Med Term Final Exam

Front 1

alveol/o

Back 1

air sac - gas exchange in the lung

Front 2

amni/o

Back 2

innermost membranous sac surrounding the developing fetus

Front 3

aneurysm/o

Back 3

abnormal widening

Front 4

angi/o

Back 4

blood vessel

angioplasty - surgical repair of a blood vessel

Front 5

ankyl/o

Back 5

stiff

(mom's ankle is stiff)

Front 6

anthroac/o

Back 6

black as coal

Front 7

aort/o

Back 7

largest artery in the body

oxygen rich

Front 8

-apheresis

Back 8

removal - separate

seperation of blood into component parts and removal of a select portion from the blood

Front 9

atri/o

Back 9

1 of 2 upper chambers in the heart

Front 10

axill/o

Back 10

armpit

Front 11

-blast

Back 11

embryonic, immature

Front 12

brady-

Back 12

slow

Front 13

capn/o

Back 13

carbon dioxide

gas produced by body cells when oxygen and food combine

Front 14

cervic/o

Back 14

neck of uterus

Front 15

chorion/o

Back 15

outer most layer of the 2 membranes surrounding the embryo

Front 16

-clast

Back 16

to break

Front 17

-coccus

Back 17

berry-shapped bacterium

Front 18

colp/o

Back 18

vagina

muscular, mucosa-lined canal extending from the uterus to the exterior of the body.

Front 19

coni/o

Back 19

dust

Front 20

cry/o

Back 20

cold

Front 21

crypt/o

Back 21

hidden

Front 22

culd/o

Back 22

cul-de-sac
region in the lower abdomen, midway between the rectom and uterus

Front 23

dist/o

Back 23

far, distance

Front 24

dorso

Back 24

back portion of the body

(don't let the door hit you on the way out)

Front 25

-ectomy

Back 25

to remove, excision

Front 26

eosin/o

Back 26

red, rosy, dawn

Front 27

epiglott/o

Back 27

epiglottis

lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing

Front 28

galact/o

Back 28

milk

Front 29

hepat/o

Back 29

liver

Front 30

-ic, -ical

Back 30

pertaining to

Front 31

infra-

Back 31

beneath, under

Front 32

inter

Back 32

between

Front 33

intra-

Back 33

within, in, into

Front 34

ligament/o

Back 34

ligament

connective tissue binding bones to bones

Front 35

-listhesis

Back 35

slipping

Front 36

malleol/o

Back 36

rounded process on each side of the ankle

Front 37

meat/o

Back 37

meatus

opening or canal

Front 38

melan/o

Back 38

black

Front 39

metacarp/o

Back 39

hand bones

Front 40

orth/o

Back 40

straight, upright

Front 41

-osis

Back 41

abnormal condition

nephrosis - abnormal condition of kidneys

Front 42

oste/o

Back 42

bone

Front 43

ox/o

Back 43

Oxygen

gas thatpasses into te bloodstream at the lungs and travels to all body cells.

2 O's = O2

Front 44

ox/y

Back 44

swift, rapid, acid

Front 45

pan-

Back 45

all

Front 46

para-

Back 46

abnormal, beside, near

or

to give birth - earing - bring forth - a womens reproductive history

Front 47

patell/o

Back 47

kneecap

Front 48

peri-

Back 48

surrounding, around

Front 49

-pexy

Back 49

fixation, put in place

(put the plexi-glass in place)

Front 50

-philia

Back 50

attraction for

(I feel ya)

Front 51

-phoresis

Back 51

carrying - transmission

Front 52

phren/o

Back 52

diaphragm

muscle separating the chest and abdomen

Front 53

plant/o

Back 53

sole of foot

Front 54

-poiesis

Back 54

formation

(when you pose you're in formation)

Front 55

poikil/o

Back 55

irregular - varied

Front 56

proxim/o

Back 56

nearest

proximal - pertaining to nearest

Front 57

-ptosis

Back 57

sagging, dropping, proplase

Front 58

-ptysis

Back 58

spitting

Front 59

py/o

Back 59

pus

Front 60

pyel/o

Back 60

renal pelvis

central collecting region in the kidney

Front 61

-rrhaphy

Back 61

suture

Front 62

-rrhea

Back 62

flow, discharge

Front 63

-sis

Back 63

condition, state of

prognosis - before knowledge of condition

Front 64

sphygm/o

Back 64

pulse

beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries

Front 65

staphyl/o

Back 65

clusters

staphylococci - cluster shapped bacteria

Front 66

-stomy

Back 66

opening to form a mouth

colostomy - opening of the colom

Front 67

strept/o

Back 67

twisted chain

streptococcus - twisted chain of bacteria

Front 68

supra-

Back 68

above, upper

(Toyota supra - above all other cars)

Front 69

tachy-

Back 69

fast

(if you get dressed fast you look tacky)

