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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Nerve Tissue
Milliequivalent
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
A portable device that records the heart's electrical activity and produces a continuous EKG tracing over a specific period.

2. Anatomy
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Moving clot
Tablet
Body

3. Family Practitioner
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Force Fluids
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system

4. cyt/o (word root)
Connective tissue - flesh (word roots/combining forms)
Cell
No added salt
Intravenous push

5. Nucleus
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
With
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)

6. D/C or DC
Discontinue or discharge
Red Blood Cell
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones
Incision

7. N/V
A stroke. An interference of blood flow to the brain which reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients - causing damage to brain tissue. Major causes are embolism - thrombosis - and hemorrhage.
Nausea & vomiting
Sodium
Milliequivelant

8. CPS
Fat
Slow
Child Protective Service
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)

9. myel
Spinal cord
Instrument
Artery
Without

10. -stenosis
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Narrowing
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system

11. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Physical Therapy
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Carbohydrate
No added salt

12. Acuity

13. Nuclear Medicine
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
Tounge

14. arteri/o
Artery
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.

15. BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Conditions of Admission

16. -itis (suffix)
Bile - gall
Inflammation
Brain
Abdomen

17. Organs of the Nervous System
A bone that has been twisted apart
Without Fever
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Disease (word roots/combining forms)

18. myos/o
Muscle (myo)
Axilla or axillary
Base/Noun
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)

19. proct/o
Rectum
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Decreased - lower - below

20. Pulse Rate
Slows the heart rate (digoxen would increase hear rate)
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

21. CMT
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Speech
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)

22. CT
Computed tomography
Iris (colored part of eye)
Walk
Clear

23. -stomy
No Know Food Allergies
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Cardiomyopathy
Creating an artificial opening into

24. Central supply
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Pt controlled analgesic
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
(egg shell) Boundary of the cell. Is porous - flexible - and elastic. The protective cell membrane actively or passively regulates the movement of a substance into and out of the cell. Keeps the cell intact. The cell will die if the cell membrane can

25. ASA
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Bad
Phosphate or phosphorus
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)

26. Recommended Dietary allowance (RDA)
Average daily intake of a nutrient meeting requirements of nearly all healthy people of a given age/gender
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)

27. Types of Strokes
Red
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
Without Fever

28. pneumothorax
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Spontaneous collapse of lung
No Information No Publication
Disease

29. SOB
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.
Patient
Right
Shortness of breath

30. PT (Upper Case)
Physical Therapy
Blue
Decrease
Certified Nursing Assistant

31. 'arrow up'
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
Night
Increased - above - elevated
Surrounding

32. kerat/o
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Intravenous

33. NVS
Cacner
Abdomen
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
'Shaking Palsy'. Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons.

34. PEG
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Brain
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
Protected Health Information

35. Surg
Treatment
Surgical
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)

36. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

37. Radiologist
Rectal
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Anteroposterior

38. Ancillary
Upper gastrointestinal
Tissue
Potassium chloride
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.

39. pexi
Pertaining to the brain and spine
Bone
Conditions of Admission
Surgical fixation

40. MRI
Upper gastrointestinal
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.
Study of
Bone

41. oste/o
Bone
Femur (thigh bone)
Over the counter
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs

42. Emergency Room Physician

43. Ophthalmologist
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output
Immediately
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood

44. stomat/o
Cells/Inside/How they work
Intravenous push
Mouth
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)

45. plebo
Herniation or protrusion
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.
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Vein/vessel

46. H&P
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
4x a day
Potassium
History & Physical

47. Pathologist
Blue
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Artery
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)

48. retin/o
Microgram
Retina
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour

49. 5 items that make up a pt's chart
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Function: Transfers the C02 (oxygen) to the body
Nail (word roots/combining forms)
Decrease

50. Connective Tissue
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Connects and holds tissue together - to transport substances - and to protect against foreign invaders. Forms and protects bones - fat - blood cells - and cartilage and provides immunity.
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)