Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Graded A

Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Graded A apnea - ANS- not breathing anoxia - ANS- without oxygen (decrease in tissue) abnormal - ANS- pertaining to away from the norm (rule); not regluar abductor - ANS- one who (muscle which) leads toward the body. adrenal gland - ANS- endocrine glands located above (toward) the kidneys anabolism - ANS- process of casting (building) up materials (proteins) within cells. adrenal glands - ANS- endocrine glands located above (toward) the kidneys analysis - ANS- to separate (apart) ante cibum - ANS- before meals anteflexion - ANS- bending forward antepartum - ANS- before birth antibiotic - ANS- pertaining to against life (germ life) antibody - ANS- protein substance made in the body to destroy foreign antigens antisepsis - ANS- condition against infection antitoxin - ANS- a substance (antibody) produced in response to and capable of neutralizing a toxin autoimmune disease - ANS- a condition related to making antibodies against one's own (auto-) cells and tissues bifurcation - ANS- forking (branching) into two; as the trachea bifurcates into two individual tubes. bilateral - ANS- pertaining to two sides bradycardia - ANS- condition of slow heartbeat catabolism - ANS- process of casting down materials (sugar) to release energy in cells. congenital anomaly - ANS- irregularity at birth connective - ANS- to lie (bind) together. contraindication - ANS- to point out against; as reasons why a drug should not be taken. contralateral - ANS- pertaining to opposite side dehydration - ANS- condition of lack of water diameter - ANS- to measure through; as the diameter of the circle diarrhea - ANS- to flow through; water is not properly absorbed through the walls of the colon. dialysis - ANS- complete separation; two types are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. dyspnea - ANS- difficult breathing dysentery - ANS- abnormal and painful condition of the intestines dysplasia - ANS- abnormal ("bad") development of formation ectopic pregnancy - ANS- pregnancy out of the normal place (usually in the fallopian tubes) endocardium - ANS- inner lining (membrane) of the heart endoscope - ANS- instrument to view within the body endotracheal - ANS- pertaining to within the trachea epithelium - ANS- skin cell euphoria - ANS- good feeling euthyroid - ANS- normal thyroid function exophthalmos - ANS- eyeballs that protrude hemiglossectomy - ANS- removal of half the tongue hyperglycemia - ANS- increase in blood sugar hyperplasia - ANS- condition of increased formation (increase in number of cells) hypertrophy - ANS- increase in development; increase in cell size. hypodermic injection - ANS- use of a needle and syringe to force liquid under the skin. hypoglycemia - ANS- decrease in blood sugar insomniac - ANS- pertaining to inability to sleep incision - ANS- process of cutting into;sectioning infracostal - ANS- pertaining to below the ribs intercostal - ANS- pertaining to between the ribs intravenous - ANS- pertaining to withing a vein macrocephaly - ANS- pertaining to an enlarged head; congenital anomaly. malaise - ANS- feeling of discomfort; "bad feeling" malignant - ANS- harmful, bad; cancerous condition metacarpal bones - ANS- five hand bones (beyond the wrist) metamorphosis - ANS- condition of change of shape or form metastasis - ANS- beyond control; spreading of a malignant tumor microscope - ANS- instrument to view small objects neonatal - ANS- pertaining to a newborn (infant) neoplasm - ANS- new growth; new formation (tumor) panycytopenia - ANS- condition of decrease in all cells (blood cells) paralysis - ANS- abnormal destruction (of nerves) to loss of muscle function parathyroid glands - ANS- endocrine glands located near (on the dorsal side of) the thyroid gland. percutaneous - ANS- pertaining to through the skin pericardium - ANS- membrane surrounding the heat polymorphonuclear - ANS- pertaining to many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell. polyneuritis - ANS- inflammation of many nerves postmortem - ANS- after death postpartum - ANS- after childbirth; most often refers to the mother precancerous - ANS- pertaining to before cancer; a lesion that may become cancerous prenatal - ANS- pertaining to before birth prodrome - ANS- signs and symptoms that appear before the onset of a more severe illness. prolapse - ANS- sliding forward or downward prosthesis - ANS- artificial limb or part of the body (literally, to put or place forward relapse - ANS- a sliding back; recurrence of symptoms of a disease