Med Term Unit 2 Flashcards by Cynthia Cox

anterior/ventral

in front of, toward the front of the body

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

caudal

pertaining to the tail - Inferior in position

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

cephalic

pertaining to the head - superior in position

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

deep

inside or towards the intermost part

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

distal

away from the attachment point or beginning

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

inferior

below, towards the feet

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

lateral

to the side of, away from the midline

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

medial

middle, toward the midline of the body

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

posterior, dorsal

in back of, toward the back of the body

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

proximal

close to the attachment site or beginning

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

superficial

outside, or towards to outermost part

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

superior

above, towards the head

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

coronal plane / frontal plane

vertical section that divides the body or part into anterior and posterior
parts

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

oblique

an angled section, not vertical or horizontal

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

sagittal plane / longitudinal plane

vertical section that divides the body or part into right and left sides

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

midsagittal plane

sagittal plane down the midline of the body

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

transverse plane / horizontal plane / axial plane

horizontal section that divides the body into superior and inferior parts

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Subjective

something the patient tells you

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

objective

something that the clinician sees

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

assessment

the diagnosis

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

plan

what will be done to further assess or treat the patient

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

acute

sudden, short lasting a short time typically less than 2 weeks

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

aggravating factor

something which makes the problem worse

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

alleviating factor

something which makes the problem better

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

chronic

lasting a long time, typically 2+ weeks

complaint

the reason for the patients' visit

duration

how long something has happened

gastrointestinal

stomach and intestines

hematochezia

blood in the stool

history

what has happened to the patient up to this point

musculoskeletal

muscles and skeleton

radiating

pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another

severity

how bad it is

symptom

what the patient feels or is experiencing

temporal

having to do with time

auscultation

to listen

biopsy

a tissue sample to be tested

edema

swelling

-gram

visual record

-graph

instrument used to produce a visual record

-graphy

procedure used to produce a visual record

localized

isolated to one part of the body

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

palpation

to feel

-scope

instrument used for visualizing something

-scopy

the process of using an instrument to visualize something

sign

what the clinician can measure or or observe

systemic

throughout the body

therm/o

temperature

benign

safe, non-cancerous

diagnosis

what the clinician thinks the patient has

eti/o

how something came to be

-gnosis

to know

hernia

something that sticks out where it shouldn’t

ischemia

without blood flow

lesion

diseased tissue

lith/o

stone

maglignant

dangerous, cancerous

morbidity

risk of being sick

morph/o

change

mortality

risk of dying

necr/o

dead

-osis

condition

path/o

disease (literally, "suffering")

plas/o

formation

prognosis

prediction of what will happen to the patient

septic

infected with bacteria

trop/o

moving towards or acting on

-trophy

nourishment

xen/o

foreign

cautery

to burn or melt

cry/o

cold, to freeze

dessicate

to dry out

-ectomy

removal of

graft

living tissue

matern/o

mother

neonat/o

newborn, baby

orth/o

straight

pallative

treatment of symptoms only

ped/i, ped/o

child

pexy

surgical fixation, binding by surgical procedure

-plasty

surgical reconstruction or reformation

prophylaxis

preventative treatment

psych/o

mind, mental

-rrhaphy

surgical formation of a seam; suturing

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

cut, incision

-tripsy

breaking apart

APSO

assessment, plan, subjective, and objective

biopsy

chief complaint

diagnosis

gastrointestinal

HEADSS

home & environment; education, employment, eating activities

HPI

history of present illness

history

OLDCARTS

onset, location, duration, characterization, alleviating and aggravating factors, radiation, temporal factors, severity

prescription

SOAP

subjective, objective, assessment, plan

treatment or therapy

-ate

make it so

-genic

creating; giving rise to

-opsy

viewing

-osis

condition

-vent

turn

ana-

ante-

before, in front of

aut/o-

self, eyewitness

de-

down or away from

dia-

apart

in-

in, on

ipsi-

same

mid-

halfway across

para-

parallel

re-

again

retro-

behind

sym-

together

trans-

through, across

abdomen

belly

abdominal

pertaining to the abdomen

afferent

going towards

towards the front

anus

inferior opening of the intestines

coronal

crown like

cubit

forearm

distal

further away

dorsal

towards the back

duct

leading around

efferent

going away from

extension

increasing the angle of a joint

flexion

decreasing the angle of a joint

frontal

in front

gurgit

whirlpool

horizontal

parallel to the ground

inferior

below

lateral

away from the midline

medial

toward the midline

peritoneum

membrane covering the abdominal organs

popliteal

back of the knee

posterior

towards the back

prone

leaning forward

proximal

closer to

sagittal

like an anchor

superior

above

supine

bent backward

thorax

chest

thoracic

pertaining to the chest

transverse

across the long axis

ventral

towards the belly

verse

turn