Lesson 1 — Intro to Med Term & the Human Body - Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering general disease terms, combining forms, directional terms, body structures, suffixes, prefixes, and medical abbreviations based on Intro to Med Term Lesson 1.

acronym

word from the first letters of a compound term

acute

rapid onset, short duration

diagnosis

identification of a disease

edema

swelling from excess fluid

eponym

named after the person who discovered it

erythrocyte

mature red blood cell

fissure

a groove or crack-like sore

hemorrhage

loss of a large amount of blood fast

infection

invasion by a disease-producing organism

inflammation

redness, heat, swelling, pain

laceration

a torn, ragged wound

lesion

tissue change from disease/injury

pathology

the study of all aspects of diseases

prognosis

prediction of the outcome

remission

symptoms temporarily disappear

sign

objective evidence (e.g., fever)

symptom

subjective evidence (e.g., pain)

syndrome

signs & symptoms occurring together

trauma

a wound or injury

triage

screening to set treatment priority

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

angi/o or vascul/o

blood vessel

anter/o

before, front

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchus (air passages of the lungs)

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

colon/o or col/o

colon, large intestine

colp/o or vagin/o

vagina

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

bladder

dermat/o

skin

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

small intestine

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyster/o or uter/o

uterus

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

leuk/o

white

mast/o or mamm/o

breast

melan/o

black

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve, nervous system

oophor/o or ovari/o

ovary

ophthal/o

eye

or/o or stomat/o

mouth

orchi/o

testicle

osteo/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

phleb/o or ven/o

vein

poster/o

behind, toward the back

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

fallopian tube

sphlen/o

spleen

thyr/o

thyroid gland

anterior

toward the front

ventral

toward the front (stomach side)

posterior

toward the back

dorsal

toward the back

superior

above or toward the head

inferior

below or toward the feet

cephalic

toward the head

caudal

toward the tail or lower part of the body

proximal

near the midline/origin

distal

farther from the midline

medial

toward the midline

lateral

toward the side

abdominal cavity

digestive organs; below diaphragm

endocrine glands

secrete hormones into blood

epigastric region

the area above the stomach

exocrine glands

secrete into ducts

histology

study of tissues

homeostasis

keeping a constant internal state

hypogastric region

the area below the stomach

inguinal

the groin / lower abdomen

midsagittal plane

divides body into equal left and right halves

pelvic cavity

reproductive & excretory organs

thoracic cavity

chest; heart & lungs

transverse plane

divides into upper & lower

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to