Health Science Review 1

carp- (o)

wrist

carcin- (o)

cancer, malignancy

calc- (u, ulus)

stone

bronch- (i, o)

air tubes in lungs

brady-

slow

brachi-

arm

blephar- (o)

eyelid

bio-

life

bi- (s)

twice, double, both

auto-

self

holistic care

therapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the patient’s wellbeing

genomic medicine

personalized medical care that uses a person’s healthy genes (helps restore health)

credentials

qualifications for someone’s job

regenerative medicine

a form of medical care to grow healthy tissue in place of bad tissue

In the Primitive Era, what two medications were used during that time?

Morphine - to treat pain

Digitalis - for the heart (heart arrhythmias)