Midterm and Final Review

Cards (418)

  • Eu
    Good, normal, easy
  • Dys-
    Bad difficult, painful
  • Inter-
    Between
  • Intra-
    Within
  • Gastr/o

    Stomach
  • -ectomy
    Surgical removal
  • -plasty
    Surgical repair
  • -centesis
    Surgical puncture to remove gas or fluid
  • Pan-
    all
  • -stomy
    Surgically created opening between the inside and outside of the body
  • Panleukopenia
    Deficiency of all types of white blood cells
  • The term mucus is a noun meaning the slime like substance that is composed of glandular secretion, salts and cells.
  • What word means abnormal softening?
    -malacia
  • What suffix means bursting forth?
    -rrhagia
  • The term meaning pertaining to the joint between the radius and ulna and the metacarpal bones is what?
    Carpal
  • What is the term for a mass of collection of blood?
    Hematoma
  • The term cardiomyopathy has a suffix meaning?

    Disease
  • What means separation or breakdown?
    -lysis
  • A condition meaning abnormal hardening of the arteries is known as arteriosclerosis.
  • The combining form myel/o can refer to?
    Spinal cord or bone marrow
  • What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to the cranial portion of the pelvic bone?
    Ilium
  • Proximal
    Near the beginning of a structure
  • The term that means away from the midline
    Lateral
  • Superficial
    Near the surface
  • The term that means towards the tail
    Caudal
  • The term that refers to the membrane lining the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities, which also covers some organs in these areas
    Peritoneum
  • Path/o

    Disease
  • The term which defines the plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves.
    Midsagittal plane
  • Abduction
    Take away from the midline
  • Rostral
    Toward the muzzle or nose
  • Pathophysiology
    The study of how disease affects body function
  • What is the term that specifically denotes a defect present a birth?
    Congenital
  • The suffix -plasm means
    Formation or increase in number of cells and tissues
  • Which type of tissue covers internal and external body surfaces?
    Epithelial
  • What is the combining form for muscle?
    My/o
  • What are the combining forms for ovaries?

    ovari/o and oophor/o
  • What is the combining form for eyes?
    Ophthalm/o
  • What best describes dermato and cutaneo?
    They are both combining forms that mean skin.
  • The term pharyng/o refers to what ?
    An organ in the respiratory system
  • What are terms with prefixes that denote numbers?
    Bilateral and unilateral