Disease and conditions
What is cardiomyopathy?
hypoxeima
What is low or decreased oxygen in the blood?
What is a hematocrit?
What is the spleen?
Forms the back of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
combining form for throat.
What is pharyng/o?
Plasma protein that maintains water in the blood.
What is albumin?
The lower chambers of the heart.
What are the ventricle?
local widening of an artery
asbestosis
what is a type of pneumoconiosis?
Incision into the vein.
What is phlebotomy?
Largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
Lower jaw bone.
What is the mandible?
combining form for pus.
What is py/o?
Removal of spleen.
What is a splenectomy?
What is the superior vena cava?
Cyanosis
What is bluish coloring of the skin?
Difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
Breathing in an upright position.
What is orthropnea?
Small artery.
What is an arteriole?
Zygomatic bone.
What is the cheekbone?
What is laryng/o?
What is splenomegaly?
special muscle fibers connecting the upper and lower chambers of the heart - bundle of His.
DVT
What is a deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the lower extremeties?
Bronchial airway obstructions, signs include wheezing, dyspnea and coughing.
What is asthma?
What is relapse?
Upper chamber of the heart.
What is the atrium?
Two paired bones at the corner of each eye.
What is the lacrimal bone?
Cyt/o
What is cell?
This causes AIDS.
What is HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
Carries blood to the lungs from the heart
What is bleeding disorder?
Liquid portion of blood.
What is plasma?
Forms the forehead
What is the frontal bone?
Carries blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are the pulmonary veins?
Combining form for red.
What is erythr/o?
Hodgkin Lymphoma
What is a malignant tumor of the lymph nodes?
Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?