Bio 120 Terminology for Medical Careers fall 2010 Prof.Abdullah Chapter 11

1. Yelisa Alcantara
Bio 120 Terminology for Medical Careers

2.  -Emia: Blood condition
 Hypercalcemia: A condition of excessive
calcium in the blood.

3. Medical conditions such as,
 Adrenal Gland failure
 An inherited condition that affects the body’s
ability to regulate calcium(familial hypocaluric
hypercalcemia,FHH)
 Excess vitamin D( hypervitaminosis D)from diet
or inflammatory disease.
 Hyperthyroidism(a condition in which the thyroid
gland makes too much thyroid hormone)
 Kidney Failure(loss of the ability of the kidney to
remove waste and concentrate urine without
losing electrolytes.

4. There are many symptoms of hypercalcemia, these are
a few…
 Constipation
 Pain
 Nausea
 Frequent thirst
 Frequent urination
 Kidney stones
 Muscle twitches
 Coma
 Depression
 Bone Pain
 Loss of height

5.  There are tests that are specialized in finding
out if a person has hypercalcemia.
 Calcium blood test
 Calcium urine test
 Treatment depends on the severity of it.It can
be solved with surgery and close monitoring
of the patient.

6.  -Uria:condition of the urine.
 Polyuria-condition of (too) much urine.

7. These are possible causes of polyuria.And
these are just to name a few.
 Urinary tract infection
 Interstitial cystitis(Is one type of a variety of
types of cystitis, is an inflammation of the
bladder or possibly also the urethra
 Diabetes
 Hypercalcemia
 Congestive heart failure
 Sickle-cell anemia
 Caffeine poisoning

8.  (11F) Select 2 suffixes, identify the term and
report on it:
 -Emia~4.)Condition of excessive calcium in
the blood Hypercalcemia.
 -Uria~3.)Excessive urination Polyuria.

9. 
http://health.google.com/health/ref/hypercalcemi
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/polyu
ria/cause.htm
 Medical Terminology, A Living Language.Fremgen
F.Bonnie,Frucht S.Suzanne Fourth edition.2009
Pearson Hall. New Jersey