Chapter 1 VOCAB Flashcards
Official recognition from a professional association than an education program meets minimum standards for an occupation.
Accreditation
healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs
alternative, complementary, integrative therapies
conditions characterized by weakened
blood vessels, which can then burst
Aneurysms
a substance that promotes good health by reducing cell deterioration and may contribute to
disease prevention
Antioxidant
groups of similar occupations and
industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers
Career clusters
a sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and
performance
Career ladder
smaller groups of specialized
occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training
Career pathways
tube-shaped medical devices that can be inserted into blood vessels or body cavities for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
Catheters
refers to a disease or condition that is long-lasting and potentially lifelong
Chronic
a screening test that examines the inner surface of the colon
Colonoscopy
relating to the arteries that supply blood to the heart
Coronary
Documents proving a person’s qualifications for a particular occupation
Credentials
insertion of a new gene to replace an
abnormal or defective gene
Gene therapy
personalized medical care that
uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health
Geonomic Medicine
therapies that treat the patient as a
whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well being
Holistic Care
injection of drugs or another solution
directly into a vein
Infusion
a fertilization process that takes place in a test tube, or otherwise outside the body
In Vitro
pertaining to operations that use
tubes with cameras and tools attached to them and require very small incisions
Laparoscopic
X-rays that test for breast cancer
Mammogram
to process a substance through
metabolism
Metabolize
a technique that provides detailed pictures of what is happening inside the body at the molecular and cellular level
Molecular imaging
a field of science that manipulates
individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow
Nanotechnology
standards determined by the National Consortium for Health Science Education, which describe the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers
National Health Science Standards
devices used to regulate heartbeats
Pacemakers
education past high school that can be obtained at community colleges, vocational or technical colleges, public and private colleges and universities, institutes of technology, and career colleges
PostSecondary education
a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ runctions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder
Regenerative medicine
a tubular support that is used to keep arteries blood vessels, canals, or ducts open to aid healing or prevent an obstruction
Stent
a surgical technique that combines a reliable telephone line and multimedia image communication
with robotic equipment and a skilled surgeon who is a considerable distance from the patient
Telesurgery
the most common form of medical care in the United States, which uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness
Western medicine
surgeries that allow patients to
leave the hospital shortlv after a procedure has been completed
Outpatient procedures
