Scenarios
The patient is shaking his head and has red, swollen ear canals. What is his medical diagnosis?
What is Otitis?
This root refers to the skin.
What is Derm or Dermato?
This suffix means inflammation, which indicates that a body part is red, swollen, and hot.
What is -itis?
Snap the blocks together: The root for stomach + the suffix for making an incision.
What is Gastrotomy?
Vets use map coordinates for an animal's body. If you are moving towards the animal's belly or the ground, you are moving in this direction.
What is Ventral?
If a client tells you, "My dog has a weird red thing on his belly and he is hot," the manual notes that a professional vet tech must use precise terms. What exact term should replace the phrase "he is hot"?
What is Hyperthermia?
These two different roots can both be used when referencing a patient's lungs.
What are Pneumo and Pulmo?
These prefixes mean "Fast" and "Slow".
What are Tachy- and Brady-?
Translate this fully assembled "Lego" word into ordinary English: Cardiopathy.
What is heart disease?
Instead of writing out the full words, vet techs save time by writing these short codes for a "Prescription" and a "Surgery"
What are Rx and Sx?
a patient arrives completely healthy, happy, and awake. What status would you mark down?
What is BAR (Bright Alert and Responsive)?
If you are dealing with a dental issue, you are working with this root.
What is Dent?
The suffix -logy means "study of". What suffix means an "abnormal condition"?
What is -osis?
If a patient has an abnormally low body temperature, what exact word do you build?
What is Hypothermia?
On patient labels, you won't see "Dog" or "Cat". What are the two correct scientific classifications used for them instead?
What are Canine and Feline?
An owner says their pet has been coughing. You take out your stethoscope to listen to the patient's heart and lungs. Under which section of the S.O.A.P. note framework do your stethoscope findings belong?
What is the Objective section?
The roots Oto and Ophthalm represent these two sensory organs, in order
What are the Ear and the Eye?
What suffix do they use if they intend to completely remove the Kidney?
What is -ectomy?
Break down the word Dermatitis into its prefix/root/suffix rules and provide its literal translation.
What is Derm (Root: Skin) + -itis (Suffix: Inflammation), translating to "Inflammation of the Skin"?
What veterinary examination term means "to feel with hands" to check for lumps or broken bones?
What is Palpation?
A canine patient comes in with a fast heart rate and is having significant trouble breathing. What are the two abnormal vital sign terms you would document?
What are Tachycardia and Dyspnea?
This root means "head," while this other root means "blood".
What are Cephalo and Hemo (or Hema)?
This prefix means "bad, difficult, or painful," while this suffix means "disease".
What are Dys- and -pathy?
Build a complex medical term that means "an abnormal condition of the head.
What is Cephalosis? (Combining the root Cephalo and suffix -osis)
Directionally speaking, if Cranial means moving towards the head , what term means moving towards the tail, and what term means moving towards the spine?
What are Caudal (towards the tail) and Dorsal (towards the spine)?