Question | Answer |
NPO | Nothing by mouth |
AU | Both ears |
PO | By mouth |
GTTS | Drops |
HS | Hour of sleep |
AC | Before meals |
PC | After meals |
BID | Twice a day |
TAB | Therapedic abortion |
RX | Prescription |
Q | Every |
Ectomy | Removal of |
Itis | Inflammation |
Dermo | Skin |
CYAN/O | Blue |
ERYTHR/O | Red |
LEUK/O | White |
Prefix | End of the word |
Suffix | First part of a word |
Cardiologist | Studies the <3 |
Pediatrician | Childrens doctor.
New born - 18 |
Internist | Diagnosis or provides medical treatment |
Radiologist | X RAYS |
Gynecologist | Treats diseases of female reproductive parts |
Gastroenterologist | Disorder of digestion |
Pathogen | Infectious agent |
NON-Pathogen | Noninfectious agent |
Name of virus that causes the swine flu | H1N1 virus |
Epidemmic | Affecting many people all at one time |
Pandemic | Epidemic of infectious disease that spreads over large areas |
What makes a system? | An organ system |
Centrosome | microtubes produced during seperation |
Lysosome | Has digestive enzymes to break down proteins |
Golgi Apparatus | Packages proteins to be shipped to the ER |
Cytoplasm | FLuid in which the cell is made up of |
Nucleus | Brain of cell |
Mitochondria | Powerhouse of the cell |
Nucleolus | Produces ribosomes |
Pinocytic Vessel | Allows large objects to enter the cell |
Empathy | Sharing emotions with patient |
Patience | Being able to deal with time and care |
Honesty | Always being honest with patients and coworkers |
Dependability | Trustworthy |
Enthusiasm | Happy or excited |
Responsibility | Be responsible with or in your own actions |
Competence | Performing jobs properly |
Discretion | Not telling anyone about anything ( confendiality ) |
Tact | Skill dealing with hard or delicate things |
Self Motivation | Motivation for yourself and teamates |
Teamplayer | Always work as a team and accepting team ideas |
Invasion of privacy | Never invading privacy of a patient or coworker |
Teamwork | Learning to act as one |
Public health? | The Romans |
Father of medicine? | Hippocrates |
Bifocal glasses? | Benjamin Franklin |
Smallpox? | Edward Jenner |
Penicillin? | Sir ALexander Flemming |
Polio? | Karl Landsteiner |
Red Cross founder? | Clara Barton |
HIV (YR) | 1983 |
Anatomy | Study of structure of living things |
Physiology | Study of nonliving things function |
Midsaggital | Plane that divides body from right to left |
Transverse | Plane that divides body into top and bottom |
Coronal (FRONTAL) | Plane that divides body into front and back |
Lateral | Away from midline |
Medial | Close to midline |
Inferior | Body parts below the transverse plane |
Superior | Body parts above the transvers plane |
Proximal | Clsoe to |
Distal | Away from |
Pelvic? | Urinary bladder, reproductive organ, and part of large intestine |
Cranial? | Brain |
Orbital? | Eyes |
Spinal? | Spinal cord |
Dorsal (POSTERIOR)? | Cranial to spinal |
Ventral (ANTERIOR)? | Thoraic, Abdominal, Pelvic |
Abdominal? | Liver, stomach, pancreas, colon, bladder, rectum,anus |
Thoraic? | Esophagus, Trachea, Bronchi, Lungs, Heart, and large blood vessles |
Buccal? | Teeth and tongue |