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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anemia | "without blood" - Low Red Blood Count |
| excise | to cut out |
| polyuria | excessive amount of urine |
| anatomy | the study of the structure of the body |
| cholecystectomy | excision of the gallbladder |
| hemorrhoidectomy | excision of the hemorrhoids |
| oophorectomy | exicision of the ovary |
| cystectomy | excision of the bladder |
| excision | to remove or take out |
| incision | to cut into |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| encaphal/o | brain |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepa, hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mast/o | breast |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pneum/o | lungs |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| pyel/o | pelvis of kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | trachea |
| -ostomy | new permanent opening (ie, colostomy) |
| -otomy | incision into (ie, tracheotomy) |
| gyne | woman |
| ile/o | ileum (small intestine) |
| irid/o | iris (eye) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (small intestine) |
| kerat/o | cornea of eye |
| lamina | thin, flat part of vertebra |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lingua | tongue |
| lobe | lobe, as of lung |
| metr/o | uterus |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pod/o | foot |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sigmoid/o | lower portion of colon |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| cranio | skull only |
| cephalo | head |
| cerebro | part of brain |
| encephalo | entire brain |
| nephro | entire kidney |
| reno | entire kidney |
| pyelo | pelvis of kidney |
| -ectomy | excision of |
| -oplasty | plastic surgery on |
| -opexy | surgical fixation |
| -orrhaphy | surgical repair of |
| -otripsy | crushing |
| -ocentesis | puncture (tapping) |
| -ectasis or ectasia | stretching (dilating) |
| -osis, iasis | condition of |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -opathy | any disease of |
| -algia or dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -orrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| The four signs of inflammation are | swelling, pain, heat, redness |
| a-, an-, ar- (ie, anemic) | without or not |
| ad- (ie, adduction) | near, toward |
| ab- (ie, abnormal) | away from |
| anti- (i.e. antibiotic) | against |
| ante- (i.e. anteflexion) | before, forward |
| contra- (i.e. contraindicated) | against or not |
| dis- (i.e. disease) | from |
| dys- (i.e. dysuria) | painful or difficult |
| hemi- (i.e. hemiplegia) | half (one side) |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| hyper- (i.e. hypertension) | too much, high |
| hypo- (i.e. hypodermic) | not enough, low or under |
| inter- (i.e. intercostal) | between |
| intra- (i.e. intramuscular) | within |
| -oscope | instrument for looking into |
| -oscopy | procedure using a scope |
| -otome | instrument for cutting thin section |
| -ograph | instrument (or machine) that records |
| -ography | diagnostic procedure |
| -ogram | recording or "picture" produced by an "-ography" procedure |
| -ometer | instrument that measures or counts |
| -ometry, -imetry | procedure using the measuring or counting instrument |
| bio- (i.e. bioethics) | life |
| brady- (i.e. bradycardia) | slow |
| tachy- (i.e. tachycardia) | fast |
| de- (i.e. dehydrate) | take away, remove |
| re- (i.e. rehudrate) | put back |
| dia- (i.e. diarrhea) | through (as in running through) |
| hemo- (i.e. hematemesis) | blood |
| hydro- (i.e. hydrate) | water |
| hyper- (i.e. hypertension) | high; too much |
| hypo- (i.e. hypotension) | low; not enough; under |
| lip- (i.e. lipoma) | fat |
| poly- (i.e. polyuria) | many, much |
| pre- (i.e. prenatal) | before |
| pro- (i.e. prognosis) | preceding, coming |
| post- (i.e. postpartum) | following, after |
| -olysis, -olytic, -olyzed | destruction, to separate out |
| -oma | tumor (new growth), neoplasm, space-occupying lesion |
| -oid | like, similar to |
| -plasia | growth (cell) |
| -trophy | development |
| -malacia | softening |
| -orrhea | flow or discharge |
| -pnea (pneumo-) | breathing, air, lungs |
| -paresis | weakness (less than paralysis) |
| bacteria | Bacteria are larger, easily grown in the lab, and can be seen with regular microscopes. Generally they can be treated successfully with antibiotics however, many bacteria are now becoming resistant to antibiotics. |
| viruses | Viruses are so small that they can only be seen with an electron microscope, cannot be grown on artificial media, and are not successfully treated by antibiotics. |
| chromo- | color |
| erythro- | red |
| leuko- | white |
| melano- | black |
| cyano- | blue |
| cirrh- | orange yellow |
| xanth/o- | yellow |
| polio | gray |
| anterior (ventral) | toward the front, or in front of |
| posterior (dorsal) | toward the back, or in back of |
| lateral | side |
| bilateral | both sides |
| medial | middle |
| oblique | at an angle |
| superior (supra) | above |
| inferior (sub) (infra) | below |
| cephalic | head (similar to superior) |
| caudal | "tail" or base of spine (similar to inferior) |
| proximal | nearest to center |
| distal | farthest from center |
| peripheral | outer edges |
| transverse (trans-) | horizontal body plane, divides body into top and bottom sections; across or through |
| sagittal | vertical body plane, through trunk of body; if exactly through middle , it is midsaggital, and divides the body into equal right and left sides. |
| coronal | vertical body plane, divides body into front and back sections (anterior and posterior) standing |
