Medical Terminology
An emergent condition commonly known as a heart attack.
What is a myocardial infarction?
There are two degrees that allow someone to be a practicing physician, one of these degrees is known as a D.O. What does D.O stand for?
What is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine?
The organ(s) that filters waste from the blood.
What are the kidneys?
Anytime a healthcare professional makes an error regarding surgery or treatment.
What is malpractice?
The cell that fights off germs inside our bloodstream.
What is a white blood cell?
Erythema Solare is a skin condition that occurs when the skin is exposed to excessive amounts of sunlight. This is another term for Erythema Solare.
What is sunburn?
An entry-level member of a patient's healthcare team, performing important patient-centered tasks under the supervision of licensed nursing staff.
What is the CNA?
This muscle contracts and relaxes to aid in respiration.
What is the diaphragm?
An advanced directive that indicates that if a patient stops breathing or if their heart stops, not to perform advanced cardiac life support, CPR, etc.
What is a DNR?
This disease is commonly known by the acronym AIDS.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
The surgical process represented by the suffix “-otomy” refers to this.
What is a surgical incision?
An advanced practice registered nurse and a type of mid-level practitioner.
What is the nurse practitioner?
This is the largest blood vessel in the body.
What is the aorta?
A legal document in which another person makes a medical decision for you, in the case that you cannot make the decision for yourself.
What is Power of Attorney?
The type of fluid that kills germs in the stomach.
What is gastric acid?
The prefix Oopher represents this body part.
What are the ovaries?
Healthcare professionals who specialise in the imaging of human anatomy for the diagnosis and treatment of pathology.
What is a radiology tech?
This part of the brain regulates processes essential to life: breathing, heartbeat, etc
What is the brain stem?
Signed by Congress on March 23, 2010. This law aimed to improve health insurance and quality of healthcare in the United States. Also known as Obamacare.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
A thin membrane that lines the inside of the heart and blood vessels.
What is the endothelium?
A bacteria that usually lurks in warm, untreated water that attacks the brain. It is commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba.
What is Naegleria Fowleri?
These doctors diagnose and treat newborns with conditions such as breathing disorders, infections, and birth defects.
What is a neonatologist?
This bone in the body occasionally snaps off during CPR.
What is the xiphoid process?
This is a federal law that states anyone who goes to a hospital or emergency department must be treated and stabilized, regardless of how much they can pay or if they have insurance.
What is EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)?
A cancer in the slender tubes that carry the digestive fluid bile through the liver.
What is cholangiocarcinoma?