Medical Terminology Semester Review

1. Medical Terminology Semester Review Knowledge Bowl 2006

2. The medical term for the surgical repair or replacement of a damaged joint. • Arthroplasty • A single respiration consists of • One inhalation / one exhalation • A localized balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery (weak area in the wall of an artery) • Aneurysm • Body mechanics involving the design and operation of tools and the work environment. • ergonomics

3. Respiratory pattern consisting of alternating periods of rapid breathing, slow breathing, and the absence of breathing. Often seen right before death. • Cheyne-Stokes respiration • Suffix meaning “to suture” • -rrhaphy • An abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side. • Kyphosis

4. Term meaning inflammation of a nerve. • Neuritis • Term pertaining to lack of (bad) muscle tone • Dystonia • Term meaning the absence of spontaneous respirations. • Apnea • Term meaning a weakness or wasting away of muscles caused by disuse over a period of time. • atrophy

5. A specialist who treats diseases and disorders of the blood. • Hematologist • Combining form meaning joint. • Arthr/o • Condition is paralysis of the larynx. • Laryngoplegia • Condition of inflammation of the bone and bone marrow. • osteomyelitis

6. Combining for meaning white. • Leuk/o • Term meaning heart attack. • Myocardial infarction • Term meaning red blood cells. • Erythrocytes • Based on word parts, what does the term hepatorrhagia mean? • Bleeding from the liver • What prefix means between or among? • intra

7. Medical term describing a condition of a protrusion of a muscle through its ruptured sheath. (using word parts) • Myocele • Term meaning any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow. • Myelopathy • Respiratory condition occurring in the winter months. A vaccine is available for this every year. • influenza

8. Type of muscle slanted outward, away from the midline of the body. • Oblique • Suffix meaning specialist. • -ologist • Term describing an abnormal shortening of muscle tissues, making the muscle resistant to stretching. • Contracture • Congenital defect in which the spinal canal fails to close around the spinal cord. • Spina bifida

9. Combining form meaning fever. • Pyr/o • Term describing where a muscle starts (begins) • Origin • Term meaning pain in the stomach. • Gastralgia • Term meaning muscle tone. • Myotonia • Substance that transports oxygen in the blood. • hemoglobin

10. Term describing symptoms that occur when the median nerve is compressed as it passes through the narrow area in the wrist. • Carpal tunnel syndrome • Condition that is the chronic enlargement of the bronchi. • Bronchiectasis • A term describing a torn, ragged wound. • Laceration • Term meaning the tissue death of an artery or arteries. • arterionecrosis

11. Blood vessels that are microscopic and are only one cell in thickness. • Capillaries • Condition of the heart in which there is irregular quivering of the heart muscles. • Fibrillation • Medication that controls irregularities of the heart. • Antiarrhythmic • Diagnostic test using ultrasound to trace the flow of blood through the heart. • echocardiogram

12. Any term meaning voice impairment, including hoarseness, weakness, or loss of voice. • Dysphonia • Condition in which there is an absence, or almost complete absence, of oxygen from inhaled gases, arterial blood, or tissues. • Anoxia • Condition of total paralysis of one side of the body. • hemiplegia

13. Procedure is the surgical repair of cartilage. • Chondroplasty • Suffix requiring the use of a combining vowel. • Term describes the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. • Systolic pressure • Condition of abnormal hardening of an artery • arteriosclerosis

14. Term meaning the act of closing a wound or incision by stitching or a similar means. • Suturing • Procedure is the surgical repair of the pharynx • Pharyngoplasty • In the term pericardiectomy, -ectomy is a prefix, suffix, or word part • Suffix • A marked loss of bone density and an increase in porosisty is known as ______ • osteoporosis

15. Medical term for hiccups ________ • singulutus • Fatty deposits within the walls of an artery, which is characteristic of atherosclerosis is a _________________ • lipoma • Specialist in disorders of the lungs and associated tissues is a / an _________ • Pulmonologist • A band of fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally is known as ________________ • adhesions

16. The procedure of suturing the trachea is known as ________________ • Tracheorrhaphy • The medical term meaning inflammation of the bursa is _________________ • Bursitis • The medical term meaning inflammation of the pharynx is called _________________ • Pharyngitis • The flexible tip of the nose is made up of the type of tissue called ______________ • cartilage

17. Medical name for white blood cells ______ • Leukocytes • Condition of abnormal hardening of muscle tissue ____________________ • Myosclerosis • Abnormally slow rate of respirations of less than 10 breaths per minute is known as ___ • Hypopnia, bradypnea • Condition of subnormal oxygen levels in the cells is known as ____________ • hypoxia

18. Surgical repair of a muscle _____________ • Myoplasty • An accumulation of fluid in lung tissues is known as pulmonary _____________ • Edema • Medical term meaning the surgical repair of the nose _______________ • Rhinoplasty • Term meaning the surgical puncture to remove fluid of a joint space • Arthocentesis

19. Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques is known as ________________ • Athrosclerosis • The death of bone tissue due to an insufficient blood supply, infection, malignancy, or trauma is known as _______ • Osteonecrosis • Abnormally rapid, deep breathing resulting in decreased levels of CO2 at the cellular level • hyperventilation

20. Condition in which a blood clot forms within a blood vessel is known as ______________ • Thrombus • Medical term for the condition commonly known as a nosebleed ________________ • Epistaxis • Abnormal enlargement of the liver ________ • Hepatomegaly • Term meaning higher than normal b/p _____ • Hypertension • Condition of inflammation of the fascia is • fasciitis

21. Examination and treatment through an arthroscope is known as _____________ • Arthroscopy • Inflammation of several arteries _________ • Polyarthritis • Condition of pain in a tendon is _________ • Tenalgia • Potentially lethal condition in which breathing recurrently stops during sleep is known as sleep _________ • apnea

22. Severe episodes of spasmodic choking or suffocating chest pain are known as _______ pectoris. • Angia • Pain in the pleura or in the side is known as • pleuralgia • The term meaning a pounding or racing heart • Palpatations • Malignancy characterized by a progressive increase of abnormal leukocytes is known as • leukemia

23. Surgical incision into the cranium is a / an • Craniotomy • Term meaning abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries is • Arteriosclerosis • Abnormally swollen veins in the legs are known as ________ veins. • Varicose • Condition of abnormal softening of muscle tissue • Myomalacia • A fast heartbeat of sudden onset is known as paroxysmal _________ • tachycardia

24. Positioning • Lateral • Recumbent • Supine • Dorsal recumbent • Prone • Sims • Trendelenburg • Lithotomy

25. ROM • Abduction • Adduction • Flexion • Extension • Rotation