Chapter 7: Vocabulary Part 1

Question 1

Medication/drug

Answer 1

Agents used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Question 2

Standard Precautions

Answer 2

Measures to decrease your risk of exposure to blood and body fluids

Question 3

Asepsis

Answer 3

A condition free of pathogens

Question 4

Local

Answer 4

Limited to one area of the body

Question 5

Systemic

Answer 5

Throughout the body

Question 6

Steril

Answer 6

free of all forms of life

Question 7

Medically clean

Answer 7

Careful handling to prevent contamination

Question 8

Disinfectant

Answer 8

Cleansing agent that destroy or inhibits pathogenic organisms and is also toxic to living tissue.

Question 9

Antiseptic

Answer 9

Cleansing agent that destroys or inhibits pathogenic organisms but is not toxic to living tissue

Question 10

Ocular medications

Answer 10

Drug administered through the mucous membranes of the eye

Question 11

Aural medications

Answer 11

Drug administered through the mucous membranes of he ear and ear canal

Question 12

Enema

Answer 12

A liquid bolus of medication that is injected into the rectum

Question 13

Bolus

Answer 13

Concentrated mass of medication

Question 14

Parenternal

Answer 14

Drug administration outside of the gastrointestinal tract

Question 15

Hypodermic needle

Answer 15

Hollow metal tube used with the syringe to administer medications.

Question 16

Intradermal

Answer 16

Within the dermal layer of the skin

Question 17

Subcutaneous

Answer 17

Relating to the layer of loose connective tissue between the skin and muscle