Prefixes
What does the prefix a, an mean?
Without, not
What is the combining form for hair?
Pilo/o, trich/o
What is the combining form for the heart?
Cardi/o, coron/o
True or False Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer.
True
Ms. Jones presents to the emergency department complaining of chest pain, nausea, and shortness of breath. The diagnostic test ordered for this patient is a(n) _____ a test that records electrical activity of her heart.
Electrocardiogram
What does the prefix brady mean?
Slow
Name the layers of the skin?
Epidermis
Derms
Subcutaneous
What are drugs that lower cholesterol in the blood and reduce its production in the liver by blocking enzymes that produce it?
Statins
What are areas of tissue that have been pathologically altered by injury, wound, or infection?
Lesions
Mr. Davis is concerned about a "patch" that developed no the back of his neck. Lately, the patch has become ______ (reddened) and is _____ (itchy)
Erythematous
Pruritic
What does the prefix circum, peri mean?
Around
What is the combining form for skin?
Cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
What are Nitrates?
Drugs used to dilate blood vessels, increasing oxygen flow to heart
What is hyperkeratosis?
Thickening of the outer layer of the skin
Paul S. presents to the emergency department complaining of chest and left arm pain. The physician assesses the patient and immediately notifies the cardiac catheterization laboratory of the need emergency catheterization. The catheterization shows the patient needs an emergent _____, a surgical procedure that uses a vessel graft from another part of the body to circumvent a blocked portion of the coronary artery.
CABG
What does the prefix dia, trans mean?
Through, across
Name three functions of the skin?
Covers and protects the body from pathogens
Produces secretion from sweat and oil glands
Provides nerve ending for various sunsations
Regulates body temperature
Synthesizes vitamin
Give color to the skin from melanocytes
What are the record of the electrical (activity of the heat):
Electrocardiography
What is CAD?
Coronary Artery Disease
Mr. Doe noticed that a mole on her neck is increasing in size. Other than the increase in size, Mr Doe is experiencing _____ (no other symptoms).
Asymptomatic
What does the prefix endo, intra
In, within
What are the structures of the skin?
Epidermis
Derms
Accessory Organs
Hair
Nails
Names of the pulse points on the body.
Temple
Carotid
Padia (Thumb)
Clnar
Branchial
Femoral
Peplitcal
DP
What is hypertension?
High blood pressure
After a 2 - week stay in the intensive care unit, Mr. Jackson develops methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. The cardiologist orders an echocardiogram because bacteremia places the patient at risk for _____, an inflammation of the inner lining of the heart and its valves.
Endocarditis