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List the word parts of medical term |
Word root prefix and suffix |
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What word part provides the general meaning of the word |
Root |
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Review the guidelines for using abbreviations |
It is better to spell out the word |
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Review the levels of body organization |
Cell tissues organs system |
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Describe anatomical position |
Standing erect with arms at the sides of body the palms of the hands facing forward and eyes looking straight a head |
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Identify the planes of the body |
Sagittal frontal transverse |
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Superior. Cephalic |
More toward the head or above another structure |
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Inferior. Caudal |
More toward the feet or tail or below another structure |
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Anterior. Vental |
More toward the front or belly side of the body |
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Posterior. Dorsal |
More toward the back or spinal cord side of the body |
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Medial |
Refers to the middle or near the middle of the body |
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Lateral |
Side |
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Proximal |
Located nearer to the point of attachment to the body |
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Distal |
Located farther away from the point of attachment to the body |
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Apex |
Tip or summit of an organ |
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Base |
Bottom or lower part of an organ |
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Superficial |
More toward the surface of the body |
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Deep |
Further away from the surface of the body |
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Dorsal cavities |
Brian spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Pleural cavity:lungs primordial cavity;heart mediastinum heart esophagus trachea thymus gland aorta |
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Abdominal cavity |
Stomach spleen liver gallbladder pancreas and portions of the small intestines and colon |
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Pelvic cavity |
Urinary bladder ureters urethra and portions of the small intestines And colon females uterus ovaries fallopian tubes males prostate glands seminal vesicles |
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AP |
Anteroposterior |
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Cv |
cardiovascular |
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ENT |
ears nose and throat |
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Gi |
gastrointestinal |
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Lat |
lateral |
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Le |
lower extremity |
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LLQ |
left lower quadrant |
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Luq |
left upper quadrant |
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Ms |
musculoskeletal |
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Pa |
posteroanterior |
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Rlq |
right lower quadrant |
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Ue |
upper extremity |
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function of the skin |
protecting housing nerve receptors secreting fluids and regulating temperature |
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closed fracture |
fracture in which there is no open skin wound also called a simple fracture |
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Colles |
a common type of wrist fracture |
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Comminuted fracture |
fracture in which the bone is shattered or crushed into many small pieces |
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compound fracture |
a fracture in which the skin has been broken through |
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compression fracture |
a fracture involved loss of hike or vertebral body it may be a result of trauma that in older people especially women ma because osteoporosis |
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greenstick fracture |
fracture in which there is an incomplete break one side of the bone is broken |
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impact fracture |
fracture with the bone fragments are pushed onto each other |
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oblique fracture |
fracture at an angle to the bone |
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pathologic fracture |
fracture caused by disease or we can bone |
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spiral fracture |
fracture in which the fracture line spirals around the shaft of the bone can be caused by twisting injury and is often slower to heal than other types of fractures |
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stress fracture |
a slight fracture caused by repeated low impact force like running a rather than a single forceful impact |
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transverse fracture |
complete fracture that is straight across the bone at right angles to the long axis of the bone |
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large vein in the body |
vena cava |
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largest artery |
aorta |
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list the organs of the cardiovascular system |
heart blood vessels arteries capillaries and veins |
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describe standard precaution |
wash hands wear gloves wear gowns |
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what are vital signs |
heart rate temperature blood pressure |
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list of parts of the blood |
plasma erythrocytes leukocytes in platelets |
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what is the abbreviation but for nothing by mouth |
Npo |
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list of substance that are normally found in your analysis |
color odor appearance specific gravity pH protein glucose ketones blood straw colored pale yellow to deep gold aromic clear 1. 001- 1. 030 5. 0 - 80 negative to trace none none negative |
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list the types of mastectomy |
partial radical and preventive |
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epinephrine |
intensifies response during stress fight or flight response |
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iodine |
this hormones are produced by the thyroid gland form the mineral |
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Exophthalmus |
condition in which the eyeball protrudes such as Graves disease |
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Cortisol |
steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex |
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Hypoglycemia |
condition of having low calcium level in the blood |
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Testosterone |
male hormone produced in the testes |
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type 1 diabetes |
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus develop early in life when the pancreas stop insulin production |
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Acromegaly |
chronic disease of adults resulting in in elongation an enlargement of bones of the head and extremities |
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list of parts of the brain stem |
medulla oblongata pons midbrain |
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list of potential causes of the cerebrovascular accident |
rostered blood vessel floating clot stationery quotes or compression |
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Hemi- |
Half |
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Eu- |
normal good |
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Tachy- |
fast |
