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Ch. 8&9 Medical Term

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reduction of red blood cells noticed by the patient as weakness and fatigue anemia
condition in which the blood doesn’t clot, thus causing excessive bleeding hemophilia
small bruise petechia
injury to tissue that occurs after blood flow is restored reperfusion injury
any disease of a lymph gland (node); used to refer to noticeably swollen lymph nodes, especially in the neck lymphadenopathy
swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities lymphedema
pain in the spleen splenalgia, splenodynia
An instrument used to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer
A process in which a certain type of white blood cells destroys (or "eats") foreign microorganisms or cell debris is called phagocytosis
Build a medical term that means "blood tumor" and refers to a mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue Hematoma
Build a medical term that means "inflammation of a tonsil." Tonsillitis
Choose the correct translation of the suffix -penia Deficiency
Identify the correct pronunciation of the medical term lymphangitis LIM-fan-JAI-tis
Translate the term hemorrhage excessive blood loss
Translate the term hepatosplenomegaly as literally as possible Liver spleen enlargement
What is the correct definition for the abbreviation BMT bone marrow transplant
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term leukocytosis? leuko (white) + cyt (cell) + osis (condition) = "white cell condition" : abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells
ven/o vein
Which term comes from the Greek "to pour out," and refers to a large bruise? Ecchymosis
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term hematopoiesis? hemato (blood) + poiesis (formation) = formation of blood cells
Identify and define the root in the medical term arteriosclerosis arterio - artery
Identify the correct definition for diaphoresis Profuse sweating
Translate the medical term aneurysmectomy Surgical removal of a bulge in a blood vessel
Translate the medical term phlebotomy as literally as possible Vein incision procedure" - the technical term for drawing blood
What does the abbreviation HTN stand for Hypertension
Which is NOT a root used to refer to vessels All of these refer to vessels angi/o vascul/o arteri/o ven/o
Which medical term means "inflammation of the blood vessels" Vasculitis
Which medical term means "the surgical reconstruction of a vessel" Angioplasty
The term venogram is pronounced VEE-noh-gram
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term angiography angio (vessel) + graph (writing) + y (procedure) = procedure to describe the blood vessels
The force exerted by blood on the wall of blood vessels is The force exerted by blood on the wall of blood vessels is blood pressure (BP), which consists of both diastolic pressure, pressure exerted on blood vessels when the heart is relaxed, and systolic pressure, pressure exerted on blood vessels when the heart
Which term describes a hardening of an artery due to build-up of fatty plaque? Atherosclerosis
sept/o septum
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term pericardiocentesis peri (around) + cardio (heart) + centesis (puncture) = puncture of the tissue around the heart
Which root literally means "crown," and refers to the way the blood vessels that supply the heart descend and support the heart like a crown coron/o
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