Ch 1 Terminology Quizs (all)

endocrine

• secreting internally

• secreting externally

• absorbing nutrients

• filtering waste

oncologist

• a physician who studies and treats tumors

• a doctor specializing in heart diseases

• a surgeon who performs operations on the brain

• a specialist in infectious diseases

cardiology

• process of study of the heart

• study of blood circulation

• study of heart diseases

• study of heart rhythms

carcinogenic

• producing cancer

• preventing cancer

• treating cancer

• causing headaches

pediatric

• Pertaining to treatment of children.

• Pertaining to treatment of the elderly.

• Pertaining to treatment of animals.

• Pertaining to treatment of adults.

electroencephalogram

• record of the electricity in the brain

• a type of brain surgery

• a medication for epilepsy

• a brain imaging technique using X-rays

autopsy

• process of viewing oneself

• examination of a body after death

• a method of self-reflection

• a surgical procedure to remove organs

leukocyte

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

• platelet

• plasma cell

enteropathy

• disease of the small intestine

• disease of the stomach

• disease of the liver

• disease of the colon

retrocardiac

• pertaining to behind the heart

• pertaining to in front of the heart

• pertaining to above the heart

• pertaining to below the heart