Medical English Review: 1,2,10,11,15,19

1

100

The type of word part included in all medical terms:

Root

200

The meaning of the combining form gastr/o:

Stomach

300

The meaning of the term nephritis

inflammation of the kidney

  

400

Why does the term gastro come before entero in gastroenteritis? 

Because of anatomical position

500

Red blood cell & White blood cell

Erythrocyte & Leukocyte 

  

10

100

Part of the nerve cell that first receives  the nervous impulse is the

Dendrite

  

200

Burning sensation of pain

Causalgia

300

Portion of the brain that controls  the pituitary gland, water balance,  and body temperature

 Hypothalamus

400

Space between nerve cells is called  the

Synapse

  

500

Elevated portions of the cerebral  cortex are called

Gyri 

11

100

Saclike membrane surrounding the heart:

Pericardium

  

200

Angina is

Chest pain

300

Cardiac arrhythmia:

Fibrillation

  

400

Atrium means:

Entryway

500

Located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart:

Mitral valve

  

12

100

Uppermost portion of the lung

Apex

  

200

Difficult breathing

Dyspnea

  

300

Tubes that bifurcate from the windpipe

 Bronchi

400

Medical term for a condition of decreased oxygen in the blood

Hypoxemia

  

500

Material is expelled from the lungs

 Expectoration

19

100

Which term describes the spread of  malignant tumors to a distant location?

Metastasis

  

200

Which is a description of a fungating  tumor?

  

Mushrooming pattern of growth as tumor cells pile on top of each other

300

What term describes localized tumor  growth?

Carcinoma in situ

  

400

What does staging a tumor mean?

 Assessing the extent of tumor spread

500

What does the notation T1N2M0  mean?

 Tumor is present with palpable regional lymph nodes and no metastases