Med Term Intro
This combining vowel is typically used to combine different parts of medical terms.
What is "O?"
Describe anatomical position.
What is, standing erect, with arms at sides, and feet and palms facing anterior?
A synonym for subcutaneous.
What is hypodermis?
The most important means of protecting against infection.
What is handwashing?
Two patient identifiers under HIPAA.
What are name, address, DOB, SSN, etc?
The definition and an example of an eponym.
What is "a term named after a person or place" and "Alzheimer Disease?"
The four types of tissues.
What are epithelial, muscle, connective, and nervous?
The two combining forms for skin.
What are "derm/o" and "cutane/o"?
Two immunosuppressive agents.
What are breaks in the first line of defense, and chemotherapy?
The difference between a prosthetist and orthotist.
What is prosthetist (makes artificial limbs) and orthotist (makes braces and orthotics)?
Two med term prefixes that are synonymous with each other.
What is (sub, hypo), (ante, pre), (a, an).
Two structures that are distal to the knee.
What are the ankle and the foot?
The clinical importance of the rule of 9s.
What is a clinical depiction of how far burns have spread over the body?
Two factors of standard precautions.
What is hand hygiene and safe injection practices?
Two titles under the ADA.
What are employment, public services, and telecommunications?
The medical term for a "nose job."
What is a rhinoplasty?
The three planes of the body and how they divide the body.
What are frontal (ant/post), sagittal (L/R) and transverse (sup/inf)?
The layer of the epidermis where new skin cells are formed.
What is the basal layer?
Two modes of disease transmission and examples.
What are contact (touching a patient), droplet (body fluids), airborne (air suspended particles), vehicle (taco bell), and vectorborne (tic bites)?
The difference between a PT, PTA, and PT aide.
What are PT (DPT), PTA (associates degree), and PT aide (unlicensed, assists with clerical tasks)?
The definition of esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
What is the visual examination of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine?
The four abdominal quadrants and one organ found in each.
What are RUQ (liver), LUQ (stomach), RLQ (appendix), and LLQ (L ovary)?
The two layers of the dermis, and the skin appendages found in each layer.
What are the papillary layer (vasculature) and reticular (hair, sweat, sebaceous glands)?
The three types of transmission based precautions, and the required PPE for each.
What are contact (gown, gloves), droplet (mask, gown, gloves), and airborne (respirator, gown, gloves)?
The required schooling of the "Big Four" rehab professions.
What are PT (DPT), OT (MS), SLP (MS), and AT (BS/MS)?