Cardiovascular
Blood
Lymphatic/Immune
Respiratory
Digestive
What's the med term?
Signs/Symptoms/Pathology
Treatments and Medications
100
Prevent blood from moving backward in the heart.
Heart valves
100
The liquid part of blood
Plasma
100
Fluid contained in lymphatic vessels
Lymph
100
The organ that is commonly known as the voice box
Larynx
100
This organ is shared by the digestive and respiratory system
Pharynx
100
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
100
Severe pain with a sense of constriction around the heart; caused by deficiency of O2 to the heart muscle
Angina pectoris
100
Class of medication that breaks up clots
Thrombolytic; fibrinolytic
200
The heart muscle is deprived of blood flow long enough that a small part of it dies.
Myocardial infarction
200
Erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets are collectively referred to by this name
Formed elements
200
Deliberately administering a killed or weakened pathogen to provide immunity
Vaccination/immunization
For double points, which animal is the process named for? You have 20 seconds!
200
The membrane that surrounds the lung
Pleura
200
Wave-like contractions of smooth muscle that move the contents of the GI tract forward
Peristalsis
200
Allied health care professional that draws blood
Plebotomist
200
High blood cholesterol; risk factor for developing atherosclerosis
hyperlipidemia
200
Giving a patient their own previously donated and stored blood
Autologous transfusion
300
The pumping chambers of the heart
Ventricles
300
The Universal Donor blood type
type O-
300
When your mom felt beneath your jaw to check your 'glands' to see if you were getting sick, she was really feeling these
Lymph nodes
300
Structures that make your ears 'pop' when atmospheric pressure changes (when you're on a plane, etc.)
Eustachian tubes
300
The majority of absorption and digestion happen in this organ
Small intestine
300
Air in the pleural cavity
Pneumothorax
300
Life-threatening condition resulting from a severe allergic reaction
Anaphylactic shock
For double points, you have ten seconds to name the treatment for it.
300
Medications that reduce the urge to cough
Antitussives
400
Suffix that means heart condition
-cardia
400
These cells are responsible for blood clotting
Platelets
For double points, you have 20 seconds to give the medical terminology for a blood clot.
400
Proteins generated by B lymphocytes that mark pathogens for destruction
Antibodies
400
General suffix that means breathing
-pnea
400
Yellow cast to the skin; indicates liver issues
Jaundice
400
Gallstones
Cholelithiasis
400
Condition found mostly in long-term, heavy smokers; the walls of the alveoli in the lungs are destroyed
Emphysema
400
Stainless steel tube placed within a blood vessel to widen the lumen
Stent
500
Give a combining form that refers to the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Pleb/o or ven/o
500
What is the common outcome of all of the different types of anemia?
Less O2 reaches the tissues
500
An infection contracted in the hospital (or any other healthcare setting)
nosocomial infection
500
Medical term for a nosebleed
Epistaxis
500
Suffix meaning vomiting
-emesis
500
Instrument to measure blood pressure (pronunciation counts!)
Sphygmomanometer
500
Real autoimmune condition that is causes inflammation of the small intestine due to a reaction to gluten
Celiac disease
500
Removal of infected plasma from the body
Plasmapheresis