Chapter 4 and 5 Medical Terminology

spondylosis

(When modified by another word) condition of vertebra

cerebral angiography

A procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain is

-dynia

pain

A patient experiencing an abnormal sensation, usually numbness or tingling in the skin, is experiencing: paresthesia. dysesthesia. hyperesthesia. pseudesthesia. synesthesia.

paresthesia.

subluxation

partial dislocation

root word for speech

phas/o

Root for mind

psych/o, phren/o

cuteane/o

skin

root for sleep

somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o

Sleepwalking

somnambulism

phase

speech

-taxia

order, coordination

Lobes are smaller subdivisions of an

organ

arthroclasia

The therapeutic breaking of a joint for increased mobility

chondr/o

cartilage

tax/o

coordination, order

root for skull

crani/o

used for brain imaging?

ct

The root for "feeling or sensation" is

esthesi/o

blepahr/o

eyelid

dactyl

finger

bursa

fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one part of a joint over another

spondylolisthesis

forward slipping of one vertebra over another

-physis

growth

cephal/o, encephal/o

head

dyslexia

impairment of the ability to read

aphasia

inability to speak

When translating a medical term, one can usually figure out the definition by

interpreting the suffix first, then the prefix, and finally the root or roots

arthr/o

joint

spondyloarthropathy

joint disease of the vertebrae

ataxia

lack of muscle coordination

Spondylolysis

loss of vertebra structure

excessive desire

mania

Which root refers to the entire membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord?

mening/o, meningi/o

half the head that comes from the word hemicranias

migraines

-kinesia

movement

Which of the following terms relate to the cerebellum?

Cerebellar Cerebellitis

stroke

Damage to the brain from interruption of its blood supply.

hemorrhagic stroke

occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures; also known as a bleed

catatonia

a state of unresponsiveness to one's outside environment, usually including muscle rigidity, staring, and inability to communicate

ischemic stroke

a stroke where the blood loss is caused by a blockage

-osis

abnormal condition

craniomalacia

abnormal softening of the skull

CVA

an accident involving the blood vessels of the brain

delirium

an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.

tars/o

ankle

Fasci-

bundle, band

pachy-

thick

When putting medical terms together, use a combining vowel:

to join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant, to join two roots together, and to join two roots together even when the second root begins with a vowel.

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Spondylo-

vertebra

spondyl/o

vertebra

-asthenia

weakness