Medical terms unit 2

Question 1

Adeno-

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

adip/o-

Answer 2

fat

Question 3

anter-

Answer 3

before, front

Question 4

caud/o

Answer 4

lower part of the body, tail

Question 5

cephal/o-

Answer 5

head

Question 6

cyt/o- -cyte

Answer 6

cell

Question 7

end/o-

Answer 7

in, within, inside

Question 8

exo-

Answer 8

out of, outside, away from

Question 9

-hist/o -histi/o

Answer 9

tissue

Question 10

-ologist

Answer 10

specialist

Question 11

path/o- -pathy

Answer 11

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Question 12

plas/i- plas/o- -plasia

Answer 12

development, growth, formation

Question 13

poster/o-

Answer 13

behind, toward the back

Question 14

-stasis -static

Answer 14

control, maintenance of a constant level

Question 15

abdominal cavity

Answer 15

primarily contains major organs of digestion

Question 16

anatomy

Answer 16

study of the structures of the body

Question 17

anomaly

Answer 17

deviation from normal

Question 18

blood-borne transmission

Answer 18

spread of a disease through contact with blood or blood contaminated body fluids

Question 19

chromosomes

Answer 19

genetic structures located within the nucleus of each cell

Question 20

communicable disease

Answer 20

contagious disease (transmitted between people through direct or indirect contact with contaminated objects)

Question 21

congenital disorder

Answer 21

abnormal condition that exists at time of birth

Question 22

distal

Answer 22

situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure

Question 23

dorsal

Answer 23

back of the organs or the body

Question 24

epidemic

Answer 24

sudden and widespread outbreak of a disease within a population/group

Question 25

epigastric region

Answer 25

area located above the stomach

Question 26

functional disorder

Answer 26

symptoms with no identifiable physiological or anatomical cause

Question 27

genetic disorder

Answer 27

a pathological condition caused by an absent or defective gene (hereditary)

Question 28

geriatrician

Answer 28

person who specializes in the care of older people

Question 29

hemophelia

Answer 29

hereditary bleeding disorders in which blood-clotting factor is missing

Question 30

hypertrophy

Answer 30

increase in the bulk of a body part/organ based on size rather than increased number of cells

Question 31

hypogastric region

Answer 31

area located below the stomach

Question 32

latrogenic illness

Answer 32

unfavorable response resulting from prescribed medical treatment

Question 33

infectious disease

Answer 33

illness caused by living pathogenic organisms

Question 34

inguinal

Answer 34

relating to the groin, lower area of the abdomen

Question 35

medial

Answer 35

direction toward or nearer the midline

Question 36

mesentery

Answer 36

a fused double layer (fold) of the parietal peritoneum that attaches parts of the intestine to the interior abdominal wall

Question 37

midsagittal plane

Answer 37

divides the body into equal left and right halves

Question 38

nonsocomial infection

Answer 38

disease acquired in a hospital or clinical setting

Question 39

pandemic

Answer 39

outbreak of a disease occuring over a large geographic area or worldwide

Question 40

pelvic cavity

Answer 40

space formed by the hip bones that contains reproductive and excretory systems

Question 41

peritoneum

Answer 41

multilayered membrane that protects the organs in the abdominal cavity

Question 42

peritonitis

Answer 42

inflammation of the peritoneum

Question 43

phenylketonuria

Answer 43

genetic disorder in which an essential digestive enzyme is missing

Question 44

proximal

Answer 44

situated nearest to the midline or beginning of a body structure

Question 45

retroperitoneal

Answer 45

located behind the peritoneum

Question 46

stem cells

Answer 46

unspecialized cells that are able to renew themselves by cell division

Question 47

thoracic cavity

Answer 47

surrounds and protects the lungs

Question 48

transverse plane

Answer 48

horizontal marker that divides the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) portions

Question 49

umbilicus

Answer 49

belly,naval(pit in the abdominal wall where the umbilical cord was attached prior to birth

Question 50

vector-borne transmission

Answer 50

spread of a disease due to the bite of an infected insect or animal

Question 51

ventral

Answer 51

cavity located along the front of the body that contains the body organs that sustain homeostasis

Question 52

-ology

Answer 52

the science or study of