Body Parts
The medical term for inflammation of the brain
encephalitis
This system transports blood containing nutrients, gases, and other substances through the body
circulatory system
This is an excision of the gallbladder
cholecystectomy
This is the medical term for a heart attack
myocardial infarction
The medical term for the throat
pharynx
This word describes thromb/o
clotting
This procedure is a visual examination of the abdomen
laparoscopy
This is the term for the hardening of the arteries
arteriosclerosis (a.k.a. atherosclerosis)
Otalgia means pain of which body part?
the ear
This system secretes hormones that are carried by the blood to other organs
endocrine system
The use of high-energy rays to treat cancerous tumors is called...
radiation therapy (a.k.a. radiotherapy)
This is a record of the electricity in the brain
electroencephalogram
The medical term for the voice box
larynx
This is the membrane that surrounds the organs in the abdomen
peritoneum
This procedure is a visual examination of the urinary bladder
cystoscopy
This term describes when there are high numbers of malignant white blood cells
The word for lapar/o
abdomen
These two organs receive messages from the environment and send them to the brain
skin and sense organs
This is a surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint
arthrocentesis
This term is used to describe blood in the urine