Anatomy and Physiology
This four-chambered muscular organ maintains circulation by rhythmic contractions.
What is the Heart?
The medical term for inflammation of the lung tissue
What is Pneumonia?
This healthcare professional measures vital signs, assists patients with daily activities, and reports changes to nurses.
What is a personal support worker (PSW)
This metabolic disorder results from insufficient insulin production or impaired insulin action.
What is type 2 diabetes?
This basic infection-control practice involves cleaning hands before and after patient contact.
What is hand hygiene?
These microscopic vessels are the primary site of diffusion for oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What are capillaries?
The term for the surgical removal of the appendix.
What is an appendectomy?
This specialist evaluates and treats communication and swallowing disorders.
What is a speech-language pathologist?
This viral illness spreads through respiratory droplets and primarily affects the lungs.
What is influenza?
This ethical and legal obligation requires safeguarding patient information.
What is confidentiality?
This muscular wall divides the heart into left and right halves.
What is the septum?
This medical term refers to abnormally low blood glucose levels.
What is hypoglycemia?
This healthcare professional analyzes blood, urine, and tissue samples to help diagnose disease.
What is a medical laboratory technologist?
Persistently elevated arterial blood pressure is known by this medical term.
What is hypertension?
This process ensures patients understand risks, benefits, and alternatives before treatment.
What is informed consent?
This branch of the nervous system controls involuntary actions such as heart rate and digestion.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The suffix “-emia” refers to a condition involving this body fluid.
What is blood?
This specialist uses imaging techniques such as ultrasound to visualize internal organs.
What is a diagnostic medical sonographer?
This autoimmune disease causes chronic inflammation and degeneration of synovial joints.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
This ethical principle emphasizes avoiding actions that cause harm to patients.
What is nonmaleficence?
This cluster of specialized cardiac cells initiates electrical impulses that regulate heart rhythm.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
This medical term describes the spread of cancer cells from the primary site to distant organs.
What is metastasis?
This healthcare scientist designs and improves medical devices and technologies.
What is a biomedical engineer?
This inherited disorder causes thick, sticky mucus due to a defect in chloride ion transport.
What is cystic fibrosis?
This establishes national standards for protecting patient health information.
What is HIPAA?