Anatomy 4

Front 1

Derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o, -derma

Back 1

Skin

Front 2

Ec-, ex-, e-

Back 2

Out of, away from, outside

Front 3

Electro-

Back 3

Electricity

Front 4

Febrile

Back 4

Denoting or relating to a fever; feverish; having a fever; pyretic

Front 5

Ad-, a-

Back 5

To, toward, near

Front 6

Myo-, my-

Back 6

Muscle

Front 7

Asthenia, -asthenia

Back 7

Weakness

Front 8

Neur/o, neur/i, nerv/o, nerv/i

Back 8

Nerve, nervous tissue, nervous system

Front 9

Phylaxis, -phylaxis

Back 9

Protection against infection; to guard

Front 10

Puri-, puro-

Back 10

Pus

Front 11

Py/o

Back 11

Pus

Front 12

Pyret/o

Back 12

Fever

Front 13

Pyro-

Back 13

Heat, fire, fever, or produced by fire

Front 14

Sarc/o

Back 14

Denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh

Front 15

Sepsis, septic/o, -septic

Back 15

The presence of various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms, or their toxins, in the blood or tissues; putrifaction

Front 16

Electromyogram

Back 16

a graphic representation of the electrical currents associated with muscular contraction, obtained by inserting electrodes into the muscle fibers

Front 17

Efferent

Back 17

conducting outward, away from

Front 18

Pyodermatitis

Back 18

also called pyoderma, this is a pus-producing inflammation of the skin

Front 19

Myositis

Back 19

inflammation of muscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles

Front 20

Afferent

Back 20

bringing toward or into

Front 21

Prophylaxis

Back 21

the prevention of disease; preventative treatment

Front 22

Neurospasm

Back 22

muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply

Front 23

Myasthenia

Back 23

muscular weakness

Front 24

Antipyretic

Back 24

relieving or reducing fever, or a
substance/agent that has such an action

Front 25

Pyogen

Back 25

an agent that causes the formation
of pus

Front 26

Puriform

Back 26

resembling pus

Front 27

Antiseptic

Back 27

– substance/agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting growth of infectious agents

Front 28

Sarcomere

Back 28

– the basic contractile unit of striated muscle; the segment of a myofibril between two adjacent z-lines

Front 29

Pyrogen

Back 29

fever-producing substance

Front 30

Sept-, septo-, sept/i

Back 30

1. septum (dividing wall) 2. seven

Front 31

Spasm, -spasm, spasm/o

Back 31

A sudden, involuntary muscular contraction, convulsion

Front 32

Syn-

Back 32

With, together

Front 33

Tetan/o

Back 33

Convulsive tension

Front 34

-ferent, -ferous

Back 34

To convey, produce, or bear

Front 35

-lemma

Back 35

Sheath or envelope

Front 36

-gram

Back 36

A recording, record, or tracing

Front 37

-graph

Back 37

An instrument that records; sometimes a writing

Front 38

-graphy

Back 38

Process of recording, writing or description

Front 39

Clonus, -clonus, clon/o

Back 39

Rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle

Front 40

Algesi/o, alge-, algo-, -algia

Back 40

Pain or painful condition

Front 41

Syndrome –

Back 41

the aggregate of signs and
symptoms associated with any
disease

Front 42

Spasmolytic

Back 42

an agent that relieves smooth
muscle spasms

Front 43

Septal

Back 43

– relating to a septum

Front 44

Neurolemma

Back 44

– also neurilemma; the sheath
encasing the axon of a nerve fiber

Front 45

Ossiferous

Back 45

containing or producing bone;
bony

Front 46

Tetanus

Back 46

1. acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms, esp. of jaw and back muscles. 2. sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of nerve stimuli repeated resulting in a sustained/continuous contraction of muscle (no twitching)

Front 47

Audi/o

Back 47

The sense of hearing

Front 48

Dia-

Back 48

Through, throughout, across, completely

Front 49

Esthesi/o, -esthesia

Back 49

Sensation, perception

Front 50

Kines/i

Back 50

Motion, movement

Front 51

Syndrome –

Back 51

the aggregate of signs and
symptoms associated with any
disease

Front 52

Spasmolytic

Back 52

an agent that relieves smooth
muscle spasms

Front 53

Septal

Back 53

– relating to a septum

Front 54

Neurolemma

Back 54

– also neurilemma; the sheath
encasing the axon of a nerve fiber

Front 55

Ossiferous

Back 55

containing or producing bone;
bony

Front 56

Tetanus

Back 56

1. acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms, esp. of jaw and back muscles. 2. sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of nerve stimuli repeated resulting in a sustained/continuous contraction of muscle (no twitching)

Front 57

Electrocardiography

Back 57

– (EKG or ECG) – the
process of recording electrical currents
from the heart; the study and
interpretation of such recordings

Front 58

Electrocardiograph

Back 58

– instrument used for
recording the potential of the electrical
currents that traverse the heart and
initiate its contraction

Front 59

Electrocardiogram

Back 59

the graphic record/
representation of the heart’s
electrical activity

Front 60

Audiology

Back 60

also otology; the study of
hearing disorders through the
identification and measurement of loss of hearing function as well as the rehabilitation of people with hearing Impairments

Front 61

Algesimeter

Back 61

also algesiometer; instrument
used for measuring the degree of
sensitivity to a painful stimulus

Front 62

Blepharoclonus

Back 62

alternate contraction and
relaxation of the muscles
of the eyelids

Front 63

Kinesia

Back 63

any form of motion sickness

Front 64

Kinesthesia

Back 64

sense that allows the brain to be
constantly aware of the position and
movement of muscles in different parts
of the body (without this, coordinated
movements with your eyes closed would
be impossible)

Front 65

Diapedesis

Back 65

passage of blood cells through
the unruptured walls of capillaries
into the tissue spaces (an
important part of the
inflammatory response mechanism)