Medical Terminology
What is Excessive/Above?
Largest Organ in the human body
What is Skin?
The system responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body
What is the circulatory system?
This tool uses sound waves to visualize internal organs
What is ultrasound?
Disease characterized by high blood sugar levels
What is diabetes?
Term to refer to the front of the body
What is Anterior
The first antibiotic discovered
What is Penicillin?
This system defends the body against infection and foreign invaders
What is the Immune system?
Tool that is used to cut through tissues
What is scalpel?
The common name for myocardial infarction
What is Heart attack?
The term that describes movement away from the midline of the body
What is Abduction?
The first successful blood transfusion was performed using this type of animal blood
What is Sheep Blood?
The system responsible for regulating hormones
What is the endocrine system ?
This tool is used to visually examine the ear canal and eardrum
What is otoscope?
Body systems that cystic fibrosis primarily affect
What is respiratory and digestive system?
Refers to back of the knee referred in anatomy
What is Popliteal area?
The only bone in the human body not connected to another bone
What is the Hyoid Bone?
System acts as a physical barrier between external environment and internal environment
What is integumentary system?
This tool uses very precise beams of radiation to treat an area of disease or tumors
What is gamma knife?
Autoimmune disease that leads to inflammation and joint pain
What is rheumatoid arthritis?