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Med Term final
Med Term final
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Undergraduate 1
01/21/2013

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Term
What do the prefixes multi and poli mean?
Definition
Many
Term
Is Urethra the name for the tube connecting the kidney and the bladder?
Definition
No, Ureter
Term
What is the medical term for inflamation of the membrane that protects the eye and eyelid?
Definition

Conjunctivitis

 

Term
What means hard?
Definition
Scler/o
Term
What term refers to the outer aspect of a system?
Definition
Peripheral
Term
Moving from the shoulder down the arm to the hand is what?
Definition
Distal
Term
Medical term referring to the chest?
Definition
Thoraco
Term
MEdical term for red discoloration of the skin?
Definition
Erythema
Term
What medical term has a similar meaning as the combining form of hydro?
Definition
Diaphor
Term
What does the combining form myco mean?
Definition
Fungus
Term
Folliculitis is the inflammation of what body structure?
Definition
A hair follicle
Term
What is a characteristic of systemic lupus arathematosis?
Definition
Red skin lesions, Anemia, and Arthritis
Term
What combining form refers to the color white?
Definition
Leuk/o
Term
What is used in  the process of immunization?
Definition
Vaccines
Term
A skin tumor on AIDS Patients?
Definition
Kaposi's Sarcoma
Term
A disorder that has the symptoms of sensitivity to muscle pain and feeling tired?
Definition
Fibromyalgia
Term
A person in the supine position would be positioned on their what?
Definition
Back
Term
The movement of a body part around its central axis?
Definition
Rotation
Term

The movement of the arm in a circle is called what?

 

Definition
Circumduction
Term
A pain in the lower back thats spread down into the lower led is called what?
Definition
Sciatica
Term
The combining form vascul/o means what?
Definition
Blood vessels
Term
The combining form electr/o means what?
Definition
Electricity
Term
A condition of the mind in which a person is unable to recognize reality
Definition
Psychosis
Term
What is the name of the drug used to control epileptic siezures?
Definition
anti- convulsant
Term
Which type of drug causes a deep increase in involuntary muscle contraction?
Definition
An anti-spasmatic
Term
The suffix ia means what?
Definition
Condition of
Term
What is the medical term for hidden?
Definition
Crypt
Term
What combining form means ovaries?
Definition
Oopo
Term
What is the medical term for benign tumors of the muscle wall in the uterus?
Definition
Fibroid
Term
What does the suffix in the term amniocentesis mean?
Definition
Surgical Puncture
Term
What is the medical term for premature detachment of the placenta from the uterus?
Definition
Abruptia Placenta
Term
What is the combining form meaning pulse?
Definition
Sphys
Term
Words that end in IS can be made pleural by the is to what?
Definition
Es
Term
Words that end in nx can be made pleural by changing the nx to what?
Definition
Nges
Term
What would be the pleural form of hypothlamus?
Definition
Hypothalami
Term
Is calyx singular or pleural?
Definition
Singular
Term
Singular form of Brinchi?
Definition
Bronchus
Term
What does the word pariet mean?
Definition
Wall
Term
What is the combining form that means bone marrow?
Definition
Myel
Term
What way does the spine curve is you have scoliosis?
Definition
Lateral
Term
If you are going to cath a patient what is the structure first entered?
Definition
Urethra
Term
Term that means emptying your bladder?
Definition
Void
Term
Medical term for Surgical Crushing?
Definition
Tripsy
Term
Ketonuria tells you what?
Definition
If there are keytones in the urine
Term
The buildup of toxins in the blood because of failure of kidneys?
Definition
Uremia
Term
A clean catch specimen contains only what?
Definition
Urine
Term
The medical term that describes the dilation of the tube conecting the kidney to the bladder?
Definition
Urecterectasis
Term
Urination during the night?
Definition
Nocturia
Term
A malignant tumor the glandular tissues is the what?
Definition
Adenocarcinoma
Term
What does the term algia mean?
Definition
Pain
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