Chapter 1 - Medical Language & Health Care Today

Question 1

What are the five skills of medical language communication?

Answer 1

1. Reading
2. Hearing
3. Thinking/analyzing/understanding
4. Writing/spelling
5. Speaking/pronouncing

Question 2

-ation

Answer 2

being; having; process

Question 3

-ion

Answer 3

action; condition

Question 4

-ia

Answer 4

condition; state; thing

Question 5

-ism

Answer 5

disease from a specific cause; process

Question 6

-itis

Answer 6

infection of; inflammation of

Question 7

-megaly

Answer 7

enlargement

Question 8

-osis

Answer 8

abnormal condition; process

Question 9

-oma

Answer 9

mass; tumor

Question 10

-pathy

Answer 10

disease

Question 11

-ectomy

Answer 11

surgical removal

Question 12

-gram

Answer 12

picture; record

Question 13

-graphy

Answer 13

process of recording

Question 14

-metry

Answer 14

process of measuring

Question 15

-scope

Answer 15

instrument used to examine

Question 16

-scopy

Answer 16

process of using an instrument to examine

Question 17

-tomy

Answer 17

process of making an incision

Question 18

-iatry

Answer 18

medical treatment

Question 19

-ics

Answer 19

knowledge; practice

Question 20

-ist

Answer 20

person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

Question 21

-logy

Answer 21

study of

Question 22

sagittal plane

Answer 22

• divides the body into right and left

- medial/lateral/bilateral

Question 23

coronal plane

Answer 23

• divides the body at the midline (front and back)

- anterior (ventral)/posterior (dorsal)

Question 24

transverse plane

Answer 24

• divides the body into upper and lower

- cephalad/caudad

Question 25

Name the five body cavities.

Answer 25

1. Cranial
2. Spinal
3. Thoracic
4. Abdominal
5. Pelvic

Question 26

Name the nine body regions.

Answer 26

1. Left/right hypochondriac
2. Epigastric
3. Left/right lumbar
4. Umbilical
5. Left/right inguinal
6. Hypogastric

Question 27

What’s the difference between a disease and a disorder?

Answer 27

A disease is any change in the normal structure or function of the body. A disorder is the disturbance of action or function (usually mental or psychiatric).

Question 28

What’s the difference between a symptom and a sign?

Answer 28

A symptom is any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient. A sign is when a symptom can be detected by others.

Question 29

remission

Answer 29

a temporary improvement in the signs or symptoms of a disease w/out the underlying disease being cured

Question 30

sequela

Answer 30

a complication that is caused by the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved

Question 31

syndrome

Answer 31

a set of symptoms and signs associated w/ and characteristic of a particular disease

Question 32

refractory

Answer 32

a disease that does not respond to treatment

Question 33

dors/o-

Answer 33

back; dorsum

Question 34

caud/o-

Answer 34

tailbone

Question 35

cellul/o-

Answer 35

cell

Question 36

What is the medical definition of the word pneumonitis?

Answer 36

infection of the lung

Question 37

ven/o-

Answer 37

vein

Question 38

cost/o-

Answer 38

rib

Question 39

eti/o-

Answer 39

cause of disease

Question 40

Define etiology.

Answer 40

cause or origin of a disease

Question 41

tom/o-

Answer 41

cut; layer; slice

Question 42

ana-

Answer 42

apart; excessive

Question 43

-ical

Answer 43

pertaining to

Question 44

-ory

Answer 44

having the function of

Question 45

fract/o-

Answer 45

bend; break up; having the function of being able to break up

Question 46

syn-

Answer 46

together

Question 47

-drome

Answer 47

running

Question 48

What is bradycardia?

Answer 48

condition of a slow heart

Question 49

What is tachycardia?

Answer 49

condition of a fast heart

Question 50

quadri-

Answer 50

four

Question 51

pleg/o-

Answer 51

paralysis