Anatomy Quiz 4
term quiz 4
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- sarc/o
- denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh
- clonus, -clonus, clon/o
- rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle
- pyrogen
- a fever-producing substance
- purulent
- containing, consisting of, or forming pus
- sept-, septo-, sept/i
- 1. septum (dividing wall) 2. seven
- myasthenia
- muscular weakness
- septal
- relating to a septum
- neurology
- the branch of medical science concerned with the nervous system and its disorders
- ectopic
- out of place; in an abnormal location
- -gram
- a recording, record, or tracing
- tetan/o
- convulsive tension
- phylaxis, -phylaxis
- protection against infection; to guard
- spasmolytic
- an agent that relieves smooth muscle spasms
- dermatology
- the medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders
- electromyogram
- a graphic representation of the electrical currents associated with muscular contraction, obtained by inserting electrodes into the muscle fibers
- -graph
- an instrument that records; sometimes a writing
- spasm, -spasm, spasm/o
- a sudden, involuntary muscular contraction, convulsion
- febrile
- denoting or relating to a fever; feverish; having a fever; pyretic
- myo-, my-
- muscle
- prophylaxis
- the prevention of disease; preventative treatment
- ad-, a-
- to, toward, near
- pyodermatitis
- also pyoderma, a pus-producing inflammation of the skin
- puri-, puro-
- pus
- syn-, sym-
- with, together
- sepsis, septic/o, -septic
- the presence of various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms, or their toxins, in the blood or tissues; putrifaction
- neur/o, neur/i, nerv/o, nerv/i
- nerve, nervous tissue, nervous system
- py/o
- pus
- afferent
- bringing toward or into
- -ferent, -ferous
- to convey, produce, or bear
- antiseptic
- substance/agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting growth of infectious agents
- neurospasm
- muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply
- exocrine
- denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through ducts
- sarcolemma
- the plasma memebrane sheath enveloping a muscle fiber
- electrocardiogram
- the graphic record/representation of the heart's electrical activity
- neurolemma
- also nuerilemma; the sheath encasing the axon of a nerve fiber
- derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o, -derma
- skin
- electro-
- electricity
- electrocardiograph
- instrument used for recording the potential of the electrical curretns that traverse the heart and initiate its contraction
- electrocardiography
- EKG or ECG - the process of recording electrical currents from the heart; the study and interpretation of such recordings
- sarcomere
- the basic contractile unit of striated muscle; the segment of a myofibril between two adjacent z-lines
- pyro-
- heat, fire, fever, or produced by fire
- syndrome
- the aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any disease
- myositis
- inflammation of muscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles
- efferent
- conducting outward, away from
- puriform
- resembling pus
- aseptic
- condition in which living pathogens are absent
- pyrosis
- also called heartburn; substernal pain or burning sensation, usually associated with regurgitation of gastric juices into the esophagus
- pyret/o
- fever
- sympathomimetic
- denotes mimicking of the actions of the sympathetic nervous system
- pyogenesis
- producing pus
- -lemma
- sheath or envelope
- antipyretic
- relieving or reducing fever, or a substance/agent that has such an action
- ec-, ex-, e-
- out of, away from, outside
- blepharoclonus
- alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles of the eyelids
- ossiferous
- containing or producing bone; bony
- pyogen
- an agent that causes the formation of pus
- myalgia
- pain in muscles
- adduct
- to move a limb or any other part toward the midline of the body
- -graphy
- process of recording, writing or description
- tetanus
- 1. acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms, esp. of jaw and back 2. sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of nerve stimuli repeated resulting in a sustained/ continuous contraction of muscle (no twitching)
- asthenia, -asthenia
- weakness