VT101 exam 2 terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aliment/o | nourishment |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| cheil/o | lips |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| decidu/o | shedding |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| ot/o | ear |
| sial/o | salivary glands/ saliva |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen and flank |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ile/o | ileum |
| cec/o | cecum |
| col/o | colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| hepat/o | liver |
| urin/o | urine |
| ur/o | urine |
| ren/o | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| cortic/o | outer region |
| medull/o | middle or inner portion |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -chrome | color |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones or calculi |
| nephritis | inflammation of kidneys |
| pyelitis | inflammation of renal pelvis |
| uremia | waste products in the blood |
| dialysis | procedure to remove waste products from blood |
| cardi/o | heart |
| epicardium | external layer of heart |
| myocardium | middle, thickest layer of heart, muscle of heart |
| endocardium | inner layer of heart |
| coron/o | crown |
| ischemia | deficiency in blood supply |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| infarct | localized area of necrosis caused by an interrupted blood supply. |
| atri/o | atria |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| palpitation | heartbeat sensations that feel like pounding with or without irregularity in rhythm |
| fibrillation | rapid, random, and ineffective heart contractions |
| flutter | cardiac arryhthmia in which atrial contractions are rapid but regular |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heartbeat |
| tachycardia | abnormally rapid heartbeat |
| asystole | without contraction or lack of heart circulation |
| syncope | temporary suspension of respiration and circulation |
| gallop | low-frequency vibrations occurring during early diastole and late diastole |
| stetho- | chest |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine or monitor |
| holo- | all |
| pan- | all |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| hilus | depression where vessels and nerves anter organ |
| arteri/o | artery |
| aort/o | aorta |
| celi/o | spleen |
| -ole | small |
| perfusion | blood flow through tissues |
| ven/o | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| a- | without |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| -meter | measuring device |
| man/o | hands |
| ech/o | sound |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| meat/o | opening or passageway |
| sept/o | partition |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| palat/o | palate |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| glott/o | glottis |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| alveol/o | small sac |
| lob/o | well defined portions |
| pneum/o | lung |
| dia- | across |
| phragm/o | wall |
| spir/o | breath or breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| ox/i, ox/o | oxygen |
| capn/o | carbon |
| -derma | skin |
| kerat/o | keratin |
| melan/o | black or dark |
| adip/o | fat |
| pil/i | hair |
| onych/o | claw |
| ungul/o | hoof |
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