University of Arkansas
Fall, 2002. FLAN 3002 Life Science Terminology
Professor Daniel B. Levine
Review for Final Examination.
(December 17 Tuesday. 7:30- 9:30 AM.)
The final examination will draw from material given below.
Be able to define and divide any of the words given in student oral reports since the midterm examination, as shown on the course web site:
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/OralReports.html
(The words PULCHRITUDINOUS and NYSTAGMOGRAPH will be included.)
Write in Greek letters (upper or lower case). Be sure to use smooth and rough breathings appropriately. You do not need to include accent marks. :
skeleton ____________________
rheostosis ___________________
pneumonia ___________________
pericholecystitis ___________________
myringomycosis ___________________
hydroparasalpinx ___________________
heteradenoma ___________________
eosinopenia ___________________
bronchitis ___________________
anuresis ____________________
Identify the following as singular or plural:
viscus bursae fistula calculi corpora genus ovum calculus
What is a flexor? ______________________________________
What is the literal meaning of effusion? infusion? transfusion?
____________________ ________________ _____________
Divide and Define:
1. acropachy _________________________________
2. amyotrophy ___________________________________
3. angiemphraxis ___________________________
4. antefebrile ____________________________________
5. aphemia ____________________________________
6. binaural _________________________________________
7. cardiocentesis _____________________________
8. cardiotomy ______________________________
9. cholecystitis ______________________________
10. diaphragmatocele ____________________________
11. diarrhea _______________________________
12. encephalolith _________________________________
13. endomyocarditis ___________________
14. enteromycosis ______________________
15. facies labialis dentis _______________________
16. fibroplasia __________________________
17. galactocele ___________________________
18. hepatogenous ______________________________
19. incisor _______________________________
20. infracostal ___________________________
21. introflection ___________________________
22. lipolytic _________________________________
23. macromastia ___________________________
24. nephroncus ___________________________
25. nephrosclerosis ______________________________
26. othemorrhea __________________________
27. panasthenia ______________________________
28. pediculosis capitis ________________________
29. perinephritis ____________________________
30. perispondylitis ____________________________
31. phobophobia ______________________________
32. polyphagia ________________________________
33. puruloid ____________________________________
34. pygalgia ______________________________
35. rachitome __________________________
36. salpingosalpingostomy _________________________
37. sanguinopoietic ____________________________
38. splenoptosis _______________________________
39. stasibasiphobia_____________________________
40. steatorrhea ___________________________
What is facies hepatica? ___________
What is febris flava? _____________
The motto of the United States of America is E PLURIBUS UNUM. What is its literal meaning? ____________________________
What is the relationship between venotomy and phlebotomy? _______________________________________________
What is the relationship between myodynia and myalgia? _________________________________________________
What is the relationship between osteoblast and osteoclast?
_________________________________________________
What is the relationship between menarche and menopause?
_________________________________________________
What is the difference between myoma and myeloma?
_________________________________________
Give a clear, concise definition of each of the following emphasized words, and indicate whether each is a verb, noun, or adjective.
Bradycardia may be an innocuous constitutional trait running in the family.
Bradycardia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
The disturbance of calcium and phosphorus metabolism caused by vitamin D deficiency causes beriberi in infants and children and osteomalacia in adults.
osteomalacia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In such varied and unique situations as a quarter-mile run, parturition, an epileptic seizure, an episode of pain, or an emotional disturbance, a transient leukocytosis of 20,000 to 30,000 cells per cubic millimeter may be found. (normally, 1 cu. mm. of blood contains 5,000 to 10,000 leukocytes)
parturition: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
leukocytosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
The earliest known diseases to which prehistoric man was exposed were necrosis, exostoses, and other bony lesions, the arthritides, including rheumatoid arthritis and spondylitis deformans, and diseases of the teeth. (-itides is the plural form for words ending in -itis)
necrosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
exostoses: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
arthritides: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
spondylitis __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Divide and Define:
encephalolith ______________________________________
endangiitis _________________________________________
antalgesic ________________________________________
The etiology of acrocyanosis is unknown, but a local sensitivity of the arterioles to cold is thought to be the cause.
acrocyanosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
arterioles: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Pain is the outstanding clinical feature of cholecystitis and is usually present in the epigastrium.
cholecystitis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
epigastrium: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In cases of erythremia, hyperemia is observed in all organs and may account for the hepatomegaly.
erythremia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
hyperemia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
hepatomegaly: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
It has been estimated that 15 million people in the USA are afflicted with cholelithiasis.
cholelithiasis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
It is obvious that in cases of pyonephrosis the danger of propagation of microorganisms is involved.
pyonephrosis: _________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Researchers suggest that the Pill presents not just one more risk to its users but is synergetic in its effect.
synergetic: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
For generalized hyperhidrosis, treatment of the underlying systemic disease or psychotherapy is necessary.
hyperhidrosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In heavy blood stream invasions there may be a true pyemia with multiple abscesses throughout the body, the osteomyelitis belong only a part of the general infection.
pyemia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
osteomyelitis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Early thiamin deficiency produces neurasthenia with fatigability, irritability, poor memory, sleep disturbances, precordial pain, anorexia, abdominal discomfort, and constipation.
neurasthenia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
anorexia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Arthrosis of the knee joint may in rare instances be simulated by osteoma or osteochondroma of the joint.
arthrosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
osteoma: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
osteochondroma:___________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Leuconychia is often present in cases of cirrhosis of the liver and in myelomatosis.
leuconychia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Congenital amyotonia is a hereditary disease of infancy.
amyotonia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
A common complaint in acute gastritis is pyrosis along the course of the esophagus.
gastritis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
pyrosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Myelopathic anemias constitute a heterogenous group of conditions of diverse cause and uncertain pathogenesis.
myelopathic: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
pathogenesis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Hyperkinesis is a common feature in minimal brain dysfunction.
hyperkinesis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In patients with hereditary familial telangiectasia involving the nasal mucosa, it may be necessary to remove the involved mucous membrane and replace it with a skin graft. Sub-mucosal injection of a mild sclerosing agent just beneath the telangiectasis is often of value and is the treatment of choice.
telangiectasia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
sclerosing: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Effects depend on the type and degree of hypoxia, the rapidity of its development, its duration, and the relative physiological competency of the involved cells at the onset.
hypoxia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Angioedema can be due to drug allergy, insect stings or bites, desensitization injections, or ingestion of certain foods (particularly eggs, shellfish, nuts, and fruits).
angioedema: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Since exploratory laparotomy is of value in determining the cause of illness in some instances, it is important to consider when such a procedure is indicated.
laparotomy: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In cases of cirrhosis, if the major complications of hematemesis, hepatic coma, ascites, and jaundice have appeared, prognosis is poor, with one-year survival rates of only 30 percent.
hematemesis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
ascites: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
prognosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
In schizophrenia, thinking or the organization of communications is disturbed, resulting in profound alterations of the individual's self-experience and perception of the world. During the prodromal phase, the patient frequently experiences brief episodes when he feels that he has marked insight into the meaning of life, or brief periods of perceptual hyperclarity, in which colors and objects become vivid.
schizophrenia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
prodromal: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
When measles is at its height, the temperature may be over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, with swelling of the face, conjunctivitis, photophobia, a hacking cough, extensive rash, and mild itching.
photophobia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Rachitic tetany is caused by hypocalcemia and may accompany either infantile or adult vitamin D deficiency.
rachitic: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
hypocalcemia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Epistaxis is a common emergency that usually results from a local disturbance, but may be associated with a serious systemic disorder.
epistaxis: _________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate accounts for the greatest number of malignancies in men over 65.
adenocarcinoma: _____________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Genitourinary neoplasms constitute a major segment of malignant disease in children, adults, and the elderly.
neoplasms: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Cheilosis may result from vitamin B6 deficiency.
cheilosis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
A significant proportion of patients who suffer a brain infarct have a history of previous brief episodes, 'little strokes,' of transient cerebral ischemia.
ischemia: _________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
The term idiopathic epilepsy indicates that study of the patient has failed to disclose any etiology.
idiopathic: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
There is an acute conjunctivitis, known as inclusion blennorrhea in the newborn, and swimming pool conjunctivitis in the adult.
blennorrhea: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Extreme aerophagia may produce abdominal distention, a sensation of smothering, palpitation, dyspnea, cardiac pain, and even fear of impending death.
aerophagia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
dyspnea: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
cardiac: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Ataxis is usually tested by observing the patient's gait, especially if he is asked to walk along a straight line, by ordering the patient to place his hell on the opposite knee, by asking him to touch the tip of his nose with his finger or to pick up a needle or another small object. Static ataxia becomes evident by swaying in standing upright due to uncoordinated tonus of synergistic and antagonistic muscle groups.
ataxis: _________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
static ataxia: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Patients with prolonged hyperthermia are a common occurrence in medical practice. Search for possible infectious origin may fail to discover infected tonsils, teeth, or sinuses, endocarditis, mild chronic cholecystitis, regional ileitis, pyelitis, prostatitis, phlebitis and the like.
hyperthermia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
If your doctor prescribes an adipogenous medication, you will expect that it will help your body to _________________________ (verb) more ____________________ (noun).
If you suffer from visceroptosis, one of your _______________ (noun) has _________________________ .
Doctors describe a muscle as bicipital when it has ________ (number) ____________ (noun).
What is myatonia congenita?
What is fungal septicemia?
