Medical Terminology Simplified

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 575

Section Review 5–3

Term Meaning

1. agglutin/ation -ation: process (of); clumping, gluing


2. thym/oma -oma: tumor; thymus gland


3. phag/o/cyte -cyte: cell; swallowing, eating


4. lymphaden/itis -itis: inflammation; lymph gland (node)


5. splen/o/megaly -megaly: enlargement; spleen


6. aden/o/pathy -pathy: disease; gland


7. ana/phylaxis -phylaxis: protection; against; up; back


8. lymphangi/oma oma: tumor; lymph vessel


9. lymph/o/poiesis -poiesis: formation, production; lymph


10. immun/o/gen -gen: forming, producing, origin; immune, immunity, safe

Competency Verification, Figure 5–10

Lymphatic system, page 185.

1. lymph capillaries 6.axillary nodes
   2.lymph vessels 7.inguinal nodes
   3.thoracic duct 8.tonsil
   4.right lymphatic duct 9.spleen
   5.cervical nodes 10.thymus

Section Review 5–4

1.aort/o 5. cerebr/o 9.-megaly 13.-graphy 17.-lysis

2.hem/o 6. necr/o 10.cardi/o 14.-gram 18.-stenosis

3.thromb/o 7. -pathy 11.lymph/o 15.-al, -ic 19.-plasty

4.-cyte 8. electr/o 12.my/o 16.-rrhexis 20.angi/o

Additional Medical Terms Review

1.varicose veins 6.DVT 11.Doppler US 16.ischemia 21.valvuloplasty

2.mononucleosis 7.hypertension 12.rheumatic heart disease 17.Hodgkin disease 22.lymphangiography

3.thrombolytics 8.arrhythmia 13.atherosclerosis 18.AIDS 23.tissue typing

4.embolus 9.statins 14.Holter monitor 19.HF 24.troponin I

5.lymphadenitis 10. bruit 15.Raynaud phenomenon 20.fibrillation 25.CABG

Medical Record Activity 5–1: Myocardial Infarction

Evaluation

1. What symptoms did the patient experience before admission to the hospital?
   Generalized malaise, increased shortness of breath (SOB) while at rest, and dyspnea followed by periods of apnea
   and syncope


2. What was found during clinical examination?
   Irregular radial pulse, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation with evidence of a recent myocardial infarction (MI)

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