Front 70

tendin/o

Back 70

tendon

connective tissue that binds muscle to bone

Front 71

terat/o

Back 71

monster

Front 72

tetra

Back 72

4

Front 73

-tomy

Back 73

process of cutting an incision

Front 74

tri

Back 74

3

Front 75

trigon/o

Back 75

triangle region of the bladder

Front 76

ureter

Back 76

1 of 2 tubes leading from a kidney to the urinary bladder

Front 77

urethra

Back 77

tube from the urinary bladder to the meatus

Front 78

ventricul/o

Back 78

1 of 2 lower chambers of the heart

Front 79

antibody

Back 79

agents that destroy harmful bacteria

protein produced against an antigen

Front 80

antigen

Back 80

foreign substance that are toxic to the body and cells

Front 81

CABG

Back 81

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

arteries and veins are anastomosed to coronary arteries to detour around blockages

Front 82

PCI

Back 82

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

balloon tipped catheter is inserted into a coronary artery to open the artery and stent put in place

Front 83

heart transplant

Back 83

transfering the heart from donor to recipient

Front 84

atherectomy

Back 84

removal of fatty artery

Front 85

ankylosing spondylitis

Back 85

chronic, progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints (spine)

Front 86

gouty arthritis

Back 86

painful swelling of joints caused by excessive uric acid in the body

Front 87

osteoarthritis

Back 87

progressive degenerative (old) joint disease with loss of articular cartilage

Front 88

rheumatoid arthritis

Back 88

chronic joint condition with inflammation and pain.

Front 89

eponym

Back 89

named after a person or place

Front 90

mnemonic

Back 90

memory device

Front 91

Where on the arm are the fingers located?

Back 91

distal

Front 92

Where on the arm are the shoulders located?

Back 92

proximal

Front 93

pathway of urine (9)

Back 93

bloodstreem, glomerulus, glomerular capsule, renal tubule, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra, urinary meatus

Front 94

pathway of digestion (14)

Back 94

oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus

Front 95

pick the word that is an anastomosis - surgical connection between two parts

Back 95

gastrojejunostomy
choledechojejunostomy
not correct
choledochostomy
cholecystostomy

Front 96

hemorrhoid

Back 96

swollen, twisted, varicose veins in the rectal region

Front 97

sessile polyps

Back 97

sitting directly on the mucous membrane

Front 98

pedunculated polyps

Back 98

growth protrudes on stalk

Front 99

ileitis

Back 99

inflamation of the small intestines

Front 100

burs/o

Back 100

sac of fluid near a joint

Front 101

leiomy/o

Back 101

smooth muscle

Front 102

fascio

Back 102

sheaths that envelope a muscle

Front 103

rhabdomy/o

Back 103

striated, skeletal muscle

Front 104

cortex

Back 104

outer region of kidney

Front 105

medulla

Back 105

inner middle region of kidney

Front 106

bladder

Back 106

muscular sac for reservoir of urine

Front 107

peyl/o

Back 107

renal pelvis - collecting region in kidney

Front 108

diuresis

Back 108

complete urine

peeing all the time

Front 109

anuresis

Back 109

without urine

cannot pee

Front 110

enuresis

Back 110

in urine - bedwetting

Front 111

balanitis

Back 111

inflamation of the head of the penis

Front 112

phimosis

Back 112

muzzling, foreskin stuck to head of penis

Front 113

dorsiflextion

Back 113

flexing a limb at the joint

Front 114

plantar flexion

Back 114

pointing toes down to ground

Front 115

rotation

Back 115

circle

Front 116

extension

Back 116

straightening a limb

Front 117

gravida

Back 117

pregnancy

Front 118

para report

Back 118

Full
Preterm
Aborotion
Live Births

Front 119

pairs of crainal nerves

Back 119

12

12 days of christmas/crainal

Front 120

pairs of spinal nerves

Back 120

31

31 flavors of ice cream

Front 121

parietal

Back 121

outer fold of pleura

Front 122

visceral

Back 122

inner fold of pleura

Front 123

auscultation

Back 123

listening to breathing sounds

Front 124

percussion

Back 124

tapping on surface to determine the difference in density

Front 125

perineal

Back 125

area between anus an vagina

in between the legs

per(in)eal

Front 126

peritonal

Back 126

double layerd membrane surrounding the abdominal acvity

peri(ton)al -(tone abs)

Front 127

blood

Back 127

formed of elements (cells), suspended in a clear, staw-colored liquid (plasma)

Front 128

cells

Back 128

erythrocytes, thrombocytes, leukocytes

formed elements

Front 129

plasma

Back 129

water, disolved proteins, sugar, wastes, salts and hormones

Front 130

endometriosis

Back 130

uterine lining that grows on the outside of the uterus

Front 131

arachnoid membrane

Back 131

spider-like

Front 132

cauda equina

Back 132

nerves at the base of spine

(horses tail)

Front 133

dura mater

Back 133

tough mother

Front 134

pia mater

Back 134

delecate mother

Front 135

PSA

Back 135

Prostate Specific Antigen

measures the level of proteins in the blood

Front 136

D & C

Back 136

dilation and curettage

(dusting and clearning)

Front 137

EDC

Back 137

estimated date of confinement

Front 138

DUB

Back 138

dysfunctional uterine bleeding

heavy menstrual cycle

Front 139

pyg/o

Back 139

buttocks

Front 140

pnea

Back 140

breathing

Front 141

metatars/o

Back 141

foot bones

Front 142

peroneal

Back 142

fibula nerve or artery