Endocrine System
What term means "blood condition of excessive glucose"?
Hyperglycemia
What does the term "encephalopathy" mean?
Disease of the brain
What is the medical term for muscle pain?
Myalgia
What is the main function of the muscular system?
To assist with movement
What root refers to sound?
Ech, as in Echocardiogram
What term means "forming or producing glycogen"?
Glycogenesis
What term refers to pain in a nerve?
Neuralgia
What is the diagnostic test that records the electrical activity of muscles?
Electromyography
What property allows muscle cells to change their electrical state and propagate an action potential?
Excitability
What root refers to sweat?
Hidr, as in Hyperhidrosis
What term means 'Destruction or breakdown of the pancreas. '
Pancreatolysis
What is the medical term for a disease of the spinal cord?
Myelopathy
What is the term for a surgical incision into the fascia to relieve pressure?
Fasciotomy
What is the term for the heart muscle?
Myocardium
What root refers to oil?
Seb, as in Seborrhea
Please list 3 Major glands of the endocrine system
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Pineal Gland
Thyroid Gland
Thymus Gland
Adrenal Glands
Pancreas
Gonads (Ovaries and Testes)
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?
The central nervous system [CNS] and the peripheral nervous system [PNS]
What are the three main types of muscles in the body?
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles
What is the name of the specialized cells that make up muscle tissue?
Fibers
What root refers to the skin?
Derm or Dermat, as in Dermatitis.
What organ produces insulin?
The pancreas
What is the name of the cell responsible for transmitting nerve impulses?
Neuron
What is the name of the basic structural unit of muscle responsible for contraction?
Sarcomere
What is the medical term for partial paralysis or weakness of one side of the body?
Hemiparesis
What root refers to nails?
Onych, as in Onychomycosis