Medical Terminology
Anatomical Directional/Position Terms and Levels of Organization
Life Stages
Ethical Vocab/Facilities
Body Systems
100

The term for low blood pressure

What is hypotension ?

100

The term for closer to the reference point. 

What is proximal?

100

Age minimum and maximum for Preschooler life stage. 

What is 3 to 6?
100
Ethical term for the "unauthorized touching of another person"

What is battery?

100

This systems main organs are the lungs, diaphragm, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. 

What is the Respiratory System?

200

The term for slow heart rate 

What is bradycardia?

200

The plane that divides the body into front and back portions.

What is frontal plane?

200
Life stage of people aged 40-65.

What is middle adulthood?

200
The facility that provides specialized equipment and continuous care and monitoring for patients with serious illness or injuries. 

What is Intensive Care Unit (ICU)?

200

This system serves to defend against infection, maintain fluid balance, and remove waste products. 

What is the Lymphatic system?

300

The combining form that refers to the liver. 

What is hepat/o?

300

The hand is ______to the elbow. 

What is distal?

300

Erikson's stage (conflict) for school-aged child. 

What is industry vs. inferiority?

300

The facility that provides nursing and rehabilitation services on a 24-hour basis. 

What is Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)?

300

This term is the tendency of a cell or the whole organism to maintain a state of balance. 

What is Homeostasis?

400

The acronym for "as needed"?

What is p.r.n.?

400

Cells with similar functions that are grouped together. 

What is tissue?

400

Age minimum and maximum for Erikson's stage: Autonomy vs. shame/doubt.

What is 1 to 3 years old?
400

Another term for Mercy killing, which is performing an action that results in the death of a patient to alleviate suffering or when it is believed the there is no hope for recovering. 

What is Euthanasia?

400

The nervous system can be categorized into two branches. 

What is CNS and PNS?

500

The term that means "enlargement of the liver"

What is hepatomegaly?

500

This foundational level of biological organization consists of atoms and molecules, which are the building blocks of all matter, and is essential for the formation of complex biological structures such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. 

What is the chemical level?

500

Death and Dying stages

What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?

500

What term describes the "organ transplantation" problem?

What is ethical dilemma?
500

This body system works closely with the circulatory system.

What is the Respiratory System?