Intro to Med Terms
The combining vowel most commonly used is?
what is o
Which licensure exam must registered nurses pass to practice?
what is NCLEX
In anatomical position, the palms face which direction
what is forward
Which ancient practice involved drilling a hole in the skull to treat headaches or insanity
what is trepanation
Adults have ____ bones in the human body
bonus 50 point question: how many bones do babies have?
what is 206
what is 300
The prefix _______ means " before" or "in front of"
what is pre or ante?
A certification program typically takes between ______ and _________ to complete
What is 6 weeks to a year
The term for "closer to the trunk or point of origin" is _____
what is proximal
Hippocrates is often called the "father of ______"
what is Medicine
The axial skeleton consists of the skull, vertebral column, and the _______
what is the thoracic cage or rib cage
Which suffix means "inflammation"
what is -itis
Which pathway focuses on acquiring, processing, and analyzing healthcare data
What is Health Informatics
The anatomical term for "below the head; lower" is _________
what is inferior
Who is credited with creating the smallpox vaccination in 1796
Who is Edward Jenner
Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal are the three types of __________
what is muscle
The root oste/o refers to
what is bone
A career ladder represents the progression of jobs with an occupation where one moves up by increasing _____ and ________
What is education and training
the transverse (horizontal) plane divides the body into ____ and ____ parts
what is superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts
The bacterium responsible for the plague is called _______ pestis
what is Yersinia
Flexion is best defined as:
what is decreasing the angle between two bones
The suffix ____ means "surgical removal"
what is -ectomy
Which pathway focuses primarily on long-term maintenance or improvement of the patient's health (e.g. nursing, physical therapy)
What is therapeutic services
Which region is located in the center of the top row of the nine abdominal regions
What is epigastric region
Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic ______
What is penicillin
Fibromyalgia is primarily characterized by
what is chronic widespread muscle pain and fatigue