CCMA- Medical Terminology

Question 1

What does the abbreviation PRN mean?

Answer 1

As needed

Question 2

What location is the gallbladder located in?

Answer 2

Right Upper Quadrant

Question 3

What organ lives in the right upper quadrant?

Answer 3

GALLBLADDER

Question 4

Absence of infection is referred to as?

Answer 4

ASEPTIS

Question 5

What does CPR stand for?

Answer 5

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Question 6

A rash with an elevation of 0.5cm is called a _______.

Answer 6

PAPULE

Question 7

What is the medical term for difficulty breathing?

Answer 7

DYSPNEA

Question 8

Someone who continuously checks doors may have?

Answer 8

OCD

Question 9

An enlarged red blood cell is called a _______.

Answer 9

MACROCYTE

Question 10

NPO stands for?

Answer 10

NOTHING BY MOUTH

Question 11

Palpate means?

Answer 11

FEELING

Question 12

Auscultating breath sounds/ bowel sounds/ heart tones means?

Answer 12

LISTENING

Question 13

What is the component of medical terminology that assists with the ease of pronunciation?

Answer 13

Combining vowel

Question 14

What is the medical term for the removal of a kidney stone?

Answer 14

NEPHRECTOMY

Question 15

Epstein Barr is known as?

Answer 15

MONONUCLEOSIS (Mono)

Question 16

Psoriasis presents as _______.

Answer 16

SILVER SCALY