Anatomical Locations
This term means toward the middle or center of the body.
Medial
The pharmacy tech receives a prescription for Metformin 500 mg BID with meals. The pharm tech understands that BID means this.
Twice daily
Listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs, typically with a stethoscope.
Auscultation
How many bones do sharks have?
Urologist
This term refers to the side of, or away from, the middle of the body.
The pediatrician has diagnosed a patient with otitis media. The prescription is written for otic antibiotics. The MA knows that otic means this.
The protein in RBCs that carries O2.
What is the rarest blood type?
AB negative
The doctor refers a patient to this doctor due to the patient's issues with blood coagulation.
This term refers to the top or towards the head of the body.
Superior
On a prescription this means, "let it be labeled." It tells the pharmacist what they should include on the medication label to instruct the patient how and when to take the medication.
Sig
A patient has the following sx: dysphasia, dysphagia, and right hemiplegia. The doctor's dx for the patient is CVA. The MA knows that CVA stands for this.
Cerebral vascular accident
What is the national animal of Scotland?
The provider is referring a patient to this doctor to help determine the cause of the patient's illness.
Pathologist
This term refers to the bottom or away from the head of the body.
Inferior
The doctor prescribed a patient: Ibuprofen 600 mg prn q 6 hrs. The MA understands that prn means.
As needed
The patient's bx came back as malignant. The MA understands that the patient will be diagnosed with this.
Cancer
What type of flowers was once used as money?
Tulips
(once used as a form of currency in Holland)
The patient's BUN and creatinine levels are consistently elevated and the patient may need dialysis. The doctor refers that patient to this specialist.
This is the plane which passes through the body longitudinally (lengthwise).
Sagittal plane
This abbreviation means "prescription."
Rx
The patient was showing sz activity on this test resulting in a dx for epilepsy.
electroencephalogram (EEG)
Which bone are babies born without?
Kneecap
A patient had multiple polyps noted in their colon during their last colonoscopy. The patient was given a referral to see this doctor.
Gastroenterologist