Definitions!
Cardiopathy
What is any disease of the heart
Endocrinopathy
What is a disease of the endocrine system or hormone - producing system
Neur/o
What is nerves
Cystocentesis
What is cysto - bladder centesis - puncture or perforation usually to remove fluid
The skeletal system consists of?
What is =bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and cartilage
Nephrons
What is the functional unit of the kidney
Mastitis
What is inflammation of the mammary glands
Endo
What is within
Fibromyalgia
What is
Fibro - tissues My/o - muscles Algia - pain
The reproductive system is responsible for?
What is the act of producing offspring
Peristalsis
What is contracting muscles that move food through the digestive system (esophagus/intestines)
Encephalitis
What is inflammation of the brain
Opthalm/o
What is eye
Chondromalacia
What is
Chondr/o = Cartilage
Malacia = Abnormal softening
Where are taste buds found?
What is on the tongue, inside papillae
Lubb Dubb
What are the sounds the heart makes
Coprophagy
What is the ingestion of feces
Hepat/o
What is liver
Spondylitis
What is
Spondy/l = Vertebrae
Itis = Inflammation
What are the two stages of dentition?
What is deciduous and permanent
Quick
What is the part of the nail containing blood vessels and nerve endings (OUCH!)
Basophilia
What is the elevation in the number of basophils (WBC) in the blood
Chondr/o
What is cartilage
Prognathia
What is
Pro = forward
Gnath= jaw
Ia = condition of
Where is the heart located?
What is the mediastinum