Terminology
Pharmacology
Medical History/Exams
Body Systems
Potpourri
100
This is placed before the combining form of a word
What is a prefix.
100
This is any substance used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
What is a drug.
100
This is 'vital' by placing your fingertips on the wrists.
What is the pulse or heart rate.
100
This is the study of acute and chronic lung diseases.
What is Pulmonology.
100
Fertilization between the egg and sperm occur here.
What is the Fallopian tube.
200
tachy-
What is fast or rapid.
200
These substances should be kept in a secure locked cabinet separately from other drugs and monitored on a regular basis.
What is a controlled substance.
200
Listening for Korotkoff sounds, you'll take this:
What is blood pressure.
200
These two parts of the nervous system serve as the main processing center.
What is the brain and spinal cord.
200
This Cauliflower-like appearance on the skin is also know as Veruccae.
What are warts.
300
dys-
What is bad, painful, difficult.
300
An injection within the epidermis is considered a(n)_____ injection.
What is an intradermal ID.
300
THis is not considered a measurement of a vital sign.
What is a patients weight.
300
THis system protects the body by attacking and destroying invading pathogens.
What is your immune system.
300
Infectious waste items should always be placed in this container.
What is a biohazard container.
400
The suffix -ectomy
What is surgical removal.
400
Considered an "unintended response" to a drug. An "effect".
What is a side effect.
400
This is the normal percentage of oxygen saturation in the blood.
What is 95%
400
Cholelithiasis.
What are gallstones.
400
This is present in the urine when hematuria is experienced.
What is blood.
500
"myocarditis) (myo-cardi- itis)
What is inflammation of the heart muscle.
500
This route of administration of a drug bypasses the gastrointestinal tract.
What is the parenteral route.
500
Of the different temperatures taken in a patient, this one is always higher than oral.
What is rectal temperature.
500
The large intestine.
What is the colon.
500
When your faced with an unforeseen combination of circumstances, this results in a call for immediate action.
What is an emergency.
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