Medical Terminology Extra Credit Final PDF

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Extra credit for final assignment spring winter 2021...

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Prefix and Suffix -algia: pain Dys-: pain -ectomy: surgical removal -megaly: enlargement -itis: inflammation -osis: abnormal condition -ostomy: surgically created opening -otomy: surgical incision -plasty: surgical repair -rraphy: surgical suturing -scopy: visual examination -ial: condition of -ole: small -oma: tumor -genesis: production or growth -centesis: surgical puncture Pertaining to -ac -ar -ary -al -ic

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Location Inferior: below Superior: above Distal: farther from the trunk of the body Lateral: away from the midline Proximal: near the trunk of the body Anterior: front Posterior: back Ventral: belly side Frontal Plane: divides body into front and back Horizontal Plane: divides body into top and bottom halves Sagittal plane: divides body into left and right Transverse plane: horizontal divide of the body into top and bottom Retroperitoneal: behind the peritoneum

Cardiovascular Angi/o- vessel Aort/o-aorta Arteri/o-artery Ather/o fatty plaque Atri/o-artery

Ather/o- fatty plaque Atri/o-atrium Cardi/o- heart Coronlo- heart Electr/o- electricity My/o- muscle Phleb/o- vein Sept/o- septum, dividing wall Steth/o- chest Myocardium-middle layer of the heart Aorta- largest artery Capillaries- small vessels that take blood and cells to the body Layers of the heart Epicardium- outer layer of the heart Myocardium- middle layer of the heart Endocardium- inner layer of the heart Artery- transports blood away from the heart Arterioles- small branches from the arteries Vein- transports blood from the heart Venules- small branches leading to veins Arteriosclerosis- hardening of the arteries Atherosclerosis- fatty plaque buildup in arteries

Skeletal Arthr/o- joint Articul/o- joint Brachi/o- arm Carp/o- wrist Cost/o- rib Carni/o- cranium (skull) Femor/o- femur Lemat/o- blood Humer/o- humerus Ili/o- ilium Kinesi/o- movement Lumb/o- lower back Myell/o- spinal cord Orth/o- straight Osse/o- bone Ped- foot or child Pelv/i- pelvis

Scoli/o- curved Tars/o- tarsals Thorac/o- chest Osteoclast- bone-destroying cells Costochondral- pt. the ribs Cervical- pt. the neck Osteomyelitis- inflammation of the bone and bone marrow

Muscular Ten/o- tendon Tend/o- tendon My/o- muscle Fasci/o- fascia End/o- within Myorrhexis- rupture of a muscle

Nervous Cephal/o- head Cerebr/o- brain Crani/o- skull Psych/o- mind Cranial- pt. the skull Intracranial- pt. within the skull Meninges-lining of the brain...