Medical Terminology
Cells
Skeletal System
Nervous System
Cardiovascular System
100
This term means painful digestion.
What is dyspepsia?
100
The control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
100
The 5 classifications of bones.
What is long, short, irregular, flat, & sesamoid?
100
Three basic parts of a neuron.
What is cell body, dendrite & axon?
100
Also known as platelets.
What are thrombocytes?
200
Medical terms are derived from these two ancient languages.
What are Greek & Latin?
200
This is the "packing & shipping plant" of the cell.
What is the Golgi body?
200
Another name for spongy bone.
What is cancellous bone?
200
A fatty layer of tissue surrounding the axon; insulating structure that prevents leakage of nerve impulses & helps to speed contraction.
What is the myelin sheath?
200
This valve is located between the left atrium & left ventricle.
What is bicuspid or mitral valve?
300
These two terms mean within.
What is intra & endo?
300
This is the power plant of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
300
Movement in this type of joint is very limited.
What is fibrous or synarthroses?
300
The four main parts of the brain.
What is the cerebrum, diencephalon, cerebellum & brain stem?
300
This artery can be found behind the knee.
What is the popliteal artery?
400
This term means around or about.
What is peri?
400
This is the "garbage collector" of the cell.
What is the lysosome?
400
Examples of this type of joint include the wrists, feet, & facet joints.
What is gliding/planar?
400
This lobe has auditory & olfactory area, as well as Wernicke area which controls language comprehension.
What is the temporal lobe?
400
This circuit blood to the lungs to release carbon dioxide & regain oxygen.
What is the pulmonary circuit?
500
Appendectomy means this.
What is to cut out the appendix?
500
Cells consist of these 4 main elements.
What is carbon, oxygen, hydrogen & nitrogen?
500
Another name for adhesive capsulitis.
What is frozen shoulder?
500
This part of the diencephalon controls behavior patterns, hunger, thirst, hormones, sleep patterns & maintains consciousness.
What is the hypothalamus?
500
Another name for heart attack.
What is a myocardial infarction?
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