Medical Terminology
Body Systems
Vocabulary
Potpurri
Organs
100
What pulse do you check when taking blood pressure?
What is Brachial Pulse
100
Contains the heart, lungs, blood vessels
What is Cardiovascular System.
100
What is dysphagia?
What is difficulty swallowing
100
Where is the stirrup located
What is earbone
100
Largest organ in the body
What is skin
200
A Gastroenterologist studies what?
What is diseases of stomach and intestines.
200
Is divided into axial and appendicular parts
What is Skeletal System.
200
What is Gastritis?
What is stomach inflammation
200
Apnea
What is temporary cessation of breathing not breathing
200
Which organ's dysfunction is associated with diabetes?
What is pancreas.
300
What does the abbreviation IM mean?
What is intramuscular.
300
Contains the Spinal Cord and Brain
What is Nervous Systsem
300
What is hemorrhage?
What is excessive bleeding
300
Medical term for heart attack
What is Myocardial infarction
300
What organ would have arteriolsclerosis?
What is heart
400
NPO means
What is nothing by mouth.
400
Contains hormones
What is Endocrine System
400
What is cytology
What is study of cells
400
What position should a patient be put in to exam their dorsal cavity?
What is Prone Position
400
Cholelithiasis is located where
What is Gallbladder (gall stones)
500
What is debridement?
What is removal of contaminated tissue due to infection or contamination.
500
What system contains the hypothalmus?
What is the Nervous System/Brain.
500
Hydrocephalus
What is water on the brain
500
Name the vital signs
What is Blood Pressure, Heart Rate (pulse),Respiratory Rate, and Core Temperature
500
What organ would have Blepharitis?
What is eye.
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