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Macro- |
large |
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-itis |
information |
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prone |
directional term meaning laying horizontal facing downward |
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supine |
directional term meaning Lying horizontal and facing upward |
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Diaphoresis |
excessive or profuse sweating |
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Anhidrosis |
and normal condition of no sweat |
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Urticaria |
hives skin eruption of pale reddish wells |
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Pruritus |
severe itching |
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Decubitus ulcer |
that's or pressure sore caused by pressure over a bone |
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biopsy |
piece of tissue in road by a surgeon and needle knife and punch or brush to examine under a microscope |
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anesthetic |
substance that produces a lack of feelings that may be local or general effect |
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Analgesic |
substance that relieves pain without loss of consciousness |
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ligaments |
very strong bands of connective tissue that bind bones together at a joint |
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Tendons |
Strong connective tissue cords that attach skeletal muscles to bones |
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Atropy |
lack or loss of normal development |
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Hypertrophy |
increase in bulk for size of tissue or structure |
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Traction |
process of pulling or drawing usually with mechanical device |
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Auscultation |
listening to sounds within the body by using a stethoscope |
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Palpation |
pounding racing heart |
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cardiac arrest |
when heart stops beating and circulation ceases |
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pathogenic |
retaining to a microscope organisms such as bacteria capable of causing diseases |
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Palsma |
what is a mixture of cells floating in a watery water called plasma |
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platelets |
cytoplasm of a large precursor cells shatters into small |
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pathogen |
disease bearing organisms |
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Septicemia |
having a bacteria in the blood stream |
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leukemia |
the white blood count forming blood marrow in a large number of abnormal WBC |
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Anaphylactic shock |
life-threatening condition resulting from ingestion of food or medication that produces severe allergic response |
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Anticoagulant |
prevents or delays clotting |
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pharynx |
medical term for throat |
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Asphyxia |
lack of oxygen that can lead to unconsciousness and death if not corrected |
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sputum |
eat this or phlegm coughed up from the lining of the respiratory tract |
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Hemoptysis |
coughing up blood or blood stains sputum |
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Patent |
open or unblocked such as patent airway |
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Percussion |
astute a body lightly and sharply even the terminal side position and consistent of the underlining potty porch |
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Okimerty |
process in their measuring oxygen |
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cardiopulmonary restriction |
emergency treatment provided by person trained for CPR |
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flexible fiberscope pass through the anus |
colonoscopy |
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diarrhea |
has more frequent watery bowel movement |
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emesis |
vomiting usually with some force |
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jaundice |
you love have to skin mucous membranes and whites of the eyes call the deposit of bile pigment I'm too much bilirubin |
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Lavage |
using the NG tube to wash out the stomach |
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gavage |
using nasogastric tube place liquid nourishment directly into the stomach |
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laxative |
mild cathartic |
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Dysuria |
painful or difficult here in a shin |
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mammogram |
x-ray record of breast |
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vulva |
general term meaning external female genital |
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cervix |
narrow distal portion of the uterus that joins to the vagina |
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Menarche |
first menstrual cycle |
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Areola |
pigment area around the nipple of the breast |
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Edema |
condition in which the body tissues contain excessive amounts of fluid |
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Glans penis |
large and soft tip of the penis |
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Circumcision |
surgically remove the end of prepuce or foreskin of the penis |
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Aura |
sensations such as seeing colors are smelling unusual older that occur just prior to an epileptic seizure or a migraine headache |
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hallucinations |
precipitation of an object that is not there |
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Hemiplegia |
paralysis is only on one side of the body |
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Delirium |
state of a mentally confused with a lack of orientation to time and place |
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dementia |
progressive impairment of intellectual function that interferes with a forming activities of daily living |
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Alzheimer's disease |
chronic Organic mental disorder consisting of dementia that is more prelevant in adults between 40 and 60 |
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Diplopia |
double vision |
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Tinnitus |
ringing in the ears |
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Otitis media |
commonly referred to as middle ear infection |
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glaucoma |
increase in intraocular pressure that is untreated may result and a trophy of the optic nerve and blindness |
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side effect |
responser drugs other than the effect desired |
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mobility |
state of having normal movement of all body parts |
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gait training |
assisting a person to learn to walk again |
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Cauterization |
Destruction of tissue using electric current |
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morbidity |
number that represents the number of sick person in a particular population |
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mortality |
number that represents the number of deaths in particular population |
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Otoscopy |
Look in the ears |
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how does the heart receive its blood supply |
coronary arteries |
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describe the different types of blood vessels |
arteries and veins and capillaries |