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1
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Allows healthcare professionals to communicate quickly, because….

A

It uses a common understanding of the terms

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2
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The words used in the language of medicine come primarily from which ancient languages?

A

Greek and Latin

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3
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The person widely considered the father of Western medicine is…

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Hippocrates

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4
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Medical language, places, together, roots, prefixes, and suffixes to describe some aspect of…

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Health care

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5
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The letter C sounds like a K when it comes before which vowels?

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A, O, U

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6
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Medical language allows healthcare professionals to be clear because…

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We live in a multicultural world, and medical terminology is a way of speaking in the same way, regardless of your native language

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7
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The syllables in the word colonoscopy are co / lon/ o / sco / py. The syllable that is the Ultima is…

A

Py

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8
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Local language is comprise primarily of words from the Latin, and _______ languages.

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Greek

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9
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Which of the following our word parts used to build medical terms?

A

Suffixes, roots, prefixes

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10
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The first people to study the human body, and develop theories about health and disease, where the ancient….

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Greeks

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11
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What route words mean lung?

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Pneum/ o; pulmon/o

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12
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What are true about understanding how medical language works?

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You will learn the meaning of keywords, you will be able to break down and understand words you have never seen before, you can generate words from their word parts.

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13
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Which suffix means small?

A

-ole

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14
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G is pronounced like a J when followed by which vowels?

A

I, E

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15
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The suffix -logy means

A

Study of

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16
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The last syllable of of a word is the…

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Ultima

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17
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In the word myalgia, the root word means muscle, and the suffix means…

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Pain

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18
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The type of word part at the end of the word that gives essential meaning to the term is the….

A

Suffix

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19
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The suffix that means instrument used to produce a record is…

A

-graph

20
Q

What route words mean skin?

A

Cutane/ o; derm/ o

21
Q

Deconstruct the word, rhinoplasty by separating the combining form in the suffix with a hyphen.

A

Rhino-plasty

22
Q

What suffix means pertaining to?

A

-ac, -ous, -ary, -eal

23
Q

What prefixes mean not?

A

A-, An-

24
Q

In the word amniocentesis, the suffix -centesis means…

A

Puncture

25
Q

What prefixes mean before?

A

Pre-, Ante-

26
Q

The most common combining vowel is…

A

O

27
Q

The suffix that means instrument used to produce a record is…

A

Graph

28
Q

When is a combining vowel used?

A

To join a root to another root; to join a root to a suffix that begins with a consonant.

29
Q

In the word appendectomy, the suffix -ectomy means…

A

Removal

30
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When is a combining vowel NOT used?

A

To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel

31
Q

The combining form oste/ o means bone and the suffix-tomy means incision into. Spell the term that means incision to the bone.

A

Osteotomy

32
Q

A combining form is a combination of a ______ with a combining vowel.

A

Root

33
Q

In the word gastroenterology, the two combining forms mean….

A

Stomach; intestine

34
Q

A combining vowel is not used when connecting a root to which of the following suffixes?

A

-ectomy

35
Q

Which prefixes mean before?

A

Pre-, Ante-

36
Q

A combining vowel is used when joining a root with which of the following suffixes?

A

-megaly

37
Q

When defining a medical term, what should you do first?

A

Interpret the suffix first

38
Q

A(n) ______ is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented what is being described. 

A

Eponym

39
Q

PERRLA

A

Pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation

40
Q

What abbreviation does not describe the time of day in which a prescription should be taken?

A

TID (three times daily)

41
Q

What abbreviation would most likely be found in the plan portion of a health record?

A

QHS (at night)

42
Q

A SOAP note is…

A

A pattern used in writing medical notes; a way of thinking

43
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A differential diagnosis is…

A

A list of possible causes of the patient’s problem or complaint

44
Q

A diagnosis is…

A

The identification of the actual problem

45
Q

Scheduling of a surgery (SOAP)

A

Plan

46
Q

Past medical history, family history

A

S (subjective)

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