Anatomy Terminology - Lesson 4

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Pyro-

Back 1

heat, fire, fever, or produced by fire

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pyrogen

Back 2

a fever-producing substance

Front 3

pyrosis

Back 3

also called heartburn; substernal pain or burning sensation, usu. associated with regurgitation of gastric juices into the esophagus

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puri-, puro-

Back 4

pus

Front 5

puriform

Back 5

resembling pus

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purulent

Back 6

containing, consistin of, or forming pus

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asthenia, -asthenia

Back 7

weakness

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myasthenia

Back 8

muscular weakness

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febrile

Back 9

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

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

Back 10

skin

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pyodermatitis

Back 11

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

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dermatology

Back 12

the medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders

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sarc/o

Back 13

denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh

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sarcolemma

Back 14

the plasma membrane sheath eveloping a muscle fiber

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sarcomere

Back 15

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

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py/o

Back 16

pus

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pyogenesis

Back 17

producing pus

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pyogen

Back 18

an agent that causes the formation of pus

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

Back 19

nerve, nervous tissue, nervous system

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neurospasm

Back 20

muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply

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neurology

Back 21

the brance of medical science concerned with the nervous system and its disorders

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ad-, a-

(sometimes "a" with the consonant the word root begins with, as "af-" in afferent)

Back 22

to, toward, near

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afferent

Back 23

bringing toward or into

Front 24

adduct

Back 24

to move a limb or any other part toward the midline of the body

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ec-, ex-, e-

(sometimes "e" with the consonant the word root begins with, as "ef-" in efferent)

Back 25

out of, away from, outside

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efferent

Back 26

conducting outward, away from

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ectopic

Back 27

out of place; in an abnormal location

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exocrine

Back 28

denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through ducts

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sepsis, septic/o, -septic

Back 29

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

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aseptic

Back 30

condition in which living pathogens are absent

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antiseptic

Back 31

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

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pyret/o

Back 32

fever

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antipyretic

Back 33

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

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phylaxis, -phylaxis

Back 34

protection against infrection; to guard

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prophylaxis

Back 35

the prevention of disease; preventative treatment

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myo-, my-

Back 36

muscle

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myositis

Back 37

inflammation of mscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles

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myalgia

Back 38

pain in the muscles

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electro-

Back 39

electricity

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electromyogram

Back 40

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

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-lemma

Back 41

sheath or envelope

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neurolemma

Back 42

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

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-graphy

Back 43

process of recording, writing or description

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electrocardiography
EKG or ECG

Back 44

the process of recording electrical currents from the heart; the study and interpretation of such recordings

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syn-

(appears and sym- in word roots beginning with b, p, ph, or m)

Back 45

with, together

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syndrome

Back 46

the aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any disease

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sympathomimetic

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denotes mimicking of the actions of the sympathetic nervous system

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-graph

Back 48

an instrument that records; sometimes a writing

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elecrocardiograph

Back 49

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

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-ferent, -ferous

Back 50

to convey, produce, or bear

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ossiferous

Back 51

containing or producing bone; bony

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spasm, -spasm, spasm/o

Back 52

a sudden, involuntary muscular contraction, convulsion

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spasmolytic

Back 53

an agent that relieves smooth muscle spasms

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sept-, septo-, sept/i

Back 54

1. septum(dividing wall)
2. seven

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septal

Back 55

relating to a septum

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tetan/o

Back 56

convulsive tension

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tetanus

Back 57

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)

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-gram

Back 58

a recording, record, or tracing

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electrocardiogram

Back 59

the graphic record/represenation of the heart's electrical activity

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clonus, -clonus, clon/o

Back 60

rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle

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blepharoclonus

Back 61

alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles of the eyelids