Anatomy and Physiology
The basic unit of life is.
What is the cell?
This term means to pee.
What is void?
The term for a short duration.
What is acute?
The first line of defense against microorganisms that a medical assistant follows.
What is handwashing?
A condition in which bone reabsorption exceeds b one deposition.
What is osteoporosis?
A major function of the large intestine
What is to reabsorb water?
The term for a collapsed lung.
What is atelectasis?
The absence of or the control of microorganisms.
What is asepsis?
What is the Snellen chart?
Impetigo is caused by a _______ infection.
What is bacterial?
Sperm are produced in this anatomical strucutre.
What are the seminiferous tubules?
The term for blood in the urine.
What is hematuria?
The sequence that represents waveforms of the EKG.
What is P,Q,R,S,T?
The process commonly used in ambulatory care to destroy all living organisms.
What is autoclaving?
Grave's disease is an autoimmune disease in which there is excess _____ hormone secretion.
What is thyroid?
A patient presenting with a history of GERD and colitis requires a referral to a _________ specialist.
What is a gastroenterologist?
The term for swelling.
What is edema?
The type of sterilization method used to clean a fiber-optic endoscope.
What is chemical sterilization?
Tuberculosis is spread via this route.
What is respiratory droplets?
A condition characterized by a shuffling gait, tremors, pill-rolling, and muscular rigidity.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
This term is defined as a stable internal environment in the body.
What is homeostasis?
The term for bruise.
What is contusion?
The term for elevated potassium.
What is hyperkalemia?
The Medical Assistant would hand the physician this tool to check a patients pupils.
What is the ophthalmoscope?
The cardinal sign of pyloric stenosis.
What is projectile vomiting?