Medical Pathway
In order to become a physician, after undergraduate schooling, students must attend...
What is Medical School
This is the most common and least expensive type of imaging, which uses radiation to create a 2D image of bones and dense tissues.
What is X-Ray
This measurement is the number of times your heart beats per minute.
What is Heart Rate
What does ENT stand for?
Ear, Nose, and Throat
This prefix, often seen to describe fast or rapid conditions.
What is Tachy-
After completing medical school, new physicians enter this phase of supervised, on-the-job training in their chosen specialty, which lasts from three to seven years.
What is Residency
This non-invasive modality uses high-frequency sound waves to create real-time images, commonly used for obstetrics and visualizing soft tissues.
What is an Ultrasound
This is the normal range, in breaths per minute (BPM), for an adult's respiratory rate at rest.
What is 12 to 20 BPM
This specialty focuses on the surgical treatment of conditions affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems, including the brain and spine.
What is Neurosurgery
The medical root word hema- or hemo- refers to this vital fluid.
What is Blood
This standardized test is typically taken after the second year of medical school and is one of the three steps required for medical licensure.
What is USMLE Step 1
This modality uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to generate detailed images of organs and soft tissues without using ionizing radiation.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The top number in a blood pressure reading, representing the pressure during a heart contraction, is called this.
What is Systolic Pressure
This specialty administers medicine to keep a patient pain free and stable during surgery and continues to monitor vital signs and manage pain in the recovery room.
What is Anesthesiology
This suffix is commonly used to mean the surgical removal of an organ or structure.
What is -ectomy
After completing residency, a physician who wishes to specialize further, for example in cardiology or oncology, must complete this additional, highly specialized training period.
What is Fellowship
Abbreviated as CT, this imaging technique uses ionizing radiation and computer processing to create cross sectional images of the body.
What is Computed Tomography?
This non-invasive device, often clipped to a fingertip, uses light to measure the oxygen saturation level of the blood.
What is a Pulse Oximeter
This specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases related to the skin, hair, and nails.
What is Dermatology
The prefix peri-, as in pericardium or periodontal, means this in relation to another structure.
What is Surrounding
A physician with who is certified as a D.O. is a...
What is Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
This nuclear medicine test uses an injected radioactive tracer, often containing Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), to measure metabolic activity.
What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan
Often referred to as SPO2, this vital sign measures the percentage of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in the blood.
What is Oxygen Saturation
This non-surgical specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the joints, muscles, and bones, such as arthritis
What is Rheumatology
This prefix means around or on both sides, and is used in a term describing something that affects both sides of the body.
What is Bi-