Intro to Medical Terminology
This prefix means life.
What is zoo-?
This refers to the front or belly side of the organ or body.
What is ventral?
This fluid acts as a lubricant to make smooth movement of the joint possible.
What is synovial fluid?
This occurs when a muscle returns to its original form.
What is relaxation?
This is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, medical management, and surgical treatment of disorders of the blood vessels.
Who is a vascular surgeon?
This is the process through which the body maintains a constant internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This type of transmission is the spread of a certain disease due to the bite of an insect or animal, such as flies, mites, fleas, ticks, etc.
What is vector-borne transmission?
These are the bones of the fingers and toes.
What are phalanges?
This is the extreme or overextension of a limb or body part beyond its normal limit.
What is hyperextension?
This is the middle and thickest of the heart layers.
What is the myocardium?
This suffix means one who measures.
What is -metrist?
This word means situated in the back, or on the back part of an organ or body part.
What is posterior?
These four prefixes mean bones.
What are oss/e, oss/i, oste/o and ost/o?
This is a thick, fan-shaped muscle situated on the anterior chest wall.
What is the pectoralis major?
What is systolic pressure?
This prefix means to hold back.
What is isch-?
This word means the direction toward or nearer the side of the body, away from the midline.
These type of joints allow movement primarily in one direction or plane.
What are hinge joints?
This is the stimulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve.
What is muscle innervation?
These are leukocytes that are formed in red bone marrow.
What are neutrophils?
These two combining forms mean white.
What are leuk/o and albin/o?
This type of transmission refers to situations in which a susceptible person is infected by contact with a contaminated surface.
What is indirect contact transmission?
This is a normal projection on the surface of a bone that most commonly serves as an attachment for a muscle or tendon.
What is a process?
This is the calf muscle that flexes the knee and bends the foot downward.
What is the gastrocnemius?
These are specialized conductive fibers located within the walls of the ventricles.
What are purkinje fibers?