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BUSC 185
CSR/RPR Exam preparation
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
REVIEW
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Put on your thinking caps
A CT SCAN IS A
COMPUTERIZED :

tomography scan
PROXIMAL
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A directional term, meaning closest to the
point of origin
A FIELD SPECIALIZING IN
NEOPLASTIC GROWTHS :
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Oncology
A GROUP OF SYMPTOMS
RUNNING TOGETHER
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Syndrome
CHYMOPAPAIN
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A mixture of papaya juice and other
ingredients to prevent spurring of a disk
NEURON
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A nerve cell
A NETWORK OF BLOOD
VESSELS OR NERVES
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Plexus
A PROJECTION FROM A
BONE IS CALLED A :
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Process
A RAMUS IS A :
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Branch
A ROENTGENOGRAM OF
THE SPINAL CORD :
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myelogram
SYNDROME
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A set of symptoms
A VALVE FOUND BETWEEN
THE LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT
VENTRICLE OF HEART :
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Mitral
A WALLED SAC OF FLUID
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Cyst
AB MEANS
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Away
ABNORMAL SOUNDS IN
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM :
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RALES
ALGIA REFERS TO :
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Pain
AN AMBU BAG IS USED FOR
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Resuscitation
AN ARTICULATION WHICH
PERMITS SLIGHT
MOVEMENT :
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AMPHIARTHROSIS
AN IMMOVABLE JOINT :
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Cranial
GREENSTICK FRACTURE
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An incomplete fracture of a long bone
AND EXTRA HEART SOUND,
HEARD BETWEEN NORMAL
HEART SOUNDS :
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Murmur
ANTE MEANS :
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Preceding
ARTICULATION :
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Joint
BONE BROKEN IN THREE
OR MORE PARTS, EXPOSED
TO AIR OR BODY CAVITY :
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Compound
SIMPLE BREAK IN A BONE
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Closed
COMMINUTED FRACTURE
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A fracture where the bone is splintered or
crushed
BONE ON THE THUMB SIDE
OF THE FOREARM :

Radius
BOUNDARY BETWEEN AXON
AND DENDRITE A NERVE
IMPULSE MUST CROSS :

Synapse
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
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Buttock muscle
CALF MUSCLE
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Gastrocnemius
CARPAL TUNNEL
SYNDROME IS A DISORDER
OF THE :

Wrist
ZYGOMA
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Cheek bone
MALAR
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Cheek, cheek bone
PECTORALIS
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Chest muscle
COLLES’ FRACTURE WOULD
BE FOUND IN THE:

Arm
COMBINING FORM
MEANING SWIFT, RAPID

TACHY
COMMONLY CALLED THE
SHIN BONE :
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Tibia
CONTRACTIVE PHASE OF
HEARTBEAT :
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Systole
DEOXYGENATED BLOOD
ENTERS THE :

Right side of the heart
EXCHANGE OF GASES AT
THE TISSUE CELL LEVEL :

Internal respiration
EXCISION OF PART OF SKIN
FOR PURPOSE OF VIEWING :

Biopsy
FEAR OF HEIGHTS :

Acrophobia
FIBROUS CONNECTIVE
TISSUE THAT CONNECTS
BONES AND SUPPORTS
ORGANS :
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Ligament
FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA
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Atlas
FLUID FOUND IN THE
BLOODSTREAM AND
BETWEEN THE CELLS

Extracellular fluid
FOLD OF CARTILAGE
WHICH COVERS THE
LARYNX :

Epiglottis
FORMS THE FOREHEAD AND
BONY SOCKETS WHICH
CONTAIN THE EYES :
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Frontal bone
FOUND IN THE HEAD :
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Mastoid process
FOUND ONLY IN THE
NUCLEUS OF A CELL:
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DNA
GRATING SOUND HEARD BY
THE RUBBING TOGETHER
OF FRACTURED BONE :
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CREPITUS
HARD, DENSE BONE TISSUE
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Compact bone
HEPATITIS IS
INFLAMMATION OF :

