Vocabulary
What is maneuver?
To move with skill or care.
Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin and hematocrit.
What do doctors or nurses use to take termperature?
Thermometer
What are some tools or methods doctors use to diagnose diseases?
CT Scans, X-rays, Blood tests, MRI, etc
What is replicate?
Copy exactly.
What is non-invasive?
Not involving surgery
What does a high result in CRP ( C-reactive protein) indicates?
Looks at inflammation as a result of different factors.
This image helps doctors to see if a patient has a broken bone.
X-ray
What are some benefits of ultrasound?
It is a non-invasive procedure and there are no side effects.
What is leukemia?
A type of cancer caused by an overproduction of white blood cells.
What is prostate?
A small male organ that produces a fluid in which sperm is carried.
A thyroid function test.
This is a non-invasive method that produces three dimensional anatomical images to detect diseases.
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Bright white.
What is fast?
Refrain from eating for a period of time for medical or religious reasons.
What is anemia?
Hemoglobin.
This tool is mostly used to listen to patient's lungs or heart.
Stethoscope
What are the benefits of a portable ultrasound?
Easy to transport, can be share by different departments especially the ER.
What is draw?
Take a sample of blood.
What is platelet?
A small fragment found in blood cells that binds together to stop bleeding.
A patient has a urinary infection. What test was done to have this diagnosis?
General urine test.
This tool allows pregnant women to see the development of the fetus.
Ultrasound
What does ultrasound replicate?
Echolocation.
What is biomarker?
A molecule found in blood and tissue that shows a normal or abnormal process, condition or disease.