Language Of Medicine Final Flashcards by Daniel Coronado

The bottom or tail end of the body

CAUDAD

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Select the term used to describe the position of a patient laying on their abdomen

PRONE

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Select the correct relationship below

Ribs are inferior to the head

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This tube carries deoxygenated blood to the heart

VEIN

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Muscular tube that food passes through to reach the stomach

ESOPHAGUS

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Select the prefix related to the vagina

COLP-

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Select the suffix that means “surgical repair, suturing”

-Orrhaphy

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Anatomical position further away from the midline of the body

LATERAL

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A nephrectomy is a procedure that involves

Removing a kidney

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Which structure refers to the “THIRD (most distal) part of the small intestine”?

ILEUM

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What is the difference between the prefixes “ureter-“ and “urethr-“?

“Ureter-‘’ refers to the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, “urethr-“ refers to the urethra

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Which suffix means “surgical puncture to remove fluid”?

-CENTESIS

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The wrist is _________ to the elbow

DISTAL

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Which prefix refers to a “structure used for breathing”

TRACHE-

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Which prefix refers to calcifications such as “kidney stones”?

LITH-

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Where is the submucosa located in relation to the mucosa?

BELOW THE MUCOSA

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Any structure that functions like a duct or canal is referenced by the prefix:

VAS-

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Which of the following suffixes mean “destruction, breakdown, or separation”?

-LYSIS

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Select the basic position used to reference designated sites or directional planes of the human body:

ANATOMICAL POSITION

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Select the prefix below that means “uterus”

HYSTER-

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Prefix meaning between:

INTER-

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The medical term that means near the point of attachment to the trunk of the body or near the beginning of a structure:

PROXIMAL

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Refers to the wall of a body cavity:

PARIETAL

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The plane that divides the body into front and back halves:

CORONAL

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The abdominal body cavity:

CELIO-

Pancreatitis is defined as an inflammation of which organ:

PANCREAS

Toward the head or the top end of the body

CEPHALAD

Prefix relating to a vessel:

ANGI-

Which anatomical structure is referenced by the prefix “mast-“

BREAST

Select the term that means “mass of blood”-

HEMATOMA

Select the correct term for the anatomical position pictures: (diagonal human with feet up)

TRENDELENBURG

Select the suffix that means “surgical reshaping”

-OPLASTY

Name the anatomical structure pictures below the kidneys:

URINARY BLADDER

The prefix “pneumon” is defined as:

RELATED TO THE LUNGS

Classic birth position, lying on back with knees apart, perineum exposed:

LITHOTOMY POSITION

Anatomical reference that means positioned below another structure:

INFERIOR

A condition which involves gallstones in the bile duct:

CHLOECDOCHOLITHIASIS

The term “cystoscope” refers to:

VISUAL EXAMINATION OF A URINARY BLADDER

Name of the anatomical plane pictured (body cut in half from top to bottom)

TRANSVERSE

Which of the following terms does NOT refer to “a half)

HEMOSTAT

Name the sac-like membrane surrounding the heart

PERICARDIUM

Which of the following means “against” or “opposite”?

CONTRA-

A supracervical hysterectomy preserves the cervicx because the procedure is conducted ________ the cervix

ABOVE

Which prefix is defined as “related to the lungs”?

PULMON-

What type of procedure is a urethrotomy?

INCISION OF THE URETHRA

The endometrium is the inner lining of which anatomical structure:

UTERUS

The condition ostalitis is described as:

INFLAMMATION OF A BONE

Name for a secondary system, generally stemming from a central system:

PERIPHERAL

Medical term for the front side of the body:

Select the term that means “creation of a new opening between the small intestine and the large intestine:

ENTERCOLOSTOMY

A gastrectomy is a procedure involving:

GASTRIC RESECTION

A sonogram is defined as:

THE RECORD OF AN IMAGE CREATED USING SOUND

Involving the tubes that carry air to the lungs:

BRONCH-

CHOOSE THE SIDE OF THE BODY SHOWN HERE (BACK)

POSTERIOR

The final straight portion of the large intestines defined by the prefix “proct-“ is:

THE RECTUM

The prefix “ex-“ is defined as:

OUTSIDE

The breakdown or destruction of biological structures:

LYSIS-

Select the prefix that means “posterior” or behind”:

RETRO-

Visual examination of the large intestine with an optical instrument:

COLONOSCOPY

What is the difference between the prefixes “chole-“ and “cholecyst-“?

“CHOLECYST-“ IS RELATED TO THE GALLBLADDER, “CHOLE”- IS RELATED TO BILE

Enteritis is:

INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

Anatomical reference that means positioned above another structure:

SUPERIOR

The plane that divides the body into right and left halves :

SAGITTAL

Hepatomegaly is a condition defined by a(n) _______ liver.

ENLARGED

Removal of the gallbladder:

CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Select the procedure which involves fixation of the vagina to correct prolapse:

COLPOPEXY

Select the correct meaning for the prefix “Phleb-“:

VEIN

The prefix “dudoden-“ refers to which anatomical structure:

FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

Select the prefix that means “behind”:

PROST-

Select the procedure involving the removal of an appendix:

APPENDECTOMY

Select the correct prefix for the anatomical structure pictured (ovaries):

OOPHOR-

Prefix that references an artery:

ARTER-

Select the term used to describe the position of a patient lying on their back:

SUPINE

Select the prefix defined as “within”-

ENDO-

The term “renal” refers to structures related to which organ?

KIDNEY

The prefix that means “related to the final straight portion of the large intestine” is:

RECT-

Select the term that that contains the root word for “heart”:

PERICARDIUM

Select the correct term for “the study of cells”:

CYTOLOGY

Which of the following prefixes means “beside, parallel to or abnormal “?

PARA-

Name of the term defined as “tumor of the liver”:

HEPATOMA

Salpingo-oophorectomy is the surgical removal of:

FALLOPIAN/UTERINE TUBES AND OVARY

The prefix “thorac-“ refers to which general area of the body:

CHEST

Select the term that refers generally to the internal organs of the body:

VISCERAL

A laparoscopic procedure is an endoscopic visual examination of which area of the body?

ABDOMEN

Which structure refers to the “SECOND part of the small intestine”?

JEJUNUM

Which of the following procedures involves “cutting a bone”?

OSTEOTOMY

Language Of Medicine Final Flashcards

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