Medical Terminology
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What is endo?
Gathers information on past medical events, family background, current medications, and lifestyle habits.
What is Health History?
Blood Pressure
What is 120mmHg/80mmHg?
The smallest independently functioning unit of all organisms; in animals, it contains cytoplasm, composed of fluid and organelles.
What is cell?
A
What is assessment?
To come before
What is pre?
Measures vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure) and evaluates body systems.
What is Physical Examination?
Respiratory Rate
What is 12 - 20 breaths per minute?
The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout your entire body.
What is heart?
D
What is diagnosis?
Liver
What is hepat/o?
Listening to internal sounds like heart, lung, or bowel activity using a stethoscope.
What is Auscultation?
Oxygen
What is 95%-100%?
A universal reference posture where the human body stands upright, facing forward, with arms at the sides, palms facing forward, and feet parallel and together.
What is anatomical position?
P
What is planning?
Uterus
What is hyster/o?
ABC's
What is airway, breathing, circulation?
Resting heart rate
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
The clear, protective outer layer of the eye that focuses incoming light.
I
What is implementation?
Breast
What is mast/o?
S1 and S2
What are heart sounds?
Fasting blood sugar (person does not have diabetes).
What is 70-99mg/dL?
The T-shaped flat bone located in the center of the chest that connects the ribs.
What is Sternum?
E
What is evaluation?