Medical
Terminology
Terminology
Identify the root word(s) in bronchoscopy.
What is bronch(o)?
Identify A on the diagram.
What is horizontal or transverse?
The stomach is __________ to the feet.
What is superior?
What is law?
The exchange of information, ideas and feelings between two or more people through verbal or non-verbal methods.
What is interpersonal communication?
___________________ are used between word roots and in a compound word or when a suffix starts with a consonant.
What are combining forms?
The standard reference point in which all positions, movements, and planes are described. Standing erect, with palms and feet facing forward.
What is the anatomical position?
The knee is _________ to the ankle.
What is proximal?
Certain information is exempt by law and must be reported. Identify one.
What are births, deaths, and injuries caused by abuse.
Your patient states, “I’m feeling really nauseous and can’t keep anything down”. This is ________ data.
What is subjective data?
Identify the root word(s) in hysterectomy.
What is hyster(o)?
Identify B on the diagram.
What is frontal/coronal plane?
The esophagus is _________ to the trachea.
What is posterior?
Moral principles or values that guide us when deciding what is right and what is wrong.
What are ethics?
You observe your patient coughing in their room. You check their temperature, and the patient is febrile. This is _______ data.
What is objective data?
Identify the root word(s) in cholecystectomy.
What is chole and cyst(o)?
What is the dorsal cavity?
Lying face down.
By law, this information must be kept confidential and shared only with other members of the patient’s health care team.
What is privileged communication?
Identify the 5 steps of the nursing process.
What is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
Identify the root word(s) in gastroenterologist.
What is gastro and enter(o)?
Identify C on the diagram.
What is mid-sagittal or median plane?
The sternum is _____ to the shoulders.
What is medial?
________________ are a form of privileged communication.
What are health care records?
1. Consider first the well-being of the patient.
This is one of ten fundamental responsibilities in the ________________________.
What is the code of ethics?