Certified
Nursing
Assistant
Class
Review
100

pertaining to a virus

What is viral?

100

inflammation of the stomach and small intestines

What is gastroenteritis?

100

pain in the stomach

What is gastralgia?

100

red blood cell

What is an erythrocyte?

100

pertaining to the skull

What is cranium?

200

pertaining to above the rib

What is supracostal?

200

abnormal condition/disease of the stomach

What is gastrosis?

200

the loss of large amount of blood in a short time

What is hemorrhage?

200

study of ear, nose and throat

What is otorhinolaryngology?

200

swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body

What is edema?


300

visual exam of the joint

What is arthroscopy?

300

process of producing an x-ray, or radiographic study, of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make blood vessels visibile

What is angiography?

300

surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

What it abdominocentesis?

300

the study of disorders of the newborn

What is neonatology?
300

inflammation of the renal pelvis

What is pyelitis?

400

surgical suturing of a tendon

What is tenorrhaphy?

400

abnormal enlargement of the liver

What is hepatomegaly?

400

tissue death of an artery

What is arterionecrosis?

400

abnormal narrowing of an artery

What is arteriostenosis?

400

surgical repair of a muscle

What is myoplasty?

500

abnormal softening of the walls of an artery

What is arteriomalacia?

500

surgical incision into the renal pelvis to remove obstructions such as a kidney stone

What is pyelotomy?

500

heart burn (abnormal condition of fever or fire)

What is pyrosis?

500

injury, degeneration or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow

What is myelopathy?

500

suturing together the end of a severed nerve

What is neurorrhaphy?