Key Terms

Question 1

Amputation

Answer 1

surgical removal of limb / extremity

Question 2

Biopsy

Answer 2

Removal and exam of tissue

Question 3

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Answer 3

Surgery to eliminate blockage in artery to heart

Question 4

Coronary Artery Disease

Answer 4

Partial or compalte blockage of blood vessels to heart

Question 5

COPD

Answer 5

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - persistent disorder impairs breathing

Question 6

Dilation and Cutterage

Answer 6

Surgery using instrument to open cervix and cut tissue in

Question 7

Eletrocardiogram

Answer 7

Record of heart impulses

Question 8

Genitourinary

Answer 8

Urinary and reproductive organs

Question 9

Hematocrit

Answer 9

percentage of blood that is RBC

Question 10

Hemoglobin

Answer 10

Red oxygen carrying pigment of red blood cells

Question 11

Incision

Answer 11

surgical wound cutting into tissue

Question 12

Nasogastric

Answer 12

from nose to stomach

Question 13

PID Pelvic inflammatory disease

Answer 13

Bacterial infection of female reproductive organs

Question 14

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 14

Autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling and deformity esp in hands and feet

Question 15

Tonsillectomy

Answer 15

Surgical removal of tonsils

Question 16

Tuberculosis

Answer 16

Infectious disease causes death / necrosis of lung tissue

Question 17

Adenoidectomy

Answer 17

remocal of small masses of lymph tissue near pharynx opening

Question 18

Transient Ischemic Attach

Answer 18

Temporary interruption of blood flow to brain

Question 19

Urinalysis

Answer 19

Diagnostic exam of urine