MEDRADSC 1F03- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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One who specializes in study or treatment of. Early scientific study of form and structure of body. Ex. patella (knee) resembled pan, tympanic membrane (eardrum) similar to tambourine. Ex. eustachian tube (auditory tube) which connects middle ear to throat named affter bartolomeo eustachio, fallopian tubes (female uterine tubes) honors gabrielle fallopius. Simplest living form and basic unit of life. Groups of organs that work together to perform important functions in ody. Integumentary, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, blood and lymph, respiratory, nervous endocrine, special senses of eye and ear, gastrointestinal, urinary, and reproductive cyt/o hist/o path/o tom/o ur/o, urin/o. Spelling medical terms: some comining forms have same meaning but different orgins that compete for usage, example: uterus hyster/o (greek) metr/o (greek) uter/o (latin, words sound similar but spelled differently w different meanings, example: Adduction (to draw toward: some words sound same but spelled different w different meanings (dependent on context, example: Cytology (study of cells vs. sitology (study of food)
