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MIDTERM 104
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wha two ancient languages are the primary languages used to make up medical language? | Greek and Latin |
| What is an acronym? (MRI) | Word made up of the first letters of each words that make up the phrase |
| What is the basic rule of emphasizing syllables | Falls on the third- to-last syallable |
| Which syllable is emphasized when pronouncing the word hypotonia? | TOH |
| What do both prefixes, a-and an- both mean/ | Not |
| What types of information are found under the objective portion of the the patient's chart | Patients physical exam, any laboratory findings, and imaging studies performed at the visit |
| The firs part of most medical notes that includes such information as medical history, duration and quality of the problem, and any exacerbating or relieving facts for that problem known as the ________ part | Subjective |
| What is in the "Assessment" portion of the patient's chart? | Diagnosis, and identification of a problem, or a list of possibilities for diagnosis (Differential Diagnosis) |
| What is in the "Plan" portion of the patient's chart? | Treatment with medicine or procedure, collecting further data to help arrive at a more active diagnosis |
| Know the differnece between proximal and distal | Proximal is closer to the center, Distal is farther away from the center |
| Think of the anatomy terms, which refer to "the front" | Anterior, ventral, antral |
| What is a sagittal scan? | Scans the body from right to left |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pachyderma | thick skin |
| excisional | removal part of the lesion |
| fissure | a crack in the skin |
| dermatitis | skin inflammation |
| ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| bursa | small fluid filled sac found near the body's joint |
| tax/o | arrangement, order coordination |
| spondyloarthopathy | joint disease of the vertabrae |
| osteogenesis imperfecta | a disease in which the bones do not develop correctly, also known as brittle bone disease |
| fasciodesis | binding of the fascia |
| craniectomy | removal of a portion on the skull |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| gnosi/o | know |
| hypnotic | a drug that aids sleep |
| myospasm | muscle spasm |
| anxiolytic (drug) | lessens anxiety |
| thrombolytic | dissolves clots |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| Hypohidrosis | diminished sweating hypo-under hidr-sweat osis-condition |
| Metatarsalgia | pains in the bones of the foot meta-after tars-ankle algia-pain |
| Myasthenia | muscle weakness my-muscle asthenia-weakness |
| myelodysplasia | defective formation of the spinal cord myelo-spinal cord dys-bad plas-formation ia-condition |
| Hydrarthrosis | water in a joint hydr-water arthr-joint osis-condition |
| Neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue Neuro- nerve lysis-destruction or break down |
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Ashunti2019