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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. PCT
Mouth - pharynx - Digestive sphincter muscle - Esophagus - Stomach - Small intestine - large intestine
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
Carbohydrate
Patient Care Technician

2. opthalmo
Eye
Calcium (Can also mean cancer)
Pertaining to
Total parenteral nutrition

3. ABR
Absolute bed rest
Stomach
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)

4. Bilateral (bilat)
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)
Eyelid
Clavical or collarbone

5. -genic
Pulse
Bone
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)

6. MAR
Medication Administration Record
White Blood Cell count
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder
Patient

7. Nystagamo
Rapid eyelid movement
Inflammation
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.
Breathing

8. GYN
Gynecology
Development - nourishment
American Diabetic Association
Surrounding

9. CPR
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Rectal

10. Hx
History
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
No Know Food Allergies
Midnight

11. Cell Membrane
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
(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
Electricity - electrical activity
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.

12. Physiology
Child Protective Services
Movement/Function
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)

13. hyper
Removal of fluid
Every other day
Post cibum (after meals)
Increase

14. -ic (suffix)
White
Day Surgery Unit
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to

15. Gastroenterologist
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract
Patient Care Technician
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)

16. hist/o (word root)
Brain
Tissue
No added salt
Blood glucose monitoring

17. nephro
Bedside commode
Kidney
Vital signs
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet

18. Prefix (word parts)
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Beginning half of word
Pro re nata (as needed)
Blood vessel

19. abd
A process which the UA records data (date - time - name - and status) on the Dr's order sheet to indicate that a handwritten Dr's transcription has been completed.
Abdomen
A doctrine that informs pt's of risky or invasive diagnostic or treatment procedure. They need to be informed of: description of test - risk and or alternatives - risks of death or bodily disability - probable results of the procedure.
Computed tomography

20. gloss/o or lingu/o
Culture
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract
Lateral chest
Tounge

21. femor/o
Treatment
After
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension
Femur (thigh bone)

22. pc
Post cibrum (after meals)
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Diet as tolerated
Temp - pulse - respiration

23. ED
Tissue
Emergency Dept.
Clinical Decision Support System
White

24. OTC
After
Axilla or axillary
Over the counter
Penicillin

25. s (with line above it)
Without
Microgram
Condition of
Fever

26. hepato
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
Liver
Excision - surgical removal
Spontaneous collapse of lung

27. PEG
Instrument
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Cerebrovascular accident
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

28. Piggyback
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
Liver
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.

29. proct/o
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Rectum
Within

30. Medial Steinum
Surgical fixation
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
White
Within

31. FBS
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
Fasting Blood Sugar
Registered dietician
Night

32. A&O
White
Alert and orientated
Physical Therapy
Circulation - motion - sensation

33. TPN
Surgical fixation
Total parenteral nutrition
Development - nourishment
Complete Blood count

34. non-clinical task
Potassium chloride
Intravenous push
Extends from brainstem through spinal cavity to between the 1st and 2nd lumbar verebrae. It's the patway for conducting sensory impulses up to the brain and motor impulses back down from the brain.
Tasks performed away from the bedside

35. centesis
Same-day Surgery
Removal of fluid
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Vein

36. 'arrow up'
Myocardial infarction
House Officer
Increased - above - elevated
Moving clot

37. Distal
Artery
Electroencephalography
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor

38. Brain (control center)
Tumor
Ante cibum (before meals)
Cells/Inside/How they work
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.

39. Anatomy
Body
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Biopsy
Intestine

40. phleb/o
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.
Vein
Heart
Nausea & vomiting

41. PACU
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Instrument used to examine
Without
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.

42. Nerve Tissue
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Health Maintenance Organization
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Respiratory rate

43. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Artery
Ear
A cavity that contains pus. Usually cause by pathogenic microorganisms that invade the tissue through a break in the skin. Abscesses are formed by the body to wall off the pathogenic microorganisms and keep them from spreading throughout the body.

44. Infection
Heat or Energy
No Known Medication Allergies
Alert and orientated
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics

45. Family Practitioner
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'

46. FF
Minute
Force Fluids
Pertaining to
A method of finding hidden blood in stool

47. Peds
White Blood Cells
Dry/Throw away
Pediatrics
Diet as tolerated

48. Neuro
Condition of
Shortness of breath
Neurology
Slow

49. pt (lower case)
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
Patient

50. NPO
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)
A cavity that contains pus. Usually cause by pathogenic microorganisms that invade the tissue through a break in the skin. Abscesses are formed by the body to wall off the pathogenic microorganisms and keep them from spreading throughout the body.
Nothing by mouth