Lesson 18
Terms
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- /rrhage, /rrhagia
- break or bursting through, abnormal flow
- abdominocentesis
- withdrawing fluid from the abdomen
- abdominopelvic
- related to or being the abdominal and pelvic cavities
- cavity
- an unfilled space within a mass
- cranial
- related to skull
- diaphragm
- partition separating chest and abdominal cavities
- diaphragmatic (adj)
- related to partition separating chest and abdominal cavities
- dur/o
- crainal cavity parietal meningeal membrane
- dura
- crainal cavity parietal meningeal membrane
- dural
- related to crainal cavity parietal meningeal membrane
- foramen magnum
- large opening
- hemorrhage
- copious discharge of blood from blood vesselss
- hypothyroidism
- deficient activity of the thyroid gland
- mediastin/o
- relating to the mediastinal cavity
- mediastinal
- relating to the mediastinal cavity
- mediastinum
- space in chest between pleural sacs of lungs containing all the viscera of chest except lungs and plurae
- mening/o
- cranial cavity parietal and visceral membranes
- meningeal
- relating to cranial cavity parietal and visceral membranes
- meninges
- plural of meninx - any of three membranes that envelop brain and spinal cord (duramater, arachnoid, pia mater)
- organ/o
- organ
- organic
- relating to organ
- organomegaly
- enlargement of an organ
- pariet/o
- wall of a cavity or organ
- parietal
- relating to wall of a cavity or organ
- pelv/o
- pelvis
- pelvic
- relating to pelvis
- pelvis, pelves
- basin shaped structure in skeleton - hip bones bound on ea. side - sacrum and coccyx complete from behind
- pericardial
- surrounding the heart; relating to the pericardium
- pericardium
- membrane sac around the heart
- peritone/o
- abdominal cavity
- peritoneal
- relating to abdominal cavity
- peritoneum
- abdominal cavity
- phrag/o
- fence, wall
- phren/o
- diaphragm
- phrenic
- relating to diaphragm
- pleur/o
- thoracic membranes
- pleura
- thoracic membranes
- pleural
- relating to thoracic membranes
- pneumon/o
- lung air sacs
- retro-orbital
- relating to behind the eye
- retroperitoneal
- relating to behind the abdominal cavity
- seros/o
- serous membrane
- serous
- relating to serum
- serum
- liguid (noncellular) part of blood, body fluid
- spin/o
- spine
- spinal canal
- canal that contains the spinal cord
- thoracocentesis, thoracentesis
- to withdraw fluid from the chest
- ton/o
- stretch
- viscer/o
- organ in a cavity, especially the abdomen
- visceral
- relating to organ in a cavity, especially the abdomen or: the covering of an organ
- viscus viscera
- an internal organ organs plural