| A | B |
|---|
| necrosis | death |
| rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| peri- | around |
| ot/o | ear |
| -algia | pain |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty |
| midsagital | equal division of right and left |
| nosocomial infection | hospital acquired infection |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| halitosis | bad breath |
| -ecstasis | stretch |
| Western Blot | confirms HIV |
| -cide | kill |
| embolus | foreign object in blood |
| thrombocytes | smallest formed substance in bld |
| platelets | thrombocytes |
| systolic pressure | highest pressure against bld vessol (top #) |
| tri- | three |
| dorsiflexion | bend upward |
| myel/o | spine or bone marrow |
| osteomalacia | adult rickets |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side |
| capillaries | one cell thick |
| abduction | move away from body |
| adduction | move towards the body |
| atrophy | waste away |
| adenoids | nasopharyngeal tonsil |
| my/o | muscle |
| septicemia | blood poison |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| megaly- | enlarged |
| ergonomics | environments fit with human (ex chairs and keyboards) |
| dys- | bad |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| antibiotics | chemical substance that inhibit growth or kill pathogens |
| bacilli | rod shaped |
| anaphalactic shock | severe life threatening allergy response |
| macrophage | cell that eats invading cells |
| strepococci | chain bacteria (think strip) |
| staphococci | round grape like clusters |
| sinoatrial | pacemaker of the heart |
| phagocytosis | cell process that eat |
| throracic cavity | protects heart and lungs |
| pelvic cavity | protects reproductive organs |
| tibia | shinbone |
| clavicle | collarbone |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| flexion | bends a joint |
| lateralis | toward the side |
| oblique | at an angle |
| rectus | straight |
| sphinctor | ringlike muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| angi/o | bld vessel |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| ricksettia | bacteria that live in fleas and ticks |
| spirochete | spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria |
| hypo- | low or decreased |
| endo- | within |
| infectious monnucleosis | caused by Epstein_Barr virus |
| herpes zoster | causes shingles |
| rubella | measles may cause birth defects |
