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EMT-B Quiz 3
medication administration metrics and combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| centimeter | cm |
| cubic centimeter | cc |
| deciliter | dL |
| drop(s) | gtt(s) |
| every | q |
| grain | gr |
| gram | g,gm |
| hour | h |
| hydrogen ion concentration | pH |
| intracardiac | IC |
| intramuscular | IM |
| intraosseous | IO |
| intravenous | IV |
| intravenous push | IVP |
| joules | j |
| keep vein open | KVO |
| kilogram | kg |
| liter | L |
| liters per minute | LPM |
| microgram | mcg |
| milliequivalent | mEq |
| milligram | mg |
| milliliter | mL |
| millimeter | mm |
| millimeters of mercury | mmHg |
| minute | min |
| orally | po |
| subcutaneous | SC,SQ |
| sublingual | SL |
| to keep open | TKO |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acous/o | hearing/sound |
| acr/o | extremity/highest part |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| alg/o | pain |
| all/o | other/strange |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arter/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/i | ear |
| auscult/o | listen |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | pouch or sac |
| calcane/o | heel |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caus/o | burn |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chol/e | bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| cili/o | hairlike structure |
| cis/o | cut |
| cleid/o | collarbone |
| cochle/o | cochlea of inner ear |
| cor/o | pupil |
| coron/o | encircling structure |
| corpor/o | body |
| cost/o | rib |
| cry/o | cold |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/a | skin |
| digit/o | finger or toe |
| edem/o | swelling |
| embryon/o | fetus |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthes/o | sensation |
| eti/o | cause |
| febr/o | fever |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| flex/o | bend |
| fract/o | break up |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| heter/o | other |
| home/o | same |
| humer/o | upper arm |
| lith/o | stone |
| medi/o | middle |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | womb,uterus |
| idi/o | unknown |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lact/i | milk |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| ligat/o | tie, behind |
| meg/a | large |
| melan/a | black |