History & Ethics
This 400th century BC scientist is known as the Father of Medicine and helped lay the foundation for the oath that doctors take.
Hippocrates
These are the fundamental units of all living things.
Cells
Treatments that the insurance company will not pay for are referred to as this.
Excluded or Con-Covered Services
The suffix "itis" means this.
Inflammation
The most common location to read an adult's pulse is this artery.
Radial Artery
The four Ds of negligence are duty, dereliction, direct cause and this.
Damages
The abdominopelvic cavity consists of this many regions.
9
This is the policyholder, not necessarily the patient, that "guarantees" that they will pay for services if the insurance company does not.
Guarantor
The combining form "erthyro" means this.
Red
A respiration is defined as this.
One inhalation and one exhalation
Diagnosing a patient or attempting to prescribe treatment is an example of a medical assistant operating outside of...
Scope of practice
This is the hollow space in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
Mediastinum
This is the most important law to be familiar with for anyone that handles a patient's protected health information.
HIPAA
The prefix "hypo" means this.
Decreased, Low, Below
Visial acuity is measured using this.
Snellen chart
This type of consent is conveyed through actions.
Implied consent
These are the three protective membranes lining the cranial cavity.
Meninges
This law states that employers must offer continuing insurance at approximate cost to employees for a period of up to 36 months after termination.
COBRA
The suffix "algia" means this.
Pain
When taking a blood pressure, the "top" or first number is called this.
Systolic?
This 18th century surgeon dramatically reduced incidences of post-surgical infection through his use of instrument sterilization, hand washing, and wound cleansing.
Joseph Lister
This is the control center of a cell, containing its' genetic material.
Nucleus
This is the payment model by which physicians receive a "fixed" prepayment for each managed care patient in a particular time period whether or not they were seen in the office during that time.
Capitation?
The prefix "dys" means this.
Bad, difficult or Impaired
A normal rectal temperature typically differs from oral temperature in this way.
One degree warmer