Medical Terminology Exam #4

or/o

mouth

stomat/o

mouth

lingu/o

tongue

bucc/o

cheek

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

jejun/o

jejunum

enter/o

small intestine

ile/o

ileum

duoden/o

duodenum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

col/o

colon (large intestine)

colon/o

colon (large intestine)

appendic/o, append/o

appendix

odont/o

teeth

dent/i

teeth

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

pylor/o

pylorus

angi/o

vessel

cyst/o

bladder

chol/e

bile (gall)

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

cholelith/o

gallstone

hepat/o

liver

pancreat/o

pancreas

rect/o

rectum

an/o

anus

proct/o

anus and rectum

-emesis

vomiting

-cele

hernia, swelling

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-orexia

appetite

-lith/iasis

abnormal condition of stones or calculi

-pepsia

digestion

c/o fluid in abdomen

ascites

black "tarry" stools

melena

pouches esp. in colon

diverticula

internal organs

viscera

Rhythmic contractions through GI tract

Peristalsis

Difficulty passing stools

constipation

twisting of intestines

volvulus

intestinal "telescoping"

Intussusception

precancerous tumor usually on a stalk

polyp

present from birth

congenital

Chronic degenerative disease of liver

cirrhosis

protrusion of organ through wall

hernia

trache/o

trachea

laryng/o

larynx

alveol/o

alveolus

bronchi/o

bronchus

bronch/o

bronchus

pnuem/o, pnuemon/o

air, lung

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus

epiglott/o

epiglottis

ox/i, ox/o

oxygen

cyan/o

blue

spir/o

breathe

lob/o

lobe

pleur/o

pleura

sept/o

septum

atele/o

incomplete, imperfect

pulmon/o

lung

orth/o

straight, normal, correct

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

thoraco/o, seth/o, pecter/o

chest

eu-

good, normal

-capnia

carbon dioxide

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

-ptysis

spitting

-thorax

chest

brady-

slow

hypertrophy of the fingertips due to respiratory problems

finger clubbing

enlarged chest due to air trapped in alveoli

barrel chest

listening to chest sounds using a stethoscope

auscultation

gently tapping of chest to determine nature of underlying structures

percussion

definitive test for cystic fibrosis

sweat test

common test used to determine TB status

Mantoux

pyothorax, pus in pleural cavity

empyema

collapsed lung; airless lung

atelectasis

nostrils

nares

nasal hemorrhage

epistaxis

thromb/o

blood clot

embol/o

embolus

my/o

muscle

ventric/o

ventricle

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

vessel

electr/o

electricity

scler/o

hardening

cardi/o

heart

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

fatty plaque

ventricul/o

ventricle

atri/o

atrium

-graph

instrument for recording

-gram

record, writing

-stenosis

narrowing