| upright | standing |
| decubitus | lying down |
| recumbent | lying down |
| unilateral | one side |
| flexion | bending |
| vertebral column | starting at the neck: cervical vertebrae (7), thoracic or dorsal (12), lumbar (5), sacral (5,fused), coccyx or tailbone (4) |
| axial | skull, thorax (ribs and sternum), vertebral column |
| appendicular | the appendages that hang from the axial skeleton; upper and lower extremities (includes shoulder and pelvic girdle) |
| aponeurosis | flattened tendon; resembles a membrane that attaches muscle to bones or tissue |
| ball and socket joint | hip and shoulder joints |
| bursa | small sacs that cushion joints between tendons and bones |
| fascia | connective tissue sheath; covers, supports, and separates muscles; holds muscle fibers |
| hinge joint | elbows, knees, fingers |
| interphalangeal joints | fingers and toes |
| intervertebral disks | cartilaginous material between vertebrae |
| lamina (ae) | flattened part of the vertebral arch ( thinnest part of vertebrae) |
| ligament | strong fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone |
| meniscus | lateral and medial knee cartilage |
| sutures | articulations in the cranial bones; immovable joints |
| synovial fluid | clear joint fluid that acts as a lubricant |
| temporomandibular joint TMJ | connecting point of lower jawbone and temporal bone |
| tendon | fibrous tissue attaching muscle to bone |
| theca | covering or sheath of a tendon |
| acetabulum | large socket for head of femur (hip) |
| foramen | holes in the bone for large vessels and nerves to pass through |
| fossa (ae) | depressions or hollows |
| grooves | shallow linear depressions in bone (or tooth) |
| malleolus | hammerlike protuberance (either side of ankle) |
| olecranon | a process on the ulnar bone (elbow) |
| prominences, processes, tuberosities | projections |
| sinuses | air spaces in cranium that lighten the skull and serve as voice resonating chambers |
| urinary system | an organ system that helps excrete wastes from the body |
| kidney | a bean-shaped organ that filters wastes from the blood and produces urine |
| urine | a waste substance made in the kidneys that contains mostly water and small amounts of urea |
| ureter | a tube that delivers urine made in the kidney to the bladder |
| bladder | a stretchy organ that holds urine until you are ready to excrete it |
| urethra | a tube that delivers urine from the bladder to outside the body |
| nephron | a tiny microscopic filtering unit inside the kidney |
| urinary tract infection | an infection in the kidneys, bladder, or ureters, caused by bacteria, that makes it difficult and painful to urinate |
| kidney stones | a disorder caused by build up of minerals that form stones that get stuck in the ureters, making it difficult and painful to urinate |
| dialysis | a treatment for people with kidney disease where blood is filtered through a machine |
| Registration of Allied Health Professionals who want to serve as volunteers require that they? | Preregister |
| Which program educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster relief skills? | Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) |
| CERT | Community Emergency Response Team |
| CISD | Critical Incident Stress Debriefing |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| EMAC | Emergency Management Assistance Compact |
| ESAR - VHP | Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals |
| IV | Intravenous |
| MRC | Medical Reserve Corps |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| What has to be verified for all health volunteers to make them qualified? | Credentials |
| Procedure that teaches employees how to put emergency plan in to action? | Emergency Drills |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| 4 phases of comprehensive emergency management? | Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery |
| In order for a workplace evacuation plan to be complete, what must you have? | Written emergency plan |
| Gluc/o | Sugar |
| -Cele | Pouching or Hernia |
| Thermo | Heat |
| -Graphy | Process of recording |
| -Spasm | involuntary contraction |
| Leuk/o | White |
| oste/o | Bone |
| End/o | Within |
| My/o | Muscle |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| Vessel | angi/o |
| Skin | derm/o |
| Brain | encephal/o, cerebr/o |
| Urine | ur/o |
| Kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
| Liver | hepat/o |
| Testis | test/o |
| Ovary | ovari/o, ovar |
| Integumentary | Protects against environmental hazards; helps control body temperature |
| Skeletal | Provides support; protects soft tissues; stores minerals; forms blood cells |
| Muscular | Allows for locomotion; provides support; produces heat |
| Nervous | Directs immediate responses to stimuli; usually by coordinating the activities of other organ systems |
| Endocrine | Directs long-term changes in activities of other organ systems |
| Cardiovascular | Transports cells and dissolved materials, including nutrients, wastes, and gases |
| Lymphoid | Defends against infection and disease; returns tissue fluid to the bloodstream |
| Respiratory | Delivers air to sites where gas exchange can occur between the air and circulating blood |
| Digestive | Processes food and absorbs nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and water |
| Urinary | Eliminates excess water, salts, and waste products; control of pH |
| Reproductive | Produces sex cells and hormones |
| Female - supports embryonic development from fertilization to birth | Produces sex cells and hormones, supports embryonic development from fertilization to birth |
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