ABBREVIATIONS
SUFFIXES
PREFIXES
POT POURRI
Digestion
100
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What are fractures
100
The larger of the two lungs.
What is the right lung.
100
Blood vessels that carry blood from venules to the heart.
What are veins?
100
Ringing in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
100
Where taste buds are located on the tongue.
What is the papillae?
200
Hx
What is history
200
The cavity responsible for warming, moistening, and filtering air.
What is the nasal cavity?
200
A procedure in which a vein from the leg is used to replace a coronary artery.
What is a heart bypass?
200
The area of the eye that contains receptors sensitive to light.
What is the retina?
200
The hormone that increases gastric juice production.
What is gastrin?
300
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What is WITH
300
A flap of tissue that aids in swallowing and prevents food from entering the trachea.
What is the epiglottis?
300
These ensure one way blood flow between the atria and ventricles.
What are Atrioventricular valves?
300
Another name for the incus.
What is the anvil?
300
Inflammation of the liver.
What is hepatitis?
400
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What IS 2 WEEKS
400
Vocal cords are longer in this gender.
What are males?
400
The first vessel to receive oxygenated blood.
What is the pulmonary vein?
400
Connects the ciliary body to the lens.
What are the suspensory ligaments?
400
A build up of mucus in the pancreas.
What is jaundice?
500
SOB
What is SHORTNESS OF BREATH
500
The correct sequence of air entering the body during respiration. (7 structures)
What are the nostrils, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli?
500
Hardening of the arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis?
500
The part of your eye that is inflammed when you have Pink Eye.
What is the sclera?
500
The correct sequence of the small intestine starting at the stomach and going to the large intestine.
What are the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum?