1. Arms, elbow wrist, fingers Legs, knees, ankles, toes

2. Body Extremities Acr(o) = extremities Acroparalysis: impaired movement of the extremities Cyan(o) = blue Cyanoderma: a blue discoloration of the skin

3. Body Extremities -osis = condition (usually inflammatory) Dermatosis: skin condition What is psychosis? Acrodermatitis: inflammation of the skin of the extremities Acromegaly: enlargement of the extremities, usually fingers and toes -megaly = increased size

4. Hands and fingers Dactyl(o) = finger or toe (also called digits) Dactylogram: fingerprint -spasm = cramp or twitch Dactylospasm: cramping of a digit

5. Hands Chir(o) = hand What is writers cramp called? Chirospasm What is chiroplasty? Surgical repair of the hand

6. Feet Pod(o) = Feet What is a podogram? A footprint

7. Additional Extremity Related Terms Som(a) and somat(o) = body -genic = origin or beginning Somatogenic: originating in the body Somatic cells: body cells except reproductive cells (sperm and egg)

8. Additional Terms Somatomegaly: increased body size (gigantism)

9. Additional Terms Psychosomatic: interactions between the body and the mind Encephalitis: inflammation of the brain -itis = inflammation Encephalopathy: disease of the brain

10. -itis What is inflammation of the ear called? What is inflammation of the eye called? What is inflammation of the heart called? What is inflammation of the nerve called? What is inflammation of the digit called? What is inflammation of tissue called? What is inflammation of the joints called? What is inflammation of the stomach called? What is inflammation of the liver called?

11. Answers Otitis Ophthalmitis Carditis Neuritis Dactylitis Histitis Arthritis Gastritis Hepatitis

12. Additional Terms Omphalus or umbilicus: navel Omphalocele: hernia, protrusion of the navel because of the intestine Blephar(o): eyelid Join eyelid and twitch to make a medical term Blepharospasm

13. Additional Terms What is the medical term for back pain or backache? What is the medical term for ear pain or earache? What is the medical term for a headache? What is the medial term for foot pain? What is the medical term for stomach ache?

14. Additional Terms Tachy- = fast Brady- = slow -pnea = breathing Tachypnea = rapid breathing Bradypnea = slow breathing Kinesi(o) = movement

15. Additional Terms Dys- = bad Dysfunction = abnormal function Dyscrasia = morbid condition Bi- = two Furcate = to divide into two Biconcave = having two concave surfaces Pronation = lying prone or face down Supination = lying flat on the back or can also mean palms up

16. Additional Terms Ambulation = the act of walking (ambulatory) Anti = against Antiinfective = capable of killing infectious organisms or preventing them from spreading Antimicrobial = same as antiinfective Antibiotic = act against living infectious organisms Produced by microbes Antiinflammatory = acting against inflammation Antipyretic = substance or procedure that acts against fever Pyr(o) = fire

17. Additional Terms Pyrexia = abnormal elevation of body temperature Febrile = fever Afebrile = without fever Antifebrile = same as antipyretic Pyrogen = substance that causes a fever Some bacterial toxins Hyperpyrexia = highly elevated body temperature Hyperpyrexic = 106° F or more Caused by hot bath, hot air or infection

18. Additional Terms Trauma = injury Atraumatic = not causing injury What part of the body is injured in a thoracic injury? Chest Supra- = above Suprathoracic = above the chest Trans- = across Transthoracic = through the chest cavity

19. Additional Terms Omphalorrhexis = rupture of the umbilicus -rrhexis = rupture -rrhagia = to hemorrhage Write a word that means hemorrhage from the umbilicus. Omphalorrhagia Edema = swelling that is caused by accumulation of fluid in an organ or place

20. Additional Terms Write a term that means swelling of the eyelid Blepharedema Write a word that means paralysis of the eyelid Blepharoplegia Ptosis = sagging or drooping Write a word that means sagging of the eyelids Blepharoptosis

21. Additional Terms Micro - = small Ot(o) = ear -ia = condition Microtia = underdevelopment or absence of the ear Microcephaly = abnormally small head Usually associated with mental retardation Macro = large Macrocephaly = abnormal largeness of the head What does macropodia mean? Large foot