Medical Terminology Simplified

Athlete’s foot, 224

Atrial, 162, 174

Atrial flutter, 164

Atrioventricular, 157, 174

Atrioventricular (AV) block, 191

Atrioventricular (AV) node, 174

Atrium, 157, 162, 163, 165, 174

Atrophy, 429

Audiogram, 532

Audiologist, 507, 522

Audiology, 522

Audiometer, 518, 532

Audiometry, 531

Auditory, 518

Auditory tube, 333, 518, 520

Auricle, 519

Autografts, 82, 91

Automatic external defibrillator, 199

Automatic implantable cardioverter-

defibrillator, 199, 200f

Autorhythmicity, 457

Axillary dissection, 376

Axillary nodes, 181, 184

Axon terminal synapse, 418f

Azotemia, 281, 307

Azoturia, 305

B

Backbone, 463, 476, 482

Bacterium, 164, 165

Bacteriuria, 290

Balanitis, 355, 369

Baldness, 85

Balloon expander, 377

Bariatric surgery, 262, 262f

Barium enema, 260, 260f

Barium swallow, 260

Bartholin glands, 97, 345

Basal cell carcinoma, 80, 81f

Basal layer of skin, 64f, 68

Bedsore, 68

Bell palsy, 432

Belly side, 425

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), 359,

360f, 377

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), 359,

360f, 377

Benign, 295

Beta blockers, 202

Bilateral, 363

Bilateral vasectomy, evaluation, 384

terminology, 383–384

Bile, 244, 247, 248

Bile duct, 244, 249, 252

Bile vessel, 244

Biliary colic, 251

Biopsy, 136, 350, 375

Blackhead, 73, 84

Black lung, 122

Bladder, 280, 289–295, 343

Bleeding, postmenopausal, 381–382

Blepharectomy, 514

Blepharoplasty, 514, 516

Blepharoplegia, 514

Blepharoptosis, 509, 516

Blepharospasm, 508, 514, 516

Blepharotomy, 514

Blood clot, 157, 180, 425, 426

Blood condition, 280

Blood flow, through heart, 166–171

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), 307

Blood vessel(s), 156, 156f

renal, 282

widened, 157, 426

Body, cavities of, 42f, 44–45

cellular level of, 27

levels of structural organization in,

28f

movements of, 459, 460f

organization of, 28f, 29–30

planes of, 35f, 41–44

regions of, 40

Body structure, 27–61

word elements, 56–57

Bolus, 226

Bone cell, 465

Bone densitometry, 492

Bone density test, 492

Bone marrow, 419, 424, 425, 464, 471

Bone marrow aspiration biopsy, 197

Bone marrow transplant (BMT), 201

Bone reabsorption inhibitors, 493

Bone(s), 404, 409, 462, 465, 487–490.

See also specific bones

of lower extremities, 463–464

of upper extremities, 463

structure and function of, 455,

466–472

types of, 466–467

Bone scan, 492

Borborygmus, 255

Bowel movement, 225

Bowman capsule, 297

Bradycardia, 165, 177

Bradyphagia, 165

Bradypnea, 165

Brain, 420–422, 421f, 478

Brainstem, 421

Breast, 332, 347–349, 349f, 376–377,

404

Breastbone, 463, 476

Breast cancer, 348, 350, 376

Breath sounds, 133

Bronchial, 128

Bronchial tree, 118

Bronchiectasis, 109

Bronchiole(s), 109, 118

Bronchiolitis, 109

Bronchitis, 120, 128, 129

Bronchodilators, 139, 140f

Bronchopneumonia, 128

Bronchoscope, 109

Bronchoscopy, 136, 137f, 144–146

Bronchospasm, 120

Bronchostenosis, 120

Bronchus(i), 109, 118, 119

Bruit, 190

Bulbourethral glands, 354, 358

Bulla, 88f

Bundle branches, 174

Bundle of His, 174

Bunion, 487, 487f

Bursae, 480

Butterfly rash, of systemic lupus

erythematosus, 194f

C

C1-C5, 482

Calcaneodynia, 463

Calcaneum, 463, 476

Calcemia, 407, 409, 470

Calcitonin, 407

Calcium, 396, 407, 470

Calculus(i), 244, 248, 250, 281, 284, 358

Canal of Schlemm, 511, 526, 527f

Cancer (CA), 114, 230, 251

of breast, 348, 350, 376

of lung, 123, 135

of pancreas, 251

of prostate, 361–362, 377

renal, 284

Candida albicans, 366

Candidiasis, 366

Capillaries, 169, 170

Carbon dioxide (CO2), 120, 121, 122

Carbuncle, 84, 85f

Carcinoma(s), 81, 230, 242

papillary, 142, 143–144

Carcinophobia, 426

Carcinosarcoma of esophagus, evaluation,

268

terminology, 267

Cardiac, 34, 169, 179

Cardiac catheterization, 194, 195f, 206–207

medical records, 206

Cardiac center, 422

Cardiac cycle, 176–181

Cardiac enzyme studies, 194

Cardiac muscle fibers, 457

Cardiac tamponade, 160

Cardiography, 195

Cardiologist, 155

interventional, 155

pediatric, 155

Cardiology, 155

Cardiomegaly, 157, 177

Cardiothoracic surgeon, 155

Cardiovascular system, 156f, 159–181

abbreviations, 189

diagnostic procedures, 194–197

diseases and conditions, 190–193

therapeutic procedures, 198–200

word elements, 208–209

Cardioversion, 199

Cardium, 165

Carotid artery, 191f

atherosclerosis of, 179f

doppler ultrasonography of, 197f

Carotid endarterectomy, 200, 201f

Carpal tunnel syndrome, 487

Carpoptosis, 463

Carpus, 463, 476

Cartilage, 118, 456, 464, 469, 481

Cataract, 526

Cataract surgery, 533

Catheterization, 309, 310f

Caudal, 38

Cauterize, 54

Cecum, 239

Cell(s), 78–82, 411, 413, 425, 465

body organization and, 31–32

Cellular necrosis, 82

Central nervous system (CNS), 417–418

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