Medical Terminology
The suffix meaning "the study of".
What is "-ology"?
A tool to assess the total body percentage in burn patients and guides treatment decisions.
What is the rule of nines?
Skeleton that includes all bones along the body's long axis.
What is the axial skeleton?
Progressive degeneration of muscle or nerve tissue.
What is "atrophy"?
Thin, outer layer of skin.
What is the "epidermis"?
The prefix meaning "back".
What is "dors-"?
Study of cells.
What is cytology?
End of a long bone.
What is epiphysis?
Movement away from the midline.
What is "abduction"?
Condition that leads to a deficiency in pigment.
What is "albinism"?
The prefix/suffix meaning blood.
What is "hem"?
Plane that divides body into upper and lower portions.
What is transversal plane?
The bone at the very end of the vertebrae.
What is the coccyx?
Produces movement in the opposite direction of the prime mover.
What is "antagonist"?
Sweat gland.
What is the "sudoriferous gland"?
The suffix meaning pain.
What is "-algia"?
Life threatening allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
What are the carpals?
Muscle that extends over back and scapula.
What is the "trapezius (muscle)"?
Contains blood supply for the hair.
What is the "papilla"?
The prefix/suffix meaning oil, sebum.
What is "sebo"?
Clear, thick fluid that helps lubricate a joint.
What is synovial fluid?
Bone that makes up your upper jaw.
What is the "maxilla"?
A condition that causes muscle pain all over the body.
What is "fibromyalgia"?
Deepest layer in the epidermis that helps regenerate cells.
What is the "stratum germinativum"?