Med Term Quiz 2

Front 1

adip/o

Back 1

fat (lip/o and steat/o)

Front 2

albin/o

Back 2

white

Front 3

caus/o

Back 3

burn or burning

Front 4

cauter/o

Back 4

heat or burn

Front 5

cutane/o

Back 5

skin (derm/o)

Front 6

derm/o, dermat/o

Back 6

skin

Front 7

diaphor/o

Back 7

profuse sweating (hidr/o)

Front 8

erythem/o, erythemat/o

Back 8

redness

Front 9

hidr/o

Back 9

sweat

Front 10

ichthy/o

Back 10

dry, scaly or fish like

Front 11

kerato/o

Back 11

hard

Front 12

leuk/o

Back 12

white

Front 13

lip/o

Back 13

fat

Front 14

melan/o

Back 14

black

Front 15

myc/o

Back 15

fungus or fungi including yeasts, molds and mushrooms

Front 16

onych/o

Back 16

nail (ungu/o)

Front 17

phyt/o

Back 17

plant

Front 18

pil/o

Back 18

hair or hair follicle (trich/o)

Front 19

py/o

Back 19

pus

Front 20

rhytid/o

Back 20

wrinkle

Front 21

seb/o

Back 21

sebum: the oily secretion from sebaceous glands

Front 22

squam/o

Back 22

scale-like

Front 23

steat/o

Back 23

fat

Front 24

trich/o

Back 24

hair

Front 25

ungu/o

Back 25

nail

Front 26

xanth/o

Back 26

yellow

Front 27

xer/o

Back 27

dry

Front 28

first-degree burns

Back 28

superficial epidermal lesions, erythema, hyperesthesia, and no blisters

Front 29

second-degree burns

Back 29

partial thickness burn injury: epidermal and dermal lesions, erythema, blisters, and hyperesthesia

Front 30

third-degree burns

Back 30

full thickness burn injury: epidermis and dermis are destroyed (necrosis of the skin), and the subcutaneous layer is damaged, leaving charred, white tissue

Front 31

explain scabies to a child

Back 31

a contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritus

Front 32

explain cellulitis to a child

Back 32

diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain, and swelling

Front 33

myopia

Back 33

nearsightedness - improper focus in front of the retina

Front 34

hyperopia

Back 34

farsightedness - improper focus behind the retina

Front 35

astigmatism

Back 35

an irregular cornea

Front 36

cataract

Back 36

clouding of the lens, causing decreased vision

Front 37

diabetic retinopathy

Back 37

retinal effects of diabetes mellitus, include microaneurysms, hemorrhages, dilations of retinal veins, and neovascularization (new blood vessels form in the retina)

Front 38

nystagmus

Back 38

repetitive rhythmic movements of one or both eyes

Front 39

strabismus

Back 39

abnormal deviation of the eye

Front 40

enucleation

Back 40

removal of the entire eyeball

Front 41

sclera

Back 41

tough, white outer coat of the eyeball

Front 42

conjunctivitis

Back 42

commonly called pinkeye: occurs when blood vessels dilate from allergens like pollen (allergic), bacterial infection (bacterial), or virus (viral)

Front 43

cochlea

Back 43

snail shell shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear and contains hearing sensitive receptor cells

Front 44

cerumen

Back 44

waxy substance secreted by the external ear called earwax

Front 45

tympanic membrane

Back 45

membrane between the outer and the middle ear called the eardrum

Front 46

eustachian tube

Back 46

auditory tube

Front 47

mastoiditis

Back 47

an infection that affects the mastoid bone, located behind the ear

Front 48

vertigo

Back 48

the sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects

Front 49

otitis media

Back 49

inflammation of the middle ear

Front 50

otoscope

Back 50

an instrument designed for visual examination of the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear, typically having a light and a set of lenses.