The sudden onset of pain, numbness, weakness or paresthesias in the lower extremities, accompanied by coldness, pallor, mottled cyanosis, and absent pulsations in the same areas, is clinical evidence of an embolus lodged at the aortic bifurcation.
embolus: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
aortic bifurcation: _________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
With the onset of ventricular failure, it is usual to find sinus tachycardia, arrhythmias, evidences of mitral regurgitation, or mural thrombi.
ventricular: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
tachycardia: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
arrhythmias: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
mitral regurgitation_______________________________ noun, adj, verb?
thrombi: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Atrial septal defect occasionally is associated with rheumatic mitral stenosis, this association being known as Lutembacher's syndrome. For obvious reasons the septal defect is, in a certain way, a favorable complication of mitral stenosis because it relieves the pressure in the left atrium, and hence in the pulmonary circulation.
atrial septal defect: _________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
stenosis: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
The pain in angina pectoris is described as a sensation of heaviness, pressure or tightness behind the sternum, usually in its upper part, sometimes in the precordial region or epigastrium.
angina pectoris: ______________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Galactorrhea is seen more often now than formerly, probably because of the wider use of tranquilizers and oral contraceptives.
Galactorrhea: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
The cause of endometrial carcinoma is unknown, but abnormal estrogen balance has been linked with its development.
endometrial: _________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Hyperemesis gravidarum affects at least half of pregnant women in the USA.
hyperemesis gravidarum: _________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Salpingitis may be acute or chronic and unilateral or bilateral. It accounts for 15 to 20 percent of gynecologic admission to large hospitals. It is more common in urban areas, especially where gonorrhea is prevalent, obstetric care is poor, and tuberculosis is not well controlled.
Salpingitis: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
bilateral: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Bromidrosis is caused by decomposition of the sweat and cellular debris by the action of bacteria and yeasts.
Bromidrosis: _______________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Hymenotomy and other plastic surgical procedures should be done only when obvious gynatresia is present. (Grk tresis, perforation)
hymenotomy: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
gynatresia: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Dystocia may occur when the myometrial contractions are too weak or too strong, too frequent or too infrequent, too brief or too prolonged, or when they are irregular.
Dystocia: ________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Primary or secondary amenorrhea may be caused by mechanical obstruction of the hymen or in the vaginal or cervical canal which prevents drainage of uterine secretions. Depending on the site and duration of obstruction, hematocolpos, hematometra, and/or hematoperitoneum may develop.
hematocolpos: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
hematometra: __________________________________________ noun, adj, verb?
Determine the function of each of the following muscles:
musculus adductor pollicis _____________________________
musculus levator anguli oris ____________________________
musculus constrictor pharyngis superior __________________
musculus triceps surae _________________________________
musculus sphincter ani externus __________________________
musculus flexor digiti minimi brevis manus _________________
What is limb abduction? __________________________________
What is limb adduction? __________________________________
What is sinistrad? ___________________________________
What is dextrad? ___________________________________
What is ankylosis? ___________________________________
What is ankyloproctia? ___________________________________
What is ankylocolpos? ___________________________________
Who was Paris? ___________________________________ Why
was he also called Alexander? _____________________________
What is the origin and modern meaning of the word aphrodisiac?
_______________________________________
In what part of the body did the ancients believe the seat of the emotions reside? __________________________________
Why was Oedipus called by this name? ______________________
Give the word derived from Greek and/or Latin elements that means each of the following.
Pregnancy in a fallopian tube _________________
Plastic surgery of the nipple __________________
Slow childbirth (use Greek forms) _____________
An agent that induces the secretion of milk (use the Latin form) ___
Suture of a lung _____________
Any disease of the pharynx ______________
Fissure of the uvula ________________
Paralysis (of the muscles of the walls) of the bronchial tubes ______
Resembling bacteria ____________
Deficiency of iron (in the body) ____________
Pain in the chest _______
An instrument to record the pulse _________
Producing a blood clot ________
Toward the right (side) _____
(The presence of) starch in the blood __________
The act of bending backward __________
A cutting around __________
(Passing from the) front to behind __________
(Abnormally) large size of the limbs __________
Umbilical hemorrhage __________
Pain in the jaw __________
Having many forms __________
Plastic surgery of the nose and (upper) lip __________
Inflammation of the spine __________
Pain in a vertebra __________
The study of hair __________
Pertaining to all the people __________
Inability to swallow __________
Fear of corpses __________
Fear of spiders __________
Abnormally excessive memory __________
Incision of the spleen through the abdominal wall __________
Arterial dilation __________
Rupture of a (blood) vessel __________
Discharge of pus (from) the ear ________
The study of ulcers __________
Hardening of the skin __________
Membrane around a cartilage __________
Preventing perspiration __________
Hernia of the bladder __________
Surgical opening of passage between stomach, intestine, and colon __________________
The membrane around the heart __________
(Abnormal) narrowing (of a passage) __________
The state of living together __________
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