Vocab words for test 2

Question 1

Pruritus

Answer 1

Itching

Question 2

Ischemia

Answer 2

Deficiency of blood in a particular area

Question 3

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 3

7 bones in the spine , c1-c7

Question 4

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 4

12 bones , t1-t12

Question 5

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 5

5 bones L1-L5

Question 6

Sacral vertebrae

Answer 6

5 fused bones s1-s5

Question 7

Coccygeal vertebrae

Answer 7

4 fused

Question 8

Coronal plane

Answer 8

divides the body anteriorly and posteriorly

Question 9

Sagittal plane

Answer 9

divides organs into left and right halves

Question 10

Midsagittal plane

Answer 10

divides the body into right and left halves

Question 11

Transverse plane

Answer 11

Divides the body into or organ into upper and lower portions

Question 12

What is an MRI

Answer 12

Magnetic resonance imaging - takes pictures of the body with magnetic waves

Question 13

abdomin/o

Answer 13

abdominal

Question 14

anter/o

Answer 14

front

Question 15

bronch/o

Answer 15

bronchial tubes

Question 16

cervic/o

Answer 16

neck of the body or neck of the uterus (cervix)

Question 17

-ior

Answer 17

pertaining to

Question 18

Chondr/o

Answer 18

cartilage

Question 19

coccyg/o

Answer 19

coccyx

Question 20

-eal

Answer 20

pertaining to

Question 21

crani/o

Answer 21

skull

Question 22

epitheli/o

Answer 22

skin, surface tissue

Question 23

Epi-

Answer 23

upon

Question 24

Theli/o

Answer 24

nipple

Question 25

esophag/o

Answer 25

esophagus

Question 26

hepat/o

Answer 26

liver

Question 27

lapar/o

Answer 27

abdomen

Question 28

Laryng/o

Answer 28

larynx

Question 29

later/o

Answer 29

side

Question 30

lumb/o

Answer 30

loin, waste

Question 31

-ar

Answer 31

pertaining to

Question 32

lymph/o

Answer 32

lymph

Question 33

mediastin/o

Answer 33

mediastinum (space between the lungs)

Question 34

pelv/o

Answer 34

pelvis

Question 35

peritone/o

Answer 35

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)

Question 36

Ascites

Answer 36

fluid accumulated in the peritoneal cavity from inflammation

Question 37

pharyng/o

Answer 37

throat, pharynx

Question 38

pleur/o

Answer 38

pleura

Question 39

poster/o

Answer 39

back, behind

Question 40

sacr/o

Answer 40

sacrum

Question 41

spin/o

Answer 41

spine

Question 42

thorac/o

Answer 42

chest

Question 43

trache/o

Answer 43

trachea

Question 44

vertebr/o

Answer 44

vertebra

Question 45

What is a CT scan?

Answer 45

a series of cross-sectional x ray images

Question 46

What are the regions of the abdomen staring from the top?

Answer 46

Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac Right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar Right iliac , hypogastric, left iliac

Question 47

what is asepsis?

Answer 47

all activities to prevent infection or break that cain of infection

Question 48

what is medical asepsis?

Answer 48

clean technique, reduce the number and transfer of pathogens

Question 49

What is surgical asepsis?

Answer 49

sterile technique, keep object free of microorganisms

Question 50

what is the term for an infection that takes place in a hospital?

Answer 50

nosocomial

Question 51

what is an infection called when a causative agent is aquired from other people

Answer 51

exogenous

Question 52

What is an infection called when the causative agent comes from microbial life harbored in the person

Answer 52

endogenous

Question 53

What is an infection that is the result of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure?

Answer 53

iatrogenic

Question 54

what process destroys all pathogens except spores?

Answer 54

disinfection

Question 55

what process destroys all microorganisms including spores?

Answer 55

sterilization

Question 56

bacteriuria

Answer 56

presence of bacteria in urine not due to contamination of a sample