Medical Terminology
This is the study of naming body structures.
What is anatomy?
The most important action a PSW can take to prevent infection spread.
What is handwashing?
The process of breaking down food into usable nutrients.
What is digestion?
These two organs filter the blood to form urine.
What are the kidneys?
The largest organ of the body.
What is the skin?
The foundation or basic meaning of a medical word.
What is a root word?
The correct order for donning PPE.
What is gown → mask → goggles/face shield → gloves?
The muscular movement that pushes food through the GI tract.
What is peristalsis?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
The suffix -itis means this.
What is inflammation?
The three transmission-based precautions.
What are contact, droplet, and airborne precautions?
The three parts of the small intestine.
What are the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
Difficulty or pain during urination.
What is dysuria?
Redness of the skin.
What is erythema?
The combining form for “heart.”
What is cardi/o?
MRSA, C. difficile, and VRE are examples of these.
What are multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)?
The condition in which gastric acid flows into the esophagus.
What is GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)?
The condition caused by small mineral deposits in the kidneys.
What are kidney stones (renal calculi)?
Pressure ulcers occur because of this problem with blood flow.
What is prolonged unrelieved pressure (poor circulation)?
The correct order to define a medical term.
What is (1) suffix, (2) prefix, (3) root word?
The chain of infection includes these six links.
What are pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host?
The inflammatory bowel disease that affects the entire GI tract with flare-ups and remission.
What is Crohn’s disease?
This disorder causes inflammation of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
The four stages of pressure ulcers.
What are Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV?