General Ch. 1 Questions

Question 1

What are the 3 parts of a medical term?

Answer 1

Prefix- root -suffix

Question 2

What is the root?

Answer 2

The root is the main portion of a medical term and holds the fundamental meaning of the medical term

Question 3

True or False: A word can have more than 1 root word and a root may be used for different meanings based on the body system referred to

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are combining vowels used for?

Answer 4

Combining vowels are used to link the root word to a suffix or one root word to another root word

Question 5

What do prefixes indicate?

Answer 5

Location, Time and Number

Question 6

What do suffixes indicate?

Answer 6

Procedure, condition, disorder, disease

Question 7

What is an organ system?

Answer 7

Collection of body parts depending on another to achieve a common objective

Question 8

What are the 4 categories of the human body?

Answer 8

Cells, tissues, organs, and systems

Question 9

What are the 5 body cavities?

Answer 9

Cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic

Question 10

What are membranes?

Answer 10

Membranes line the internal spaces of organs and tubes opening to the outside and line the body cavities

Question 11

What is Physiology?

Answer 11

Study of how the human body operates. Explains the chemistry and physics, the foundation of basic biological processes, such as how molecules react in cells and how organ systems work together

Question 12

What is Pathology?

Answer 12

Study of disease. Determines the disease cause (etiology) and understands the processes of its development (pathogenesis) the structural changes associated with the disease process (morphological alterations) and the functional effects of those changes

Question 13

Pathophysiology

Answer 13

Determining the illnesses source, understanding the processes of its development, the structural changes associated with the disease process and the functional outcomes of these changes
Disrupted Physiology

Question 14

What is a disease?

Answer 14

Adverse change from an organisms normal structural, functional, or social condition that is accompanied by specific signs and symptoms and changes in function from physical damage

Question 15

What is medical treatment?

Answer 15

The management and care of a patients disease or disorder. Standard medical care to combat disease or disorder to improve health

Question 16

What is an operative report?

Answer 16

Shows a detailed summary of the findings throughout the procedure, the procedure performed, any specimens that were removed, the pre and post operative diagnoses and the names of the primary performing surgeon and assistants

Question 17

What are the four main sections of the operative report?

Answer 17

The header, indications for surgery, detail or body of the procedure, findings