This 400th century BC scientist is known as the Father of Medicine and helped lay the foundation for the oath that doctors take to this day.
Who is Hippocrates?
100
These are the fundamental units of all living things.
What are cells?
100
Treatments that the insurance company will not pay for are referred to as this.
What are excluded or non-covered services?
100
The suffix "itis" means this.
What is inflammation?
100
The most common location to read an adult's pulse is this artery.
What is the radial artery?
200
The four Ds of negligence are duty, dereliction, direct cause and this.
What are damages?
200
The abdominopelvic cavity consists of this many regions.
What is nine?
200
This is the policyholder, not necessarily the patient, that "guarantees" that they will pay for services if the insurance company does not.
What is the guarantor?
200
The combining form "erthyro" means this.
What is red?
200
A respiration is defined as this.
What is one inhalation and one exhalation?
300
Diagnosing a patient or attempting to prescribe treatment is an example of a medical assisting operating outside of this.
What is scope of practice?
300
This is the hollow space in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
What is the mediastinum?
300
This is the most important law to be familiar with for anyone that handles a patient's protected health information.
What is HIPAA?
300
The prefix "hypo" means this.
What is decreased?
300
Visial acuity is measured using this.
What is the Snellen chart?
400
This type of consent is conveyed through actions.
What is implied consent?
400
These are the three protective membranes lining the crnaial cavity.
What are meninges?
400
This law states that employers must offer continuing insurance at approximate cost to employees for a period of up to 36 months after termination.
What is COBRA?
400
The suffix "algia" means this.
What is pain?
400
When taking a blood pressure, the "top" or first number is called this.
What is systolic?
500
This 18th century surgeon dramatically reduced incidences of post-surgical infection through his use of instrument sterilization, hand washing, and wound cleansing.
Who is Joseph Lister?
500
This is the control center of a cell, containing its' genetic material.
What is the nucleus?
500
This is the payment model by which physicians receive a fixed prepayment for each managed care patient in a particular timeperiod whether or not they were seen in the office during that time.
What is capitation?
500
The prefix "dys" means this.
What is bad, difficult or painful?
500
A normal rectal temperature typically differs from oral temperature in this way.