Medical Terminology for Health Professions Chapter 1 Flash Cards

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Title: Medical Terminology for Health Professions Chapter 1
Description: Chapter 1
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Author: itsTeja
Created: 2010-02-08
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    • Side 3
    • -algia
    • pain & suffering
    • -dynia
    • pain
    • -rrhage/-rrhagia
    • bleeding, bursting, forth or abnormal of excessive flow
    • -rrhaphy
    • surgical suturing
    • rrhea
    • flow or discharge
    • pre
    • before
    • peri
    • surrounding
    • post
    • after
    • arteri/o
    • artery
    • ather/o
    • plague or fatty substance
    • arthr/o
    • joint
    • fissure
    • groove or crack-like sore of the skin
    • fistula
    • abnormal passage
    • lleum
    • part of the small intestine
    • llium
    • part of the hip bone
    • infection
    • invasion of the body by a pathogen
    • inflammation
    • response to an injury including redness, heat, swelling, pain
    • Laceration
    • torn or ragged wound
    • Lesion
    • pathologic change of the tissues to disease or injury
    • Mucous
    • describes mucous membranes
    • Mucus
    • describes fluid from the membranes
    • Myc/o
    • fungus
    • Myel/o
    • bone marrow or spinal chord
    • My/o
    • muscle
    • Palpation
    • examination using touching
    • Palpitation
    • pounding or racing heart
    • prostate
    • male gland
    • prostrate
    • to collapse and be lying flat
    • pyel/o
    • renal pelvis
    • py/o
    • pus
    • pyr/o
    • fever or fire
    • supination
    • act of rotating the arm so palms face forward
    • suppuration
    • discharge of pus
    • triage
    • medical screening of patients
    • trauma
    • wound or injury
    • viral
    • pertaining to a virus
    • Virile
    • possessing masculine traits
    • coronal plane
    • divides body into anterior and posterior portions
    • transversal plane
    • divides body into upper and lower part
    • ventral
    • front
    • superior
    • toward the edge
    • inferior
    • toward feet
    • peritoneum
    • multilayered cavity holds abdominal organs
    • parietal
    • outer layer
    • visceral
    • inner layer
    • mesentery
    • attaches intestine to inner abdominal wall
    • retroperotineal
    • behind perotineum
    • cystic fibrosis
    • affects respiratory system
    • down syndrome
    • trisomy 21 characterized by various degrees of mental retardation
    • Hemophilia
    • group of bleeding disorders in which one of a group of factors needed to clot blood is missing
    • Huntington’s disease
    • dominant gene loss of muscle control and mental ability
    • Muscular Dystrophy
    • group of disorders characterized by weakening of muscle fibers
    • Phenylketonuria
    • a digestive enzyme is missing can cause severe mental retardation
    • Sickle Cell Anemia
    • group of red blood cell disorders
    • Tay Sach’s Disease
    • missing enzyme in the brain causes progressive physical degeneration, mental retardation, and early death
    • Histology
    • study of tissues
    • Anaplasia
    • change in structure and orientation of cells