Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Pituitary
|
endocrine gland controlled by hormones from the hypothalamus
|
|
|
Thyroidectomy
|
surgical removal of the thyroid gland
|
|
|
Adenopaty
|
disease of gland
|
|
|
Estrogen
|
female sex hormone produced by the ovaries
|
|
|
Androgen
|
testosterone produced by the adrenal cortex
|
|
|
Testosterone
|
male sex hormone produced by the testes
|
|
|
Hypertrophy
|
abnormally increased tissue growth
|
|
|
Epidural
|
space over the dura mater
|
|
|
Neurilemma
|
nerve sheath, membrane of the shwann cell
|
|
|
Gustatory
|
the sense of taste
|
|
|
Olfactory
|
sense of smell
|
|
|
Myalgea
|
muscle pain
|
|
|
Paraplegia
|
paralysis of both lower limbs
|
|
|
Aphasia
|
impaired ability to speak or write
|
|
|
Dysphasia
|
difficulty speaking
|
|
|
Dysphagia
|
difficulty swallowing
|
|
|
Ataxia
|
difficulty with motor coordination causing abnormal walking gate
|
|
|
Agnosia
|
inpaired ability to recognize or comprehend sensory stimuli
|
|
|
Dementia
|
progressive loss of cognitive and intellectual function
|
|
|
Psychotropic
|
mind altering as in medications
|
|
|
Pituitary
|
pituit - phlem, mucas
ary - pertaining to |
|
|
Thyroidectomy
|
thyroid - thyroid gland
ectomy - surgical removal |
|
|
Adenopaty
|
aden - gland
pathy- disease |
|
|
Estrogen
|
estro - to direct female
gen - production |
|
|
Androgen
|
andr - male
gen - production |
|
|
Testosterone
|
test - testes
ster - steroid one - a chemical derivtive |
|
|
Hypertrophy
|
hyper - above, increased
trophy - development, nourshment |
|
|
Epidural
|
epi - upon, on
dural - hard, tough |
|
|
Neurilemma
|
neuri - nerve neuron
lemma - sheath |
|
|
Gustatory
|
gustat - taste
ory - relating to |
|
|
Olfactory
|
olfact - smell
ory - relating to |
|
|
Myalgea
|
my - muscle
algea - pain |
|
|
Paraplegia
|
para - both part of a pair
plegia - paralysis |
|
|
Aphasia
|
a - without
phasia - speech |
|
|
Dysphasia
|
dys - difficulty
phasia - speech |
|
|
Dysphagia
|
dys - difficulty
phag - to eat, swallow ia - any condition |
|
|
Ataxia
|
a - absence
taxia - order, responsive movement |
|
|
Agnosia
|
a - without
gnos - knowledge ia - condition of |
|
|
Dementia
|
de - away cessation
mens - mind ia - condition of |
|
|
Psychotropic
|
psych - mind
tropic - changing |
