chapter 6+7

  1. hard palate
    anterior portion
  2. soft palate
    posterior portion
  3. or/o
    mouth
  4. stomat/o
    mouth
  5. gloss/o
    tongue
  6. lingu/o
    tongue
  7. bucc/o
    cheek
  8. cheil/o
    lip
  9. labi/o
    lip
  10. dent/o
    teeth
  11. odont/o
    teeth
  12. gingiv/o
    gums
  13. sial/o
    saliva, salivary gland
  14. esophagi/o
    esophagus
  15. pharyng/o
    pharynx
  16. gastr/o
    stomach
  17. pylor/o
    pylorus
  18. duoden/o
    duodenum (first part of small intestine)
  19. enter/o
    small intestine
  20. jejun/o
    jejunum (second part of small intestine)
  21. ile/o
    ileum (last part of small intestine)
  22. append/o
    appendix
  23. appendic/o
    appendix
  24. col/o
    colon
  25. colon/o
    colon
  26. sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon
  27. rect/o
    rectum
  28. proct/o
    anus, rectum
  29. ascites
    abnormal accymulation of fluid in abdominal cavities
  30. cachexia
    state of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting
  31. cirrhosis
    yellowing of skin due to liver disease
  32. crohn disease
    form of inflammatory bowel disease, usually of ileum
  33. fecalith
    fecal concretion
  34. flatus
    gas in gastrointestinal tract
  35. halitosis
    foul- smelling breath
  36. leukoplakia
    white patches on mucous membrane of cheek
  37. obstipation
    intractable constipation
  38. steatorrhea
    passage of fat in large amounts in feces
  39. nas/o
    nose
  40. rhin/o
    nose
  41. sept/o
    septum
  42. adenoid/o
    adenoids
  43. tonsil/o
    tonsils
  44. pharyng/o
    pharynx
  45. epiglott/o
    epiglottis
  46. laryng/o
    larynx (voice box)
  47. trache/o
    trachea (windpipe)
  48. bronchi/o
    bronchus
  49. bronch/o
    bronchus
  50. bronchiol/o
    bronchioles
  51. alveol/o
    alveolus
  52. pleur/o
    pleura
  53. pneum/o
    air, lung
  54. pneumon/o
    air, lung
  55. pulmon/o
    lung
  56. anthrac/o
    coal, coal dust
  57. atel/o
    incomplete, imperfect
  58. coni/o
    dust
  59. cyan/o
    blue
  60. lob/o
    lobe
  61. orth/o
    straight
  62. ox/I
    oxygen
  63. ox/o
    oxygen
  64. pector/o
    chest
  65. steth/o
    chest
  66. thorac/o
    chest
  67. phren/o
    diaphragm, mind
  68. spir/o
    breathe
  69. -capnia
    carbon dioxide
  70. -osmia
    smell
  71. -phonia
    voice
  72. -pnea
    breathing
  73. -ptsysis
    spitting
  74. -thorax
    chest
  75. brady-
    slow
  76. dys-
    bad, painful, difficult
  77. eu-
    good, normal
  78. tachy-
    rapid
  79. anosmia
    absence or decrease in smell
  80. apnea
    temporary loss of breathing
  81. atelectasis
    collapsed or airless lung
  82. consolidation
    loss of sponginess of lungs due to enlargement
  83. coryza
    head cold- inflammation of nose
  84. deviated septum
    displacement of middle nose cartilage
  85. emphysema
    decrease in alveolar elasticity
  86. epistaxis
    nosebleed,
  87. exudate
    inflammatory fluid high in protein with blood and cells
  88. hypoxemia
    deficiency of oxygen in blood
  89. hypoxia
    deficiency of oxygen in tissues
  90. pertussis
    whooping cough
  91. pleurisy
    inflammation of pleural membrane
  92. pneumoconiosis
    dust particles found in lungs
  93. pulmonary edema
    excessive fluid in lungs- causes cough and dyspnea
  94. surfactant
    phospholipid allows lung to expand with ease
  95. transudate
    noninflammatory fluid that resembles serum but with less protein
  96. tubercles
    granulomas associated with tuberculosis
Author
Renicheal
ID
242132
Card Set
chapter 6+7
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