Medical Terminology
Superolateral
This disease is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by the bite of mosquitoes.
Malaria
What is an appendectomy?
The surgical removal of the appendix
What is Layman's term for rhinorrhea?
A runny nose
How many bones are in the average adult human body?
206
Inflammation of the bone and joint
Osteoarthritis
This group of diseases occur as a result of the immune system attacking the body's own organs, tissues, and cells.
Autoimmune Diseases
What is a partial colectomy?
The removal of part of the large intestine/colon
What is the Layman's term for cardialgia?
Heart burn
What health profession makes up a majority of the staff in hospitals?
Nurses
Laryngoscopy
This disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
What is a cholecystectomy?
What is the Layman's term for vasovagal syncope?
Fainting
True or False: Physical therapy began as a female-only profession.
True. The first professional physical therapy association was createdin 1921: the American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association.
Mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth
This disorder is a chronic mental disorder that affects the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality, and relates the others.
Schizophrenia
What is a Barium enema?
An examination of the lower GI tract
What is the Layman's term for medial tibial stress syndrome?
At what month does a human fetus acquire fingerprints?
3
Bleeding caused by a ruptured blood vessel just outside the brain that rapidly fills the space between the brain and skull with blood.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
This genetic disorder is caused by the incomplete development of the fetus' spine during the first months of pregnancy.
Spina Bifida
What is an rotationplasty?
What is the Layman's term for pseudoepistaxis?
A blood nose
True or False: Your heartbeat changes in mimics the music you listen to.
True.