
Cilary
Eyebrow
Tomy
Incision
Plasty
Surgical repair
Cost/o
Ribs
Meta
Beyond
Ultra
Beyond or in excess
Py
Pus
Sept/i or Septic/o
Infection
Anti-emetic
Works for vomiting
Anti-tussive
Works for coughing
c
With
s
Without
Spira
Breath
Still
Drip
Mal
Bad. Poor. General illness
Furco-
Branch. Divide. Fork
Hermaphrodite
Inter-sexed
Sanguin/o
Blood
Febr-
Fever
Rx
Prescribed
90 degree shot
Intramuscular (deepest) (IM)
45 degree shot
Subcutaneous (SC)
25 degree shot
Intravenous (IV)
10-15 degree shot
Intradermal (closest to skin) (ID)
ac
Before meals
ad lib
As desired
gt/gtt, gtts
Drop, drops
IU
International unit
pc
Post meal
PO
By mouth
HS
Half strength
CA
Cancer
DOA
Dead on arrival
FOD
Free of disease
Fx
Fracture
HA
Headache
acr/o
Extremities
Megaly
Enlarged
-tome
Surgical instrument
-ectomy
Excision or removal
-ostomy
Opening by cutting
Making new surgical opening
-tomy
Incision into
-graph
Instrument
-gram
Picture
-algia
Pain
-osis
Condition of
thromb/o
Blood clot
hist/o
Tissues
morph/o
Form, shape, or structure
por/o
Passageway
-penia
Low or loss
myel/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
poli/o
Gray matter
-plasia
Formation
arthr/o
Joint
-plasty
Surgical repair
Rheum
Flux in body fluids
Tendo
Stretch
Tendon
Muscle to bone
Ligament
Bone to bone
Fascia
Muscle to muscle
Chondr/o
Cartilage
dent
Tooth
orth/o
odont/o
Straight
Shaped like a tooth
-peri
Around or near
amni/o
Protective sac around fetus
tomy
Incision
-scopy
Look at something with a scope
Cocci
Circular
Staph
Lots grouped
Bacilli
Rods
Strept
In a line
Curved rods
Spirochete
Staphyl/o
Uvula
py/o
Pus
Onc/o
Tumors
ot/o
Ear
Tympanites
Bloated, gassy feeling in abdomen
Tympan-tight air
Phasia
Speech
rhin/o
Nose
Lith/o
Stone
chol/e
Fall or bile
pne/o
Pnea
Breathing
men/o
Menstruation
gloss
Tongue
cheil
Lips
dactyl
Fingers or toes
Syn
Together
drom/o
Run
Syndrome
Variety or symptoms that run together
dips
Thirst