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CH 1 MC1130
Medical AssistIng Profession Review part ii
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inability to digest, often w/ pain in GI tract | indigestion |
| prediction of outcome of an illness; meaning: "knowledge before" | prognosis |
| dead body used for dissection, study, and tissue samples | cadaver |
| study of the incidence, spread, and control of disease in a population | epidemiology |
| a person who practices in a profession, such as medicine | practitioner |
| method of numbing a body area or rendering an individual unconscious | anesthesia |
| early method of general anesthesia, thought to be safer than chloroform | ether |
| substance that prevents the growth and reproduction of bacteria & viruses | antiseptic |
| practice of preventing the growth & reproduction of bacteria & viruses | antisepsis |
| process that uses heat to destroy bacteria | pasteurization |
| understanding of and sensitivity to feelings, thoughts, & experiences of others. | empathy |
| program designed to give students skills w/o higher education; also known as "Technical Educational Program" | vocational programs |
| program designed to give students skills w/o higher education; also known as "Vocational Program" | technical educational program |
| educational institution that provides 2-year undergraduate education | community college |
| degree awarded by community colleges after a roughly 2-year course of study | associate degree |
| competency office functions (computer operation, medical records management, billing and coding) | administrative competencies |
| competency direct patient care (drawing blood, taking vitals, assisting w/ surgery) | clinical competencies |
| final phase of an accredited-medical-assisting program | externship |