Body Anatomy terms
What does superior mean?
Situated above
What terms means muscle?
My/o-
What does bradycardia mean?
Slow heart rate
What does -emia mean?
Blood or blood condition
what terms means to move nearer to the truck of the body (I.e. moving from the hand to the elbow)
proximal
What is the name of the collar bone?
Clavicle
Sprain
what does edema mean?
Collection of fluid in the tissues
What does -penia mean?
deficiency
what does the term caudal mean?
to move toward the tailbone
What do osteoblasts do?
Rebuild bone
What is the name of the muscle of the front of the shoulder
Deltoid muscle
What is the term for an absence of contractions of the heart?
asystole
What does erythma mean?
redness
What is the area of the region below the stomach?
hypogastric
What does craniotomy mean?
Surgical incision or opening into the skull
What is the popliteal fossa?
The hollow at the back of the knee
What is the term for chest pain?
Angina Pectoris
What does phagocytosis?
the process of ingestion and destruction
What does anabolism mean?
what is the diaphysis of the bone?
shaft of a long bone
What is atrophy?
The wasting away or diminished volume of muscle tissue
What is the name of the space within the chest between the lungs
Mediastinum
What does Hgb mean?
hemoglobin