The Medical Record/ types and places for medical care
Body Positions, Planes, and systems
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This suffix means the process of using an instrument to examine.
What is -scopy?
100
Term that means slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
100
Abbreviation that would not appear in the history and physical examination report: ROS, CC, HIPPA, or HPI.
What is HIPPA?
100
A disease that does not respond to treatment is said to be ________.
What is refractory?
100
The front of the body is know as the anterior or _______ section.
What is ventral?
200
Term for more than one bone of the spine.
What is vertebrae?
200
This is one of the first abbreviations seen on the medical record as it states why the patient is seeking medical care.
What is CC?
200
Form that must be signed before a patient can be treated in any type of a healthcare facility. It gives physicians and other healthcare professionals the right to treat them.
What is a consent to treatment?
200
This plane divides the body into top and bottom sections.
What is the transverse plane?
300
This combining form means appendix.
What is append/o?
300
Term for a fast heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
300
This is the abbreviation for when the physician has identified the disease or disorder. When the term is broken down it translates to complete knowledge.
What is Dx?
300
combining form that means cause of disease
What is eti/o- ?
300
To move from the body to the end of a limb is to move______.
What is distally?
400
The opposite of this prefix is -tachy.
What is -brady?
400
This term means enlargement of the heart.
What is cardiomegaly?
400
Abbreviations for all for abdominal quadrants.
What are LUQ, LLQ, RUQ, & RLQ?
400
Term for a period of time in which there are no signs and symptoms of disease, yet the disease is not considered cured.
What is remission?
400
Body system that contains the nose, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, lungs, and aveoli.
What is the respiratory system?
500
Combining form for lower back.
What is lumb/o-
500
Term for removal of the larynx or voice box.
What is a laryngectomy?
500
The function of this body system is the circulation of blood throughout the body.
What is the cardiovascular system?
500
Term for a type of care given to patients who are terminal to keep them comfortable and free of pain as much as possible.
What is palliative care?
500
A patient lying on their back is in this position.