the body
What does 'auris' mean?
ears
What does neurology mean? (hint: shepherd)
Branch of medicine that deals with nerves and brains
Who was Apollo?
The Greek and Roman god of archery, music, dance, truth and prophecy
What is death in Latin?
mors, mortis
What is the difference between:
spiro-spirare-spiratum
spero-sperare-speratum
Breath
Hope
How liters of blood are there in the body and what percentage of the human weight does it take up?
5 liters- 10%
A medical branch or specialty.
Example include: neurology, radiology, cardiology, anesthesiology etc
What was the name of the Greek god of Healing and medicine?
Asclepius
valeo, valere
How many muscles are there in the human body?
700
What is another word for 'stomach' in Latin?
abdomen, abdominis
What does the word 'hema-toma' mean?
blood- bad bruise
Who were the daughters of Asclepius?
Hygieia and Panacea
Are most specialized medical terms Latin or Greek?
Greek
How many bones are there in the human body?
200
match these up:
sanguis, sanguinis
cutis
corpus, corporis
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derma, dermatos
hema, hematos
soma, somatos
Latin | Greek
sanguis, sanguinis------hema, hematos
corpus, corporis--------soma, somatos
cutis--------------------derma, dermatos
do you think that a word with the ending/suffix '-osis' means most of the time? (diseases, non-diseased, bad, good, abnormal, normal)
diseased or abnormal
Review of the 4 humors invented by Hippocrates: What were they?
blood
yellow bile
black bile
phlegm
What does trauma, traumatos mean?
wound
What does the word Pharmacist (pharmakos in Greek) mean?
Poisoner
Stand up and sing the head shoulders knees and toes song in Latin
Good job
CRITICAL THINKINGGG: According to what you learned, what do you think the word 'Craniotomy' means?
A surgical removal of the part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain.
What was the medical oath called and where did it come from?
Hippocratic Oath. It came from Hippocrates, a greek physician. He invented the 4 humors that we talked about before.
What is thanatophobia and what word does it come from?
intense fear of death- thanatos
What is the winged staff with intertwined serpants used as the medicine symbol called?
Caduceus