The suffix -itis stands for...
What is inflammation?
This system removes toxins or liquid waste from the body.
What is the urinary system?
What Vitamin will help you when you are sick?
What is Vitamin C?
An x-ray picture of the breast.
What is mammogram?
What does the esophagus lead to in the gastrointestinal tract?
What is the stomach?
The medical term for high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
Also known as the sunshine vitamin.
What is Vitamin D?
How many weeks pregnant does a person have to be to be considered to “full term”?
What is 39 weeks?
I will take 38 as well!
This P-term refers to the first point of contact that patients have with the healthcare system and usually includes providers who take care of them over time, like their regular doctor.
What is primary?
What is the role of the heart in the circulatory system?
What is pumping blood to all extremities of the body?
The body part that gastro- refers to.
What is stomach?
The 3 types of muscles in the human body.
What is smooth, skeletal, and cardiac?
What is the “ideal blood pressure”?
What is 120/80?
This technique is used in surgeries or other large, invasive procedures where infection could be the most dangerous.
What is sterile?
What is the function of the respiratory system?
What is Gas exchange?
A serious condition of the endocrine system where the blood glucose is too high.
What is diabetes?
The four major lobes of the human brain are the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, the [blank] and [blank].
What is occipital lobe and temporal lobe?
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
What is Type 1 - the body does not produce insulin at all
Type 2 - there is a lack of insulin in the body, the body does not produce enough insulin?
The abbreviation for "as needed".
What is PRN?
Name 3 organs that are a part of the urinary system.
What is …?
urinary bladder, kidney, urethra, ureter, renal pelvis
This single-word term refers to the body’s ability to regulate various physiological processes to keep internal states steady and balanced.
What is homeostasis?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is "O negative"?
Name at least one symptom or sign of melanoma (skin cancer).
What is the ABCDE rule?
Asymmetrical, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving
The meaning of the acronym NCLEX.
What is National Council Licensure Examination?
What body systems work together to help a person move?
What is the skeletal system and muscular system?