The liver
NAME THE BONES OF THE HIP:
1.
2.
3.
4.
ILLIUM
ISCHIUM
Pubis
Os INNOMINATA
THE PREFIX ENTER MEANS:
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In or into
INFANT’S SOFT SPOT :
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Fontanel
ENDOMETRITIS

Inflammation of the membrane of the uterus
INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE
PULSE OR PRESSURE ON
ARTERIAL WALL :
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Sphygmomanometer
KYPHOSIS MEANS :
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Humpback
LARGEST ARTERY IN THE
BODY :
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Aorta
LATIN WORD ROOT FOR SKIN :
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CUTI
LIFE SUPPORT MOVEMENTS;
HEART, DIGESTIVE, ARE
HANDLED BY :

Involuntary muscles
LOCAL WIDENING OF AN
ARTERY :

Aneurysm
LOWER PART OF THE SMALL
INTESTINES :
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Ileum
MAJOR CHEST MUSCLES:
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PECTORALIS major
WHAT ORGAN OF THE BODY
MANUFACTURES BILE :

Liver
MASSES OF LYMPH TISSUE
IN THE NASOPHARYNX ARE
CALLED:

Adenoids
MAXILLA IS FOUND IN THE :

Head
MEMBRANE LINING
ABDOMINOPELVIC WALLS

Peritoneum
MONONUCLEOUS IS A
DISEASE OF THE :

Blood
NEAREST; OPPOSED TO DISTAL

Proximal
OSTEOPATHY
CONCERNS WHICH SYSTEM :

Skeletal system
PALPATION MEANS :

Feeling with hands
PART OF THE PLEURAL
MEMBRANE LYING CLOSEST
TO THE LUNGS :

Visceral pleural
PARTIAL DISLOCATION OF A JOINT
:

SUBLUXATION
PARTIAL OR COMPLETE
EXCISION OF AN ORGAN :

ECTOMY
PDR IS A REFERENCE USED
FOR :

Drugs
PERI MEANS :

Around
PERTAINING TO
EYELASHES, HAIRS ON
EDGE OF EYELID

Ciliary process
PERTAINING TO THE RADIUS
BONE IN THE ARM

BRACHIORADIALIS
PHLEB IS A MEDICAL ROOT
WORD FOR :

Vein
PHOTOSENSITIVE CELLS OF
THE RETINA :

Rods and cones
POTT’S FRACTURE WOULD
BE FOUND IN THE :

Leg
PROGNOSIS MEANS :

Predicting the outcome
MENINGES

Protective membranes of the brain and
spinal cord :
PROTRUSION OF
FIBROCARTILAGE BETWEEN
ADJACENT VERTEBRAE:

A slipped disk herniated disk
PROXIMAL MEANS :

Nearest
RECORD OR TRACING OF
MUSCLE TISSUE ACTIVITY

MYOGRAM
REDUCTION OF A
FRACTURE MEANS :

Reducing misalignment
REFERENCE BOOK FOR
MEDICAL DOCTORS RE:
DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

Merck manual
PDR
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Reference book for medical doctors re
physicians’ desk reference drugs and uses
ROUND PROJECTION ON
TEMPORAL BONE; BEHIND
THE EAR :

Mastoid process
SCHISTO, SCHIZO MEANS :

Split
SCLERA, CILIARY
PROSESSES PERTAIN TO :

Eyes
SHAFT OF LONG BONES :

DIAPHYSIS
SMALLEST OF BLOOD
VESSELS :
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Capillary
SOLE OF THE FOOT :
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Plantar
SPECIALIST WHO DEALS WITH
DEFORMITIES AND BONES,
AND MUSCLES : DISEASES OF
THE JOINTS, TENDONS,
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Orthopedist
SPONDYL REFERS TO :
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Vertebra
SPONGY, POROUS BONE
TISSUE :
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CANCELLOUS
STATE OF TENSION PRESENT
WHEN ONE IS AWAKE :
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Tonus
BUTTOCKS
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Gluteus maximus muscle
THE END