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Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. laring/o
Circulation - motion - sensation
Larynx (voicebox)
Brain
Rectum

2. Guaiac
A method of finding hidden blood in stool
High-density
Pertaining to
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

3. Bolus
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Eyelid
Rounded Mass of Food
ventricular fibrillation

4. ID Labels
Identification Labels
Biopsy
Total parenteral nutrition
Post-anesthesia Care Unit

5. Calorie
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Intensive Care Unit
Heat or Energy
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.

6. vascular
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Instrument used to record
Sodium
Circulation

7. gastr/o (word root)
Tounge
Stomach
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Condition of

8. proct/o
Rectum
Skilled Nursing Facility
Temp - pulse - respiration
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas

9. -stenosis
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Surgical incision or to cut into
Narrowing
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.

10. Electrolytes
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist
A form that is initiated to charge a discharged pt for any items used during their hospital stay that were not charged at the time of of use.
Hair (word roots/combining forms)
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium

11. Cultural Difference
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
Taking fluid from somewhere
Without

12. dura mater
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Nothing by mouth

13. mEq
White Blood Cell
Save a day
Hour of sleep
Milliequivalent

14. enter/o (word root)
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour
Calorie
Intestine
Increased - above - elevated

15. bid
Surrounding
2x per day
Armpit reading of temp
Spleen

16. path
After
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
End of word
Orgin of

17. Allergy
Surgical fixation
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Clear
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.

18. Medial Steinum
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Ante cibum (before meals)

19. Never take critical labs over the phone

20. algia
Pain
Medication Administration Record
Full Strength or can mean Fasting sugar
Liquid

21. HO
A measurement of energy or heat
Enlarged liver
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
House Officer

22. Neurologist
Surgical opening
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Chief Financial Officer
Protective covering on skin or lines the body cavities

23. Recommended Dietary allowance (RDA)
Average daily intake of a nutrient meeting requirements of nearly all healthy people of a given age/gender
Nothing by mouth
American Diabetic Association
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)

24. CDSS
Tounge
Bad
Clinical Decision Support System
History & Physical

25. -rrhaphy
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
To suture (surgical) repair
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.

26. path / o
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Right upper quadrant
Walk

27. ECG - EKG
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Electrocardiography
Lateral chest
Bile - gall

28. hyper
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)
Blood
Hardening of the arteries
Increase

29. Bolus
Complete bed rest
Vein
Rounded mass of food formed in the mouth and ready to be swallowed; also defined as concentrated dose of medication or fluid (frequently given intravenously.
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)

30. electr/o
Moving clot
Electricity - electrical activity
Sternum (breastbone)
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus

31. Carcinoma
Arterial blood gas
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.

32. UA or U/A
Heat or Energy
Rapid flow of blood
Calorie
Urinalysis

33. Febrile
Protected Health Information
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
Fever (above 99)
Out of bed

34. RRF
Liver
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)

35. DAT
Force Fluids
Central Nervous System
No Known Allergies
Diet as tolerated

36. nephr/o (word root)
Blood being held back
Kidney
Every
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.

37. Laceration
Registered Dietician
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)

38. myos/o
Abdomen
Muscle (myo)
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Identification Labels

39. scoli/o
Upper gastrointestinal
Crooked - curved (lateral)
Artery
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain

40. Dangle
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Through - Across - Beyond
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves

41. RLQ
Condition of the blood
Rounded Mass of Food
Calcium (Can also mean cancer)
Right lower quadrant

42. CBC
Red Blood Cell
Nausea & vomiting
Complete Blood count
Bathroom privileges

43. CSF
Clinical Decision Support System
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
While awake
Pediatrics

44. Posteroanterior (PA)
Cholesterol
Mini Stroke (TIA)
Measurements of body functions - including temp - pulse - respiration - and bp
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)

45. MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
Producing
3x a day

46. pneumo
Labor & Delivery
Lung
Pertaining to
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of

47. Hospitalist

48. CT
Computed tomography
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Surgical incision or to cut into
Save a day

49. vertebr/o
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Development - nourishment

50. cyst/o
While awake
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Myocardial infarction
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)