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