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Spell “ thorax” in its plural form?
Thoraces
Spell “ lumen” in its plural form?
Lumina
Spell “ appendix” in its plural form?
Appendices
Define Peri
action of leading around
Spell “ diverticulum” in its plural form?
Diverticula
Define centesis
surgical puncture
Athr/o/centesis means puncture of a joint. In this word, arth/o is a?
combining form
Define rrhage/rrhagia
bursting forth
Define desis
binding
Define emesis
vomiting
Define plegia
paralysis
Define ectasis
dilation, expansion
Pertaining to the spine
spinal
Lumbar means
pertaining to loins( lower back)
Malacia means
softening
Tome means
instrument to cut
Plur/o means
pleura
Oxia means
oxygen
LA means
left atrium
Tomy means
incision
Plane that divides the body into right and left halves?
Midsagittal plane
What is the region above the stomach
epigastric
Localized loss of skin pigmentation is?
Vitiligo
Which skin condition is caused by high cholesterol?
Xanthomas
What term means presence of pus in the pleural cavity?
Empyema
What is the medical term for nose bleeding?
Epistaxis
Interference with normal conduction of electrical impulses that control activity in the heart
muscle?
Heart block
Abbreviation AR?
Atrioventriculal, arteriovenous
MRI does what?
Employs magnetic energy to
produce cross-sectional images.
Adhesion?
Band of scar tissue that binds
anatomical surfaces that normally are separated from each other.
What’s a skin graph?
Surgical procedure to
transplant healthy tissue by applying it to an injured site.
What’s a allograft?
Transplantation of healthy
tissue from one person to another person also called homograft.
ARDS is?
Acute/adult respiratory distress
syndrome.
ABGs are?
Arterial blood gases
The superior vena cava receives blood from the ?
head& arms
Inguin/o means
groin
37. Name the things in each quadrant?
38. Steat means?
Fat
39. Sclerosis?
Abnormal condition of
hardening
40. MVP?
Mitral valve prolapse
41. ELISA?
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay
42. Define Hist
tissue
43. Word for neck
cervical
44. Define execzma
redness of the skin
45. Word for ringworm
tinea
46. Define wheezes?
High pitched whistling sound
47. ASD?
Arterial septal defect
48. SPECT
single photon emission
49. CT
computed tomography
50. IVS
internal vascular stenosis
51. PET
positron emission tomography
52. Abscess?
Localized collection of pus
53. Medical term for a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the lung is? Pneumocentesis
54. A loss of feeling or sensation is?
Anesthesia
55. Chemical injection into a varicose vein that causes inflammation and formation of fibrous tissue,
which closes the vein?
Sclerotherapy
56. What is a fluoroscopy?
Visualization of body parts
57. What is sepsis?
Body’s inflammatory reaction
58. Define ung?
Ointment
59. Define squam?
Scale
60. Define stenosis?
Narrowing, stricture
61. Define poiesis?
Formation, production
62. What does isch/o mean?
Hold back, suppress
63. MRI?
Magnetic resonance image
64. Define xer/o?
dry
65. Define phoresis?
Carrying; transmission
66. URI?
Upper respiratory infection
67. What is arther/o?
fatty plaque
68. What is thromb/o?
blood clot