Anatomical Terminology
Organs and Systems
Medical Terminology
Imaging Technologies
Conditions
100
Above and Below
What are superior and inferior?
100
Contains the kidneys
What is urinary system?
100
This word part means blue
What is cyan/o?
100
This is used to look at a person's bones
What is x-ray?
100
This term refers to inflammation of glomeruli
What is glomerulitis
200
Towards the side
What is lateral?
200
Main function is to pump blood through the body
What is the heart?
200
Pneumo is used to refer to this organ.
What are the lungs?
200
This machine uses a large magnet to create its images.
What is an MRI machine?
200
This refers to nitrogenous waste in the blood
What is uremia
300
Towards the back
What is dorsal?
300
Contains chemical synapses involved in memory, learning, movement, personality
What is the brain
300
Medical speciality that studies the kidneys
What is nephrology?
300
What CT stands for
What is computed tomography?
300
This term refers to inflammation of the bladder
What is cystitis
400
Towards the middle (midline)
What is medial?
400
This organ is affected by gastritis
What is the stomach
400
This term refers to tissue death.
What is necrosis?
400
The least harmful of all imaging technologies
What is ultrasound?
400
This term refers to kidney infection
What is nephritis
500
Same side as
What is ipsilateral
500
The organ responsible for detoxification
What is the liver?
500
This term is the opposite of sub.
What is supra?
500
Type of material that absorbs most x-rays
What is metal
500
This term refers to absence of urine formation
What is anuria
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