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BUSC 185 CSR/RPR Exam preparation MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY REVIEW Put on your thinking caps A CT SCAN IS A COMPUTERIZED : tomography scan PROXIMAL A directional term, meaning closest to the point of origin A FIELD SPECIALIZING IN NEOPLASTIC GROWTHS : Oncology A GROUP OF SYMPTOMS RUNNING TOGETHER Syndrome CHYMOPAPAIN A mixture of papaya juice and other ingredients to prevent spurring of a disk NEURON A nerve cell A NETWORK OF BLOOD VESSELS OR NERVES Plexus A PROJECTION FROM A BONE IS CALLED A : Process A RAMUS IS A : Branch A ROENTGENOGRAM OF THE SPINAL CORD : myelogram SYNDROME A set of symptoms A VALVE FOUND BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE OF HEART : Mitral A WALLED SAC OF FLUID Cyst AB MEANS Away ABNORMAL SOUNDS IN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM : RALES ALGIA REFERS TO : Pain AN AMBU BAG IS USED FOR Resuscitation AN ARTICULATION WHICH PERMITS SLIGHT MOVEMENT : AMPHIARTHROSIS AN IMMOVABLE JOINT : Cranial GREENSTICK FRACTURE An incomplete fracture of a long bone AND EXTRA HEART SOUND, HEARD BETWEEN NORMAL HEART SOUNDS : Murmur ANTE MEANS : Preceding ARTICULATION : Joint BONE BROKEN IN THREE OR MORE PARTS, EXPOSED TO AIR OR BODY CAVITY : Compound SIMPLE BREAK IN A BONE Closed COMMINUTED FRACTURE 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 Buttock muscle CALF MUSCLE Gastrocnemius CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS A DISORDER OF THE : Wrist ZYGOMA Cheek bone MALAR Cheek, cheek bone PECTORALIS Chest muscle COLLES’ FRACTURE WOULD BE FOUND IN THE: Arm COMBINING FORM MEANING SWIFT, RAPID TACHY COMMONLY CALLED THE SHIN BONE : Tibia CONTRACTIVE PHASE OF HEARTBEAT : 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 : Ligament FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA 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 : Frontal bone FOUND IN THE HEAD : Mastoid process FOUND ONLY IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL: DNA GRATING SOUND HEARD BY THE RUBBING TOGETHER OF FRACTURED BONE : CREPITUS HARD, DENSE BONE TISSUE 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: In or into INFANT’S SOFT SPOT : Fontanel ENDOMETRITIS Inflammation of the membrane of the uterus INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE PULSE OR PRESSURE ON ARTERIAL WALL : Sphygmomanometer KYPHOSIS MEANS : Humpback LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY : Aorta LATIN WORD ROOT FOR SKIN : CUTI LIFE SUPPORT MOVEMENTS; HEART, DIGESTIVE, ARE HANDLED BY : Involuntary muscles LOCAL WIDENING OF AN ARTERY : Aneurysm LOWER PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINES : Ileum MAJOR CHEST MUSCLES: 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 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 : Capillary SOLE OF THE FOOT : Plantar SPECIALIST WHO DEALS WITH DEFORMITIES AND BONES, AND MUSCLES : DISEASES OF THE JOINTS, TENDONS, Orthopedist SPONDYL REFERS TO : Vertebra SPONGY, POROUS BONE TISSUE : CANCELLOUS STATE OF TENSION PRESENT WHEN ONE IS AWAKE : Tonus BUTTOCKS Gluteus maximus muscle THE END