Medical Terminology
Human anatomy
Chest Injuries
Abd/Genitourinary
Medical Terminology
Abbreviations
100
Algia
What is pain and suffering.
100
This skeleton is composed of the skull, Thoracic cage and the vertebral column.
What is the axial skeleton
100
Cardiopulmonary
What are the heart and lungs?
100
Evisceration (abdominal)
What is an open wound from which internal organs protrude?
100
CVA is the acronym for
What is cerebrovascular accident?
100
ASA
What is aspirin?
200
itis
What is inflammation?
200
Spinal column has this many bones
What are the 33 bones consisting of cervical, thorasic, lumbar, sacrum, & coccyx?
200
Formula for cardiac output
What is stroke volume x heart rate?
200
RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ
What are abdominal quadrants?
200
Increased resonance, when percussing lungs hyperinflated with air, such as may occur in patients with COPD, or patients having an acute asthmatic attack.
What is hyper resonance
200
Abd
What is abdomen?
300
Megaly
Enlargement
300
Type of joint
What is ball and socket?
300
What is Jugular vein distention
300
Structures through which Materials pass, & more resilient to blunt trauma.
What are hollow organs?
300
Mastectomy
What is Removal of breast?
300
PMH
What is past medical history?
400
Necrosis
Tissue Death
400
Name the body's planes
What are sagittal, frontal, transverse?
400
Two fractures exist on a rib, which produces a free segment which cannot contribute towards lung expansion.
What is a Flail Chest?
400
What are solid organs?
400
Outer layer of heart inflamed?
What is the Pericarditis?
400
Chf
What is congestive heart failure?
500
sclerosis
What is abnormal hardening?
500
Muscle that contracts pulling on the cordae tendonae
What is the papillary muscle?
500
Often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart
What is Commotio cordis?
500
Bowel protrudes through skin
What is an Evisceration?
500
Enlargement of the heart
Cardiomegaly
500
A&Ox3
What is alert to person, place, and time?
600
Unilateral
What is occurring or appearing on one side of the body
600
Valve that receives blood from right ventricle
What is the Pulmonary valve?
600
Daily double..... Daily Double..... Daily double
When air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall.
What is a Simple pneumothorax?
600
Type of trauma?
What is penetrating Trauma?
600
Inflammation of tonsil
What is Tonsillitis?
600
BG
What is blood glucose?
700
Pronation
What is turning the palms downward (toward the ground)?
700
Name the abd sections
RUQ Right upper quadrant
RLQ Right lower quadrant
LUQ Left upper quadrant
LLQ Lower left quadrant
700
Blood or fluids fill the space between the sac that encases the heart and the heart muscle.
What is cardiac tamponade?
700
What is Blunt force Trauma?
700
Hyperthyroidism
What is the condition of an overactive thyroid gland?
700
CC
What is chief complaint?
800
Hyperflexion
What is flexion beyond the normal range of motion?
800
AKA thigh bone
What is the femur?
800
Also known as crush asphyxia, occurs when there is pressure placed on the chest so that normal respiration cannot occur.
What is Traumatic asphyxia?
800
Occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated, a classic symptom of a ruptured spleen.
What is Kehr's sign?
800
megacolon
abnormally large colon large intestine
800
HTN
What is hypertension?