Med Term Ch 1 and 2 Flashcards by Francis Mendoza

pertaining to the brain

cerebral

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viewing of life under a microscope

biopsy

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inflammation of a glands

adenitis

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head first

cephalic

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cancerous tumor

carcinoma

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examination of urinary bladder

cystoscopy

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record of the electricity of the heart

electrocardiogram

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study of the heart

cardiology

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inflammation of the skin

dermatitis

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inflammation of a joint

arthritis

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visualizing a joint with an instrument

arthroscopy

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a photograph of an individual’s chromosomes, arranged by size, shape, and number

karyotype

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karyotyping can determine whether chromosomes are blank

normal

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nine systems of the body

digestive, urinary, respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, nervous, circulatory, musculoskeletal, integumentary

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Three organs of digestive system

mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallblader, pancreas

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three organs of urinary system

kidneys, ureters, urethra

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three organs of respiratory system

nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs

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three organs of reproductive system

ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands, testes, urethra, penis,prostate gland

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three organs of nervous system

brain, spinal cord, nerves

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three organs of circulatory system

heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, spleen, thymus gland

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three organs of musculoskeletal system

muscles, bones, joints

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three organs of integumentary system

skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, eye, ear, nose, tongue

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space below the chest containing organs like the liver, stomach, gallbladder, and intestines

abdominal cavity

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space in the head containing the brain and surrounded by the skull

cranial cavity

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muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities

diaphragm

pertaining to the back

dorsal... posterior

centrally located space between the lungs

mediastinum

space below the abdomen containing portions of the intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, and reproductive organs

pelvic cavity

double layered membrane surrounding the abdominal organs

peritoneum

double layered membrane surrounding each lung

pleura

space between the pleural membranes

pleural cavity

space within the spinal column and containing the spinal cord

spinal cavity

space in the chest containing the heart, lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea, esophagus, and other organs

thoracic cavity

pertaining to the front

ventral (anterior)

There are how many quadrants?

There are how many regions?

right upper region below the cartilage of the ribs that extend over the abdomen

right hypochondriac region

left upper region below the rib cartilage

left hypochondriac region

region above the stomach

epigastric region

right middle region near the waist

right lumbar region

left middle region near the waist

left lumbar region

region of the navel or umbilicus

umbilical region

right lower region near the groin and is aka

right inguinal region, right iliac region

left lower region near the groin and is aka

left inguinal region... left iliac region

middle lower region below the umbilical region

hypogastric region

quadrant that contains the liver, gallbladder, part of the pancreas, parts of the small/large intestines

right upper quadrant

quadrant that contains the liver, stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, parts of the small/large intestines

left upper quadrant

contains parts of the small and large intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter

right lower quadrant

quadrant that contains parts of the small and large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter

left lower quadrant

There are blank positional and directional terms

front surface of body

anterior or ventral

back side of the body

dorsal or posterior

away from the surface

deep

on the surface

superficial

near point of attachment to trunk

proximal

far from the point of attachment to the trunk

distal

below another structure

inferior

above another structure

superior

pertaining to the middle

medial

pertaining to the side

lateral

lying on back

supine

lying on belly

prone

vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

frontal (coronal) plane

lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides

sagittal (lateral) plane

horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground

transverse plane

gland

aden

joint

arthr

life

cancerous, cancer

carcin

heart

cardi

head

cephal

cerebrum

cerebr

to cut

cis

to secrete

crin

urinary bladder, sac or cyst

cyst

cell

cyt

skin

derm

electricity

electr

brain

encephal

intestines

enter

red

erythr

stomach

gastr

sugar

glyc

knowledge

gnos

woman, female

gynec

blood

hemat or hem

liver

hepat

treatment, physician

iatr

white

leuk

study of

log

kidney

nephr

nerve

neur

tumor

onc

eye

ophthalm

bone

oste

disease

path

child

ped

mind

psych

x-rays

radi

kidney

ren

nose

rhin

flesh

sarc

to cut

sect

clot, clotting

thromb

urinary tract, urine

next cards are suffixes

example) -ac

pertaining to

ac, al

pain

algia

cell

cyte

excision, removal

ectomy

blood condition

emia

pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in

genic

protein

globin

record

gram

pertaining to

ic, ical

process

ion

specialist

ist

inflammation

itis

process of study

logy

tumor, mass, swelling

oma

process of viewing

opsy

condition, usually abnormal

osis

disease condition

pathy

instrument to visually examine

scope

process of visually examining with endoscope

scopy

state of, condition

sis

process of cutting, incision

tomy

process, condition

prefixes are next...

example) a-

no, not, without

a, an

self, own

aut, auto

through, complete

dia

within

end, endo

above, upon

epi

out, outside of, outward

ex, exo

excessive, above, more than normal

hyper

deficient, below, under, less than normal

hypo

into, in

surrounding, around

peri

before, forward,

pro

back, backward, again

behind

retro

below, under

sub

across, through

trans

single backbone

vertebra

backbones

vertebrae

bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity

spinal column

nervous tissue within the spinal cavity

spinal cord

pad of cartilage between vertebrae

disk

combining forms are next...

example) abdomin means abdomen

abdomen

abdomin

fat

adip

front

anter

to cast (throw)

bol

neck of the body or uterus

cervic

cartilage

chondr

color

chrom

coccyx

coccyg

skull

crani

cell

cyt

far, distant

dist

back portion of the body

dors

tissue

hist

ilium

ili

groin

inguin

nucleus

kary

side

later

lower back

lumb

middle

medi

nucleus

nucle

pelvis, hip region

pelv

back, behind

poster

nearest

proxim

sacrum

sacr

flesh

sarc

spine, backbone

spin

nipple

thel

chest

thorac

trachea, windpipe

trache

navel, umbilicus

umbilic

belly side of the body

ventr

vertebrae, backbone

vertebr

internal organs

viscer

prefixes are next

example) ana- means up

ana

down

cata

above

epi

below

hypo

between

inter

change

Med Term Ch 1 and 2 Flashcards

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