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40 Cards in this Set
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Leuk/o |
White |
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melan/o |
black |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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xanth/o |
yellow |
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Aden/o |
gland |
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Lip/o |
fat |
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my/o |
muscle |
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What suffix is added to specify cancer? |
-oma |
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Lymph/o |
lymph tissue |
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Carcin/o |
malignant |
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osteo |
bones |
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endo |
within/inside of |
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peri |
around |
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circum |
around |
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retro |
behind |
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epi |
upon, on top |
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trans |
through |
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intra |
within |
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sub |
below |
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Explain the difference between a sign and a symptom |
symptom is what a patient can observe, a sign is what a doctor can measure. Ex I have a fever vs temp of 102 |
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Cardi/o |
heart |
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Endocardits, myocarditis, pericarditis |
inflammation of the lining, the muscle, and the outer layer of the heart |
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Brady/tachy |
slow/fast |
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Angi/o |
vessel |
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Veno/phlebo |
vein |
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-stasis |
to stop |
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-cyte |
cell |
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Hem/o |
blood |
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Atherosclerosis |
"hardening of fatty tissue", high fat diet leads to plaque lining the blood vessels which then calcify |
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Myocardial Infarction |
heart blood flow blockage resulting in death of tissue (coronary artery) |
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Mitral prolapse, stenosis, regurgitation |
atrioventricular valve (mitral valve) tears away, the valve can be narrow, leakage is backword flow |
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Angina Pectoris |
"pain in the chest", specifically with heart and "crushing vise like". refers to lack of blood to heart. |
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Arrhythmia/dyrhythmia |
no rhytmn/abnromal rhythm (heart beat) |
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Ischedmia |
"not quite enough blood", occurs when not enough blood flow. characterized with angina |
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Cardiologist |
physician specializing in disease/treatment of circulatory system. Doesnt perform surgery |
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Hematologist |
specializing in diseases of blood |
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electrocardiogram |
printout of electric activity of heart |
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echocardiography |
using sound waves to form image of the heart |
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cardiac catherization |
catheter inserted into artery, can be used to insert material for x ray |
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phlebotomist/venipuncturist |
nurse or tech who draws blood for lab tests |
