MED121 Midterm Flashcards
(130 cards)
1
Q
Names for Syllables:
- Ultima
- Penult
- Antepenult
A
- Ultima = last
- Penult = second to last
- antepenult = third to last
2
Q
Which syllable gets the emphasis when pronouncing medical worlds?
A
Antepenultimate syllable (3rd to last)
ex. Cardiac (KAR/dee/ak)
ex. Cardiology
(kar/dee/AW/lo/jee)
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Q
When do you use combining vowels?
A
- to join a root to any suffix that begins with a consonant (ex. splen/o + megaly = splenomegaly)
- To join 2 roots together (ex. hepat/o + splen/o + megaly = hepatosplenomegaly)
- To join 2 roots together even when the second root begins with a vowel (ex. gastr/o + enter/o + -logy = gastroenterology)
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Q
When do you NOT use a combining vowel?
A
To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel (ex. my/o + -algia = myalgia)
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Q
gen/o
A
creation/cause
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hydr/o
A
water
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morph/o
A
change
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
A
death
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orth/o
A
straight
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path/o
A
suffering, disease
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phag/o
A
eat
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plas/o
A
formation
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py/o
A
pus
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scler/o
A
hard
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sten/o
A
narrowing
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troph/o
A
nourishment, development
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xen/o
A
foreign
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Q
Suffixes meaning “pertaining to”
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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-tic
-ous
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Suffixes meaning “condition”
A
- ia
- ism
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Q
Meaning of the suffix “-ium”
A
tissue, structure
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Meaning of the suffix “-y”
A
condition, procedure
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Suffixes meaning “small”
A
- icle
- ole
- ule
- ula
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Complex Suffixes
A
formed when 2 or more suffixes, roots or prefixes are combined to form one suffix
ex.
- combining the suffix “-y” meaning procedure with the root “tom/o” meaning cutting procedure to form the complex suffix “-tomy” meaning “a cutting procedure”
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Complex Suffixes meaning "medical science"
-iatrics
-iatry
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Complex Suffix meaning "specialist in the medicine of"
- iatrist
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complex suffix meaning "specialist in the study of"
-logist
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suffix meaning "specialist"
- ist
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suffix meaning "study of"
- logy
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- algia
pain
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-dynia
pain
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-cele
hernia
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-emia
blood condition
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-iasis
presence of
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-itis
inflammation
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-lysis
loosen, break down
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oid
resembling
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
condition
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency
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-ptosis
drooping
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-rrhage
excessive flow
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-rrhagia
excessive flow
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-rrhea
flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-centesis
puncture
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-gram
written record
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-graph
instrument used to produce a record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-metry
process of measuring
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-scope
instrument used to look
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-scopy
process of looking
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-desis
binding, fixation
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-ectomy
removal
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
reconstruction
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-rrpahpy
suture
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-stomy
creation of an opening
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-tomy
incision
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brady-
slow
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tachy-
fast
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ab-
away
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ad-
toward
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circum-
around
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peri-
around
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dia-
through
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trans-
through
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prefixes meaning "out"
ecto-, ec-, ex-
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prefixes meaning "in"
en-, endo-, intra-
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epi-
upon
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sub-
beneath
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prefixes meaning "one"
mono-, uni-
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oligo-
few
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prefixes meaning "many"
poly-, multi-
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prefixes meaning "with" or "together"
con-, syn-, sym-
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dys-
bad
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eu-
good
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SOAP
S: subjective (what the patient says)
O: objective (what the tests reveal)
A: Assessment (analysis)
P: Plan
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Subjective
problems that the patient states they have
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Objective
Data collected by health care provider including:
- labs
- tests
- imaging
- physical exam findings
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Assessment
combination of objective and subjective includes:
- diagnosis or differential diagnosis
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Supine
laying on back
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Prone
Laying on stomach
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Differential Diagnosis
List of possible diagnoses
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Sagittal
body plane: right to left
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Coronal
body plane: front to back
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Transverse
body plane: top to bottom
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What makes up the Integumentary System?
Skin
Hair
Nerves
Glands
Nails
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Types of Glands in the Integumentary System
Sweat
Sebaceous (oil)
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Squamous Cells
Cells that make up the epidermis
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Dermis
deeper layer of epidermis
contains fewer cells than the epidermis and more thick fibers
contains hair follicles, nerves and glands
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Epidermis
outermost layer of skin
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Sweat Glands
release sweat to rid the body of waste and control body temp
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Pilo-/tricho-
hair
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hidro-
sweat
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sebaceo-
oil
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Sebaceous Glands
secrete oil to moisturize skin and hair
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onycho-/unguo-
nails
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kerato-
horniness
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xero-
dryness
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crypt/o-
hidden
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erythro-
redness
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leuko- alb/o-
whiteness
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xantho-
yellowness
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macerate
wet rash
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xerosis
dry rash
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Papules
small bumps that are less than 1cm
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Vesicles
small bumps < 1 cm filled with clear fluid
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Pustules
small bumps < 1 cm filled with pus
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Nodules
bumps greater than 1cm
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Bulla
blister
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Abcess
large pustule
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Plaques
bumps that are large and flat
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Macules
small, flat spots like freckles
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Impetigo
small yellow crust that results from bacterial infections
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ABCDE
assymetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
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AK
actinic keratosis
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Squam/o-
scale
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Petechiae
small bruise
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ecchymosis
large bruise
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cicatrix
scar
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keloid
overgrowth of scar tissue
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excoriation
scratch
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fissure
crack in the skin
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erosion
loss of skin
