Medical Assisting Certification Cards

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The medical term for expanding or opening wider is__________.: Dilate
The medical term for gropus of cells with the same function is _______.: Tissue
The medical term for the basic unit of body structure is _________.: Cell
The medcial term for the time when menstruation begins is ________.: Menarche
The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is ____________.: Paraplegia
The medical term for paralysis from the neck down is __________.: Quadriplegia
The abbreviation for dressing is _______.: dsg
The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is ____________.: hemiplegia
The medical term for circular movement around a central point is __________.: rotation
The medical term for turning the palm forward, as applied to the hand is _____.: supination
The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is __________.: Atrophy
The medical term for straightening of a body part is___________.: extension
The abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar is ____________.: PPBS
The medical term for moving a body part away from the body is ________.: Abduction
The medical term for bending a body part is___________.: flexion
The medical term for turning the palm backward is ____________.: pronation
The medical term for bending backward is____________.: dorsiflexion
The medical term for the abnormal shortening of a muscle is ___________.: contracture
The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is ________.: adduction
The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is __________.: EEG
The abbreviation for cancer is ________.: Ca
The medical term for loss of appetite is ______________.: anorexia
The medical term for tube feeding is_________.: gavage
The medical term for sugar in the urine is ___________.: glucosuria
The common term for a decubitus ulcer; a pressure sore is__________.: bedsore
The abbreviation for temperature, pulse,and respiration is __________.: TPR
The abbreviation for specimen is ___________.: Spec or spec
The abbreviation for glucose tolerance test is____________.: GTT
The word element hyster means_______.: uterus
The word element gastro means _______.: stomach
The word element myo means________.: muscle
The word element otomy means______.: incision, surgical cutting.
The word element oma means ________.: tumor
The word element adneo means___________.: gland
The word element algia, algesia means _________.: pain
The word element ectomy means ______.: surgical removal
The word element cise means_______.: cut
The word element renal meams ________.: kidney
The word element osis means _________.: condition of
The word element stomato means________.: mouth or the ostium uteri.
The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is__________.: TSS
The opposite of deep is__________.: superficial
Neoplasm refers to: new growth
Removal of synovial fluid from a joint is called ______________.: arthrocentesis
A condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone is called ____________.: rickets
Abnormal S- shaped lateral curvature of the spine is called ___________.: scoliosis
What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electrical impulse to the ventricles ?: purkinje fibers
What is the break in a bone without penetration of the skin surface over the fracture site called?: closed fracture
Inflammation of the liver is called ________.: hepatitis
Inflammation of the eyelid is called _________.: blepharitis
An electronic thermometer measures a temperature in ___________.: 2 ot 60 seconds.
Which of the following pulse pionts are usually used to take a pulse?: Radial pulse
What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?: 60-100
What is considered a normal amount or respiration's for an adult minute?: 14 to 20
Rapid breathing , the respiratory rate is usually greater than 24 respiration per minute is called __________.: tachypnea
Persistent measurements above the normal systolic an diastoliic pressures are considered ____________.: hypertension
Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?: The point where the first sound is heard.
Which of the following thermometer is used to take an infants temperature?: Security(rectal) thermometer
Never clean a glass thermometer with _________.: hot water
When a patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lungs this is referred to as __________.: shallow respiration
When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he is breathing , it is called ___________: Cheyne-Stokes respiration
When the heart is contracting, the pressure is the highest. This pressure is called the _________.: systolic pressure
When listening to the brachial pulse you will use a(an)_________.: stethoscope
The two types of sphygmomanomters are ___________.: mercury and aneriod types
When the pressure is lowest, this pressure is called ___________.: diastolic pressure
The process of inhaling and exhaling is called___________.: respiration
When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady,it is called_________.: irregular respiration
When taking the pulse, you must be able to report accurately the _________.: rhythm of pulse beats
rate(number of pulse beats per minute)
force of the beat
The balance between heat produced and heat lost is the ________________.: body temperature
The healthy adult excretes daily approximately ________ of urine.: 1000 to 1500 ml
A patient with a cast or those patients in traction would use a __________.: fracture pan
A portable chair or wheelchair with a center opening for a bedpan or similar receptacleis called a __________.: commode
A rubber or plastic tube used to drain or inject fluid througha body opening is called ____________.: catheter
When you use an autoclave , fill the water reservior with ___________.: distilled water
The inhability to control the passage of urine in the bladder is called______.: urinary incontinence
The clean-catch urine specimen is also called ___________.: clean-voided specimen and mid-stream specimen.
The fresh-fractional urine specimen is used to test urine for _________.: sugar
A chronic disease in which the pancreas fails to secrete enough insulin is called _______________.: diabetes mellitus
Another term for acetone in the urine is ___________.: ketone bodies(ketones)
Some clinical signs for head injury could be______________.: vomiting,headache, confusion
Which test measures both sugar and acetone in urine?: keto-diastix
The passage of hard, dry stool is called___________.: constipation
An artificial opening between the colon and abdomen is called _________.: colostomy
Excessive formation of gas in the stomach and intestines is____________.: flatus
The alternating contraction and relaxation of intestinal muscles is called ____________.: peristalsis
A method of aseptic technique is called _______________.: disinfection,sterilization,sanitation.
The prolonged retention and accumulation of fecal material in the rectum is called_____________.: fecal impaction
The frequent passage of liquid stools is called_____________.: diarrhea

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