Med Term - Lesson 3

Front 1

Adip/o

Back 1

Fat

Front 2

Lip/o

Back 2

Fat

Front 3

Steat/o

Back 3

Fat

Front 4

Cutane/o

Back 4

Skin

Front 5

Dermat/o

Back 5

Skin

Front 6

Derm/o

Back 6

Skin

Front 7

Hidr/o

Back 7

Sweat

Front 8

Sudor/o

Back 8

Sweat

Front 9

Ichthy/o

Back 9

Dry, scaly

Front 10

Kerat/o

Back 10

Horny tissue, hard, cornea

Front 11

Melan/o

Back 11

Black

Front 12

Myc/o

Back 12

Fungus

Front 13

Onych/o

Back 13

Nail

Front 14

Ungu/o

Back 14

Nail

Front 15

Pil/o

Back 15

Hair

Front 16

Trich/o

Back 16

Hair

Front 17

Scler/o

Back 17

Hardening

Front 18

Seb/o

Back 18

Sebum, sebaceous

Front 19

Squam/o

Back 19

Scale

Front 20

Xen/o

Back 20

Foreign, strange

Front 21

Xer/o

Back 21

Dry

Front 22

-cyte

Back 22

Cell

Front 23

-derma

Back 23

Skin

Front 24

-logist

Back 24

Specialist

Front 25

-logy

Back 25

Study of

Front 26

-therapy

Back 26

Treatment

Front 27

An-

Back 27

Without, not

Front 28

Dia-

Back 28

Through, across

Front 29

Epi-

Back 29

Above, upon

Front 30

Homo-

Back 30

Same

Front 31

Hyper-

Back 31

Excessive,above normal

Front 32

Sub-

Back 32

Under, below

Front 33

Ankyl/o

Back 33

Stiffness, bent, crooked

Front 34

Arthr/o

Back 34

Joint

Front 35

Kyph/o

Back 35

Humpback

Front 36

Lamin/o

Back 36

Lamina (part of vertebral arch)

Front 37

Lord/o

Back 37

Curve, swayback

Front 38

Myel/o

Back 38

Bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 39

Orth/o

Back 39

Straight

Front 40

Oste/o

Back 40

Bone

Front 41

Ped/o

Back 41

Foot, child

Front 42

Ped/i

Back 42

Foot, child

Front 43

Scoli/o

Back 43

Crooked, bent

Front 44

Thorac/o

Back 44

Chest

Front 45

Acromi/o

Back 45

Acromion (projections of scapula)

Front 46

Brachi/o

Back 46

Arm

Front 47

Calcane/o

Back 47

Calcaneum (heel bone)

Front 48

Carp/o

Back 48

Carpus, wrist bone

Front 49

Cephal/o

Back 49

Head

Front 50

Cervic/o

Back 50

Neck, cervix uteri

Front 51

Clavicul/o

Back 51

Clavicle (collar bone)

Front 52

Cost/o

Back 52

Ribs

Front 53

Crani/o

Back 53

Cranium

Front 54

Dactyl/o

Back 54

Fingers, toes

Front 55

Femor/o

Back 55

Femur, thigh bone

Front 56

Fibul/o

Back 56

Fibula (smaller leg bone)

Front 57

Humer/o

Back 57

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Front 58

Ili/o

Back 58

Ilium (lateral portion of hip)

Front 59

Ischi/o

Back 59

Ischium (lower portion of hip)

Front 60

Lumb/o

Back 60

Loins (lower back)

Front 61

Metacarp/o

Back 61

Metacarpus (hand bones)

Front 62

Metatars/o

Back 62

Metatarsus (foot bones)

Front 63

Patell/o

Back 63

Patella (knee cap)

Front 64

Pelv/i

Back 64

Pelvis

Front 65

Phalang/o

Back 65

Phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)

Front 66

Pod/o

Back 66

Foot

Front 67

Pub/o

Back 67

Pelvis bone (anterior)

Front 68

Radi/o

Back 68

Radiation, xray

Front 69

Spondyl/o

Back 69

Vertebrae

Front 70

Vertebr/o

Back 70

Vertebrae

Front 71

Stern/o

Back 71

Sternum (breast bone)

Front 72

Tibi/o

Back 72

Tibia (larger leg bone)

Front 73

Leiomy/o

Back 73

Smooth muscle (visceral)

Front 74

Muscul/o

Back 74

Muscle

Front 75

My/o

Back 75

Muscle

Front 76

Rhabd/o

Back 76

Rod-shaped (striated)

Front 77

Rhabdomy/o

Back 77

Rod-shaped (striated) muscle

Front 78

Chondr/o

Back 78

Cartilage

Front 79

Fasci/o

Back 79

Band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscle)

