Name 3 types of muscle tissues? and where would each tissue be found?
Skeletal Muscle (attached to bones)
Cardiac Muscle (found in heart)
Smooth Muscle (lines organs)
100
What does the medical term "Path/ol/ogy" mean?
Study of disease
100
Name the 3 blood vessels?
Name the smallest to largest and explain the role of each
Artery (largest, carries blood away from heart)
Vein (second largest, carries blood back to heart)
Capillary (smallest, connects both arteries and veins)
200
What is the prefix for the word "excessive or high"?
Hyper (Hyper/tension)
200
What does the medical suffix "logist" mean?
A person who specializes in some type of medicine
(example: Cardi/o/logist)
200
Where does digestion begin and end?
Mouth (begins)
Small Intestine (ends)
200
What is the name of a person who specializes in Kidney's?
Nephrologist
200
What are the 4 types of "blood cells" and what is their role?
What is the prefix for the word "half" when referring to 1/2 of your body is paralyzed?
Hemi (Hemi/plagic)
300
What does the suffix "plasty" mean?
Surgical repair (example: Rhino/plasty)
300
What are the 3 "accessory organs", and why are they called "accessory"?
Liver, pancreas, gall bladder
Accessory - Helps with digestion, but is not the primary organ. Food does not pass through these organs.
300
What is the medical term for the largest organ in your body?
In/teg/u/ment/ary means skin
300
Name the medical terms for the following colors?
Blue, White, Orange, Red and Black
Cyano, Leuko, Cirrho, Erythro and Necro
400
What does the prefix "A" mean in the beginning of a medical word root?
"A" means without (A/trophy or A/pnea)
400
What is the medical suffix for the word "cell"?
Cyte (Hemato/cyte) - A blood cell
400
Tell me the difference between "Involuntary and Voluntary" muscle movement?
Give ONE example of each
Involuntary (we cant control)
Voluntary (we can control)
400
What is the medical term for "death to tissues"?
Necrosis
400
Explain how gas exchange takes place?
Oxygen enters into the Alveoli, then capillary beds, then enters into blood stream.
In reverse, CO2 enters into capillary beds, alveoli, then out the lungs
500
What is the medical prefix for "Outside"?
Epi (Epi/dermis)
500
What does the medical suffix for "man-made opening in the body" mean?
"ostomy" (Colostomy)
500
Tell me the 5 parts (from the smallest to the biggest) pertaining to the "level of organization" in your body?
cells, tissues, organ, organ system, organism
500
What is the medical term for "absence of breathing"?
Apnea
500
Describe the difference between "Chronic and Acute"?
What does COPD stand for and name the 3 diseases associated with COPD?