Medical Definitions
This red liquid pumps through your body to carry oxygen.
What is Blood?
This suffix means inflammation
What is -itis
These surgeons specialize in operations involving the lungs, esophagus, and chest cavity.
What is thoracic surgery?
This anatomical term means “closer to the midline.”
What is medial?
This machine delivers an electrical shock to restore a normal heart rhythm.
What is a defibrillator?
This hard organ cage protects your brain.
What is the skull?
This term applies to the surgical removal of an appendix
What is an appendectomy?
This specialty focuses on female reproductive health and pregnancy
What is OB/GYN?
This muscle is primarily responsible for breathing.
What is a diaphragm?
This monitor records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an ECG/EKG monitor?
This is the common name for your sternum or the bone right between your chest.
What is the Collarbone/Clavicle?
This term is used for shortness of breath
What is dyspnea?
This specialty deals only with pt's from 28 weeks of gestation up to 28 days of life
What is neonatology?
This abdominal organ filters blood and removes old red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
These scissors can cut through clothing, seatbelts, and even thin metal.
What are trauma shears?
What is the Femur?
This term applies to paralysis of one side of the body
What is hemiplegia?
This specialty manages critically ill patients in the ICU
What is CCM or Critical Care Medicine?
This artery supplies oxygenated blood to the brain and face.
What is the carotid artery?
This device is used to visualize the airway during intubation.
What is a laryngoscope?
This muscle sits right under your lungs and helps you breathe in and out.
What is the Diaphragm?
What does the term myasthenia gravis translate to
What is severe muscle weakness
This specialty treats hormone disorders such as diabetes and thyroid disease
What is Endocrinology?
This part of the brainstem regulates vital functions such as breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This machine oxygenates blood outside the body and is used in severe cardiac or respiratory failure.
What is an ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)?