Introduction to Med Term - Basics
The suffix -hyper means what?
excessive, increased
Anatomy
Skull
What is the violent shaking up or jarring of the brain that many athletes experience when they play vigorously in their sports?
Concussion
When a medical professional adds the suffix son/o, what do they mean?
sound
What does perinatal mean?
Describes the specific time and events that surround birth
What is the medical term when it the person is pertaining to the uppermost, above, or towards the heard part of the human body?
Superior part
What is medical terminology for abnormal lateral curvature of the spine?
Scoliosis
Name at least one sign that a person is experiencing a stroke.
(HINT: FAST)
(TIME - if any signs are present, send them immediately to the ER)
What is the imagining technique that uses a combination of radio waves and a strong magnetic field to create signals that are sent to a computer and converted into images of any plane through the body?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (aka MRI)
A term that pertains to a virus
Viral
What is found in the nucleus of all types of cells except erythrocytes?
DNA
When the muscle tightens and becomes shorter and thicker, is the muscle contracting or relaxing?
Contracting
What is insomnia?
The prolonged or abnormal inability to sleep
What is the instrument that is used to listen to sounds within the body?
Stethoscope
What does the term gastritis describe?
(HINT: gastr- and -itis)
(Extra $100 if you can list them as well)
Four
(Extra: Epithelial tissue, Connective tissue, Muscular tissue and Nervous tissue)
What medical professional provides treatment to prevent disability or restore function that many athletes and elderly people see?
Physical Therapist
What is characterized by recurrent OBSESSIONS (repetitive, intrusive, distressing thoughts or impulses) and/or COMPULSIONS (repeatedly feeling compelled to do things, like wash or pray).
OCD (Obsessive-compulsive disorder)
What body part does echocardiography evaluate?
Evaluates the structures and emotion of the heart.
What does the term arterionecrosis mean?
(HINT: arteri/o-, -necrosis)
What is an adenectomy?
(Hint: aden-, -ectomy)
Surgical removal of a gland
Which type of bone cancer metastasizes to bones from other organs?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary or Quaternary)
(HINT: Metastasizes means to spread)
Secondary
(Extra $100 for each one you can name)
Three - Antisocial, Borderline and Narcissistic
What is an intravenous injection?
The administration of medication by injection directly into a vein.