Medical Terminology 10th Edition by Jean Tannis Dennerll,Phyllis Davis

Exercise 1

Write the term next to its meaning. Then draw slashes to analyze the word parts. Note the use of medical abbreviations. Look these up in your dictionary or find them in Appendix B.
Preoperative diagnosis: Bilateral adnexal masses, probable pelvic endometriosis, and endometriomata
Postoperative diagnosis: Bilateral adnexal masses, probable pelvic endometriosis, and endometriomata
Procedure: Total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy , lysis of adhesions , incidental
appendectomy
Technique and findings: Under adequate general anesthesia the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion and placed in the supine position with an intracystic Foley catheter. A lower abdominal midline incision was made and the abdominal wall opened in the usual fashion. Upon entering the abdominal cavity, no unusual peritoneal fluid was noted. The upper abdomen was explored and found to be within normal limits. There were noted bilateral large ovarian endometriomata. The anterior cul-de-sac was free of adhesions, but the lower part of the sigmoid colon was adhered to the posterior wall of the cul-de-sac. The sigmoid adhesion was taken off the posterior wall of the uterus by sharp and blunt dissection , down past the uterosacral ligaments, freeing the cul-de-sac area. The bilateral endometriomata were ruptured, freeing the ovaries from the lateral pelvic walls. The round ligaments were bilaterally clamped, cut, and ligated with #1 chromic sutures. The visceroperitoneum between the round ligaments was transversely incised and the bladder bluntly dissected off the lower uterine segment of the cervix.
1. both sides__________________________________________
2. tumors of the endometrium__________________________________________
3. cut into (verb) __________________________________________
4. across (adverb) __________________________________________
5. the membrane on the abdominal organs__________________________________________
6. before surgery__________________________________________
7. cut apart (verb) __________________________________________
8. back__________________________________________
9. within the urinary bladder__________________________________________
10. excision of the appendix__________________________________________
11. excision of the ovaries and uterine tubes__________________________________________
12. tissues grown together__________________________________________
13. after surgery__________________________________________
14. cutting apart (noun) __________________________________________