Medical Terminology
Eyes and Ears
Body language
Vitals
Misc.
100

A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

What is an eponym?
100
This is the techinal term for "ear wax"
What is Cerumen?
100
This is the position you place a patient in for a pap smear
What is lithotomy?
100
This is the normal range for pulse
What is 60-100?
100
This technique is used to collect a urine sample for a urinalysis
What is a mid-stream clean catch?
200
This suffix means inflammation
What is -itis?
200
This is the abbreviation used to describe the right ear
What is AD?
200

Patient laying flat on back with knees straight and arms at sides

What is supine?
200
This is the average for blood pressure
What is 120/80?
200
This model is used to help educate diabetes patients with portions sizes
What is the Healthy Plate?
300
This suffix means "the study of"
What is -ology?
300
This is the abbreviation used to describe both eyes
What is OU?
300
This tool is used to help lift a patient from a wheelchair to an exam table
What is a gait belt?
300
While measuring pulse, we are also measuring this
What are respirations?
300
The patient should be instructed to do a self breast exam this long after her menses?
What is 2 weeks?
400
This suffix means pain
What is -algia?
400
This tool is used to check if a patient needs an ear lavage
What is an otocope?
400
This is the side of the body that should be next to the exam table when transferring a patient from a wheel chair
What is the weight bearing side?
400
This tool is used to measure both the patients heart rate and oxygen saturation
What is a pulse-ox?
400
This is what "o" and "p" stand for in an O&P kit for collecting stool specimens
What is Ova and Parasite?
500
This suffix means scope
What is -oscopy?
500
This is the distance the patient should be to properly be tested with the Snellen chart
What is 20 feet?
500
These words are used to instruct how a patient should walk with a walker
What are small shuffling steps?
500
This is how we calculate a patient's pulse when taking it manually
What is counting for 15 seconds and multiplying by 4?
500
When collecting a 24 hour urine specimen, the patient is instructed to do this with the first urine of the day
What is dispose of it?
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