Front 80

Fibr/o

Back 80

Fiber, fibrous tissue

Front 81

Synov/o

Back 81

Synovial membrane / tissue

Front 82

Ten/o

Back 82

Tendon

Front 83

Tend/o

Back 83

Tendon

Front 84

Tendin/o

Back 84

Tendon

Front 85

-asthenia

Back 85

Weakness, debility

Front 86

-blast

Back 86

Embryonic cell

Front 87

-clasia

Back 87

To break, surgical fracture

Front 88

-clast

Back 88

To break, surgical fracture

Front 89

-desis

Back 89

Binding, fixation

Front 90

-malacia

Back 90

Softening

Front 91

-physis

Back 91

Growth

Front 92

-porosis

Back 92

Porous

Front 93

-sarcoma

Back 93

Malignant tumor of connective tissue

Front 94

-scopy

Back 94

Visual examination

Front 95

A-

Back 95

Without, not

Front 96

Dys-

Back 96

Bad, painful, difficult

Front 97

Sub-

Back 97

Under, below

Front 98

Supra-

Back 98

Above, excessive, superior

Front 99

Syn-

Back 99

Union, together, joined

Front 100

Sarco-

Back 100

Flesh, striated muscle

Front 101

List and define the shapes and layers of epithelial tissue

Back 101

Shape:

- Squamous - flat and scale like cells

- Cubodial - cube shaped

- Columnar - tall and narrow

Layers:

- Simple - 1 layer

- Stratified - multiple layers

Front 102

The only organ system in the outside of the body

Back 102

Integumentary

Front 103

What are the two layers of the skin?

Back 103

Epidermis (outer layer) and dermis (inner later)

Front 104

How is the skin anchored to underlying structure and organs

Back 104

Subcutaneous later called the hypodermis or superficial fascia

Front 105

This skin layer consists of dense connective tissue, hair/nails/glands, elastic / collagenous fibers and sensory receptors

Back 105

Dermis

Front 106

This skin layer contains adipose tissue and provides cushion, insulation and energy

Back 106

Hypodermis

Front 107

This keeps hair and skin soft and flexible

Back 107

Sebum

Front 108

This sweat gland is most numerous on forehead, palm of hands, and soles of feet

Back 108

Merocrine

Front 109

This sweat gland is larger but less numerous; found in axillary and external genitalia

Back 109

Apocrine

Front 110

Name the three types of secondary lesions

Back 110

Excoriation, fissure, ulcer

Front 111

Areas of damaged skin and tissue that develop when sustained pressure cuts off circulation to vulnerable parts if the body

Back 111

Bedsores

Front 112

This type of wound is a break in the epithelium

Back 112

Open wound

Front 113

This type of wound results from scraping against a sharp object

Back 113

Abrasion

Front 114

Label this pic

Back 114

Free edge, nail body, lunula, cuticle, nail root

Front 115

Linear cut produced by sharp object

Back 115

Incision

Front 116

Open wound type: jagged, irregular tear

Back 116

Laceration

Front 117

Open wound type: results from slender pointed objects

Back 117

Puncture

Front 118

Open wound type: chunks of tissue torn away by brute force

Back 118

Avulsion

Front 119

Open wound type: bruise, bleeding in the dermis (black and blue marks, black eyes)

Back 119

Contusion

Front 120

Describe basal cell / squamous cell carcinoma

Back 120

Malignant, genetics factors predispose people, metastasis rarely occurs, treatment involves removal of tumor

Front 121

Describe malignant melanoma

Back 121

Extremely dangerous, cancerous melanocytrs grow and metastasize through lymphatic system

Front 122

What 4 attributes detect skin cancer

Back 122

Asymmetry (irregular shape)

Border (Irregular and unclear)

Color (many different)

Diameter (larger than 5mm)

Front 123

This muscle type is striated and voluntary

Back 123

Skeletal

Front 124

This muscle type is not striated and involuntary

Back 124

Smooth visceral

Front 125

This muscle type is striated and involuntary

Back 125

Cardiac

Front 126

Name the 5 muscle sizes

Back 126

Vastus (huge)

Maximus (large)

Longus (long)

Minimus (small)

Brevis (short)

Front 127

Name the 5 muscle shapes

Back 127

Deltoid (triangle)

Rhomboid (diamond with equal parallel sides)

Latissimus (wide)

Teres (round)

Trapezius (4 side with 2 parallel sides)

Front 128

Name the 4 muscle fiber directions

Back 128

Rectus (straight)

Transverse (across)

Oblique (diagonal)

Orbicularis (circular)

Front 129

What do tendons connect

Back 129

Muscle to bone

Front 130

What do ligaments connect

Back 130

Bone to bone

Front 131

This bone projection type is very large, irregularly shaped process on the femur

Back 131

Trochanter

Front 132

This bone process is small, rounded process

Back 132

Tubercle

Front 133

This bone projections is a large rounded process

Back 133

Tuberosity

Front 134

This branch of medicine is concerned with muscular disorders

Back 134

Orthopedics

Front 135

Thus brand of medicine is focused on bone/muscle alignment

Back 135

Doctor of osteopathy

Front 136

This is a physician who specializes in joint disease

Back 136

Rheumatologist

Front 137

This is a posterior fracture of the distal radius

Back 137

Colles fracture

Front 138

This is an ankle fracture of distal fibula with frequent fracture of medial malleolus

Back 138

Pott's fracture