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Body Extremities

Body Extremities . Arms, elbow wrist, fingers Legs, knees, ankles, toes. Body Extremities. Acr (o ) = extremities Acroparalysis : impaired movement of the extremities Cyan(o ) = blue Cyanoderma : a blue discoloration of the skin. Body Extremities.

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Body Extremities

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  1. Body Extremities Arms, elbow wrist, fingers Legs, knees, ankles, toes

  2. Body Extremities • Acr(o) = extremities • Acroparalysis: impaired movement of the extremities • Cyan(o) = blue • Cyanoderma: a blue discoloration of the skin

  3. Body Extremities • -osis = condition (usually inflammatory) • Dermatosis: skin condition • What is psychosis? • Acrodermatitis: inflammation of the skin of the extremities • Acromegaly: enlargement of the extremities, usually fingers and toes • -megaly = increased size

  4. Hands and fingers • Dactyl(o) = finger or toe (also called digits) • Dactylogram: fingerprint • -spasm = cramp or twitch • Dactylospasm: cramping of a digit

  5. Hands • Chir(o) = hand • What is writers cramp called? • Chirospasm • What is chiroplasty? • Surgical repair of the hand

  6. Feet • Pod(o) = Feet • What is a podogram? • A footprint

  7. Additional Extremity Related Terms • Som(a) and somat(o) = body • -genic = origin or beginning • Somatogenic: originating in the body • Somaticcells: body cells except reproductive cells (sperm and egg)

  8. Additional Terms • Somatomegaly: increased body size (gigantism)

  9. Additional Terms • Psychosomatic: interactions between the body and the mind • Encephalitis: inflammation of the brain • -itis = inflammation • Encephalopathy: disease of the brain

  10. -itis • What is inflammation of the ear called? • What is inflammation of the eye called? • What is inflammation of the heart called? • What is inflammation of the nerve called? • What is inflammation of the digit called? • What is inflammation of tissue called? • What is inflammation of the joints called? • What is inflammation of the stomach called? • What is inflammation of the liver called?

  11. Answers • Otitis • Ophthalmitis • Carditis • Neuritis • Dactylitis • Histitis • Arthritis • Gastritis • Hepatitis

  12. Additional Terms • Omphalus or umbilicus: navel • Omphalocele: hernia, protrusion of the navel because of the intestine • Blephar(o): eyelid • Join eyelid and twitch to make a medical term • Blepharospasm

  13. Additional Terms • What is the medical term for back pain or backache? • What is the medical term for ear pain or earache? • What is the medical term for a headache? • What is the medial term for foot pain? • What is the medical term for stomach ache?

  14. Additional Terms • Tachy- = fast • Brady- = slow • -pnea = breathing • Tachypnea = rapid breathing • Bradypnea = slow breathing • Kinesi(o) = movement

  15. Additional Terms • Dys- = bad • Dysfunction = abnormal function • Dyscrasia = morbid condition • Bi- = two • Furcate = to divide into two • Biconcave = having two concave surfaces • Pronation = lying prone or face down • Supination = lying flat on the back or can also mean palms up

  16. Additional Terms • Ambulation = the act of walking (ambulatory) • Anti = against • Antiinfective = capable of killing infectious organisms or preventing them from spreading • Antimicrobial = same as antiinfective • Antibiotic = act against living infectious organisms • Produced by microbes • Antiinflammatory = acting against inflammation • Antipyretic = substance or procedure that acts against fever • Pyr(o) = fire

  17. Additional Terms • Pyrexia = abnormal elevation of body temperature • Febrile = fever • Afebrile = without fever • Antifebrile = same as antipyretic • Pyrogen = substance that causes a fever • Some bacterial toxins • Hyperpyrexia = highly elevated body temperature • Hyperpyrexic = 106° F or more • Caused by hot bath, hot air or infection

  18. Additional Terms • Trauma = injury • Atraumatic = not causing injury • What part of the body is injured in a thoracic injury? • Chest • Supra- = above • Suprathoracic = above the chest • Trans- = across • Transthoracic = through the chest cavity

  19. Additional Terms • Omphalorrhexis = rupture of the umbilicus • -rrhexis = rupture • -rrhagia = to hemorrhage • Write a word that means hemorrhage from the umbilicus. • Omphalorrhagia • Edema = swelling that is caused by accumulation of fluid in an organ or place

  20. Additional Terms • Write a term that means swelling of the eyelid • Blepharedema • Write a word that means paralysis of the eyelid • Blepharoplegia • Ptosis = sagging or drooping • Write a word that means sagging of the eyelids • Blepharoptosis

  21. Additional Terms • Micro - = small • Ot(o) = ear • -ia = condition • Microtia = underdevelopment or absence of the ear • Microcephaly = abnormally small head • Usually associated with mental retardation • Macro = large • Macrocephaly = abnormal largeness of the head • What does macropodia mean? • Large foot

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