Medical Laboratory Abbreviations
This lab test is referred to as a CBC
What is a complete blood count?
What is diabetes?
The medical term for high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
Body part where the humerus is found
What is the arm?
This organ removes waste products and excess fluids from our body
What is the kidney?
This lab test is referred to as a UA
What is a urinalysis?
Cancer of the lymph nodes
The medical term for low heart rate
What is bradycardia?
Directional term that refers to the front of the body
What is anterior?
This organ is where the majority of nutrient absorption from food occurs
What is the small intestine?
Bonus: (+200): What are the three sections of the small intestine called?
This lab test is referred to as a BMP
What is a basic metabolic panel?
Bonus (+100): What is a CMP?
The most commonly diagnosed cancer in women
What is breast cancer?
The medical term for blood in the urine
The motion when you bring something (i.e. a limb) away from the midline of your body
What is abduction?
This is the largest organ of the body
What is the skin?
This lab test is referred to as a PT
What is a prothrombin time?
The general term for a condition that occurs when an infant is born with three copies of a chromosome
What is trisomy?
The medical term for excess sodium in the blood
What is hypernatremia?
What is arachnoid mater?
This organ is where bile is synthesized
What is the liver?
This lab test is referred to as a AST
What is an aspartate aminotransferase?
Bonus (+500): What is the companion test to this and what does it stand for?
The scientific term for a heart attack
What is a myocardial infarction?
The medical term for excessive sweating
What is hyperhidrosis?
The name of the C2 vertebra
What is the axis?
This organ is responsible for synthesizing clotting factors for our blood
What is the liver?
Bonus (+400): Which organ destroys old or damaged red blood cells?