Know your Body Systems
The sternocleidomastoid muscle is located on each side of the neck. Name the 3 body parts that are "connected" by this muscle.
What is the sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process.
This letter is often placed BEFORE a word to denote "absence of, or without".
What is the letter "a"
If range of motion instructions say to ADDUCT the extremity - in which direction would the nurse move the limb?
The limb is moved toward the body or across the midline.
What is "erythrocyte"
Name & define the prefix and suffix for:
Myalgia
What is:
Myo = muscle
Algia = pain
Provider orders state to gather supplies for placement of an intrathecal catheter. The nurse understands the catheter will be placed _____________?
What is the spinal canal or subarachnoid space to reach cerebrospinal fluid.
This suffix describes a surgical procedure or puncture to aspirate fluid.
What is "-centesis"
During what timeframe of pregnancy is the antepartum period?
What is the occasion before childbirth.
This medical term is often used to describe excessive sweating or perspiration.
What is hyperhidrosis
Name the medical term that describes the death or damage to skeletal muscles as a result of trauma, extreme exertion, or drug toxicity.
What is rhabdomyolysis?
This procedure is used to decompress acute compartment syndrome.
What is fasciotomy
This ROOT word (or combining form) describes the skull or head
What is "crani/o
What is "lithotripsy"
Correctly pronounce the term to describe the voice box
What is "larynx"
Leukemia
What is:
The suffix -cyte, as in melanocyte, means
What is cell
This prefix is used to describe something that is fast or rapid.
What is "tachy-"
What is the medical term for a bluish tint around the mouth?
What is circumoral cyanosis?
Pronounce the term used to describe inflammation of the protective sleeve of tissue surrounding your tendons
What is tenosynovitis
"tin-oh-sin-oh-vie-tus"
The prefix "-dys" in the terms dysphagia, dyspepsia, and dysentery means
What is painful or difficult
Name and define the prefix & suffix that means "enlarged liver"
What is:
Prefix: Hepato = liver
Suffix: megaly = enlarged
This suffix describes something that is enlarged or concerning an enlargement
What is "-megaly"
Review of provider progress/encounter notes show a palpable mass to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. Orders specify to administer a medication to the contralateral side.
Where should the medication be given?
What is the left lower quadrant of the abdomen.
Correctly pronounce the term for removal of the gall bladder
What is "Cholecystectomy"
Sometimes referred to as "soft bones", individuals with this disorder have weakened bones that can easily fracture.
What is Osteomalacia