Dr. Tarek El Sewedy Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences

Medical Terminology of Respiratory Cardiovascular and Digestive systems

By the end of this lecture, students will learn: Medical Terminology of Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Digestive systems Intended Learning Outcomes

Lecture content Respiratory System terminology Cardiovascular System terminology Digestive system terminology Roman Numeral

Respiratory System

Pulmonology WordMeaningWord analysis nas nose nas/al (NĀ-zl): pertaining to the nose pharyngPharynx (throat)pharyng/it is: inflammation of the pharynx, tonsilltonsilsperi/tonsill/ar: pertaining to area surrounding the tonsils peri-: around -ar: pertaining to trachetracheatrache/o/stomy (trā-kē-ŎS-tō-mē): creation of an opening into the trachea pneumonlungpneum/ectomy: excision of all or part of a lung pulmonlungpulmon/o/logist:physician who specializes in treating pathological conditions of the lungs thoracChestthorac/o/pathy: disease of the thorax

Tracheostomy trache/o/pathydisease of the trachea trache/o/plastysurgical repair of the trachea trache/o/tomyincision of the trachea

Cardiovascular System

WordMeaningWord Analysis AngiBlood vesselangi/o/graphy: process of recording blood vessels CardiHeartcardi/o/megaly: enlargement of the heart; thrombBlood clotthromb/o/lysis: breaking up of a thrombus vasVesselvas/o/spasm: spasm of a blood vessel CardiaHeart conditiontachy/cardia: rapid heart rate -gramrecord, writingelectr/o/cardi/o/gram: record of electrical activity of the heart -graphinstrument for recording electr/o/cardi/o/graph: instrument for recording electrical activity of the heart -grphyprocess of recording electr/o/cardi/o/graphy: process of recording electrical activity of the heart peri/card/itis: inflammation around the heart phagswallowing, eating phag/o/cyte (FĂG-ō-sīt): cell that swallows and eats phylaxisprotectionana/phylaxis ( ă n- ă -fĭ-LĂK-sĭs): against protection

Digestive System

WordMeaningWord analysis Dentteethdent/ist: specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of the oral cavity (teeth) gingivgumgingiv/itis (jĭn-jĭ-VĪ-tĭs): infl ammation of gums lingutonguesub/lingu/al: pertaining to under the tongue gastrstomachgastr/o/scopy: visual examination of the stomach algia paingastr/algia (g ă s-TRĂL-jē- ă ): pain in the stomach phagiaswallowing, eating dys/phagia (dĭs-FĀ-jē- ă ): difficulty swallowing or eating (dys-: bad; painful; difficult) gastr/ectomy, gastr/o/tome emesisvomitinghyper/emesis - hemat/emesis vomiting blood. pepsiadigestionDys/pepsia ColColoncolon/o/scopy : visual examination o the colon enterintestine (usually small intestine) enter/o/pathy (ĕn-tĕr-ŎP- ă -thē): any intestinal disease appendappendixappend/ectomy ( ă p-ĕn-DĔK-tō-mē): removal of the appendix

Roman numerals The Roman numeral system was used during the Roman empire. Does not include a zero. They are in use to this day in applications such as numbered lists or outlines, clock faces, numbering of pages preceding the main body of a book, successive political leaders or people with identical names, chords in music, and the numbering of certain annual events. The numbers 1 to 10 can be expressed in Roman numerals as follows: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X

Roman numbers SymbolValue I 1 V 5 X 10 L 50 C 100 D 500 M 1,000

Reference books 1 – Medical Terminology an illustrated Guide by Barbara Jonson Cohen – “Medical Terminology Simplified” F. A David – “Medical Terminology system : Approach Fifth Edition” Barbara A Gylys 2004