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401 - Confirm Physical Status
Section 1 - Medical Terminology
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
08/20/2013
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Term
Half
 Definition
Hemi
Term
Difficult / Pain
 Definition
Dys
Term
Rapid / Accelerated
 Definition
tachy
Term
white / colourless
 Definition
leuco
Term
rough
 Definition
trachy
Term
above
 Definition
supra
Term
below
 Definition
hypo / sub
Term
scant / deficient
 Definition
Olig
Term
bad / abnormal
 Definition
mal
Term
slow
 Definition
brachy
Term
joint
 Definition
arthr / articul
Term
ear
 Definition
ot
Term
heart
 Definition
cardi
Term
breast
 Definition
mammo / mast
Term
liver
 Definition
hepat
Term
head
 Definition
cephal
Term
brain
 Definition
cerebr - encephaio
Term
bladder
 Definition
cyst
Term
stomach
 Definition
gastr
Term
blood
 Definition
haem
Term
cell
 Definition
cyt
Term
kidney
 Definition
nephr / ren
Term
bone
 Definition
osteo
Term
eye
 Definition
ocul / optic
Term
chest
 Definition
streth / thorac
Term
iasis
 Definition
disease produced by
Term
osis
 Definition
action / process, condition
Term
pathy
 Definition
disease of / therapy
Term
paenia
 Definition
dificiency
Term
plasty
 Definition
repair of / plastic surgery / refashioning
Term
plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
rrhagia
 Definition
excessive / unusual flow / rupture
Term
rrhoea
 Definition
flow / discharge
Term
scopy
 Definition
observation / examination
Term
sect
 Definition
to cut
Term
stomy
 Definition
artificial opening
Term
tomy
 Definition
surgical incision into
Term
TPR
 Definition
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION
Term
BP
 Definition
BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
BGL
 Definition
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL (BSL)
Term
BD
 Definition
TWICE X DAILY
Term
QID / QDS
 Definition
FOUR X DAILY
Term
TDS
 Definition
THREE X DAILY
Term
STAT
 Definition
NOW - IMMEDIATELY
Term
AC
 Definition
BEFORE MEALS
Term
CC
 Definition
WITH MEALS
Term
PC
 Definition
AFTER MEALS
Term
MSU
 Definition
MIDSTREAM URINE SPECIMAN
Term
UA
 Definition
URINALYSIS
Term
IDC
 Definition
INDWELLING CATHETER
Term
SPC
 Definition
SUPRACUBIC CATHETER
Term
MANE
 Definition
MORNING
Term
NOCTE
 Definition
NIGHT
Term
PRN
 Definition
AS REQUIRED / AS NECESSARY
Term
FBC
 Definition
FLUID BALANCE CHART
Term
FBC
 Definition
FULL BLOOD COUNT / EXAMINATION
Term
CAL
 Definition
CHRONIC AIRFLOW LIMITATION
Term
COPD
 Definition
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Term
MI
 Definition
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Term
IVI
 Definition
INTRAVENOUS INJECTION / INFUSION
Term
NGT
 Definition
NASOGASTRIC TUBE
Term
PE
 Definition
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Term
DVT
 Definition
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
Term
PU
 Definition
PASSED URINE
Term
HNPU
 Definition
HAS NOT PASSED URINE
Term
BO
 Definition
BOWELS OPEN
Term
BNO
 Definition
BOWLES NOT OPEN
Term
DBC
 Definition
DEEP BREATHING & COUGHING
Term
PAC
 Definition
PRESSURE AREA CARE
Term
ADL
 Definition
ACTIVITES OF DAILY LIVING
Term
ANATOMY
 Definition
'A cutting Open' - study of internal & external structures of the body & the physical relationships among body parts
Term
PHYSIOLOGY
 Definition
Study of how living organisms & their parts unction (ie, physiology of the brain / heart)
Term
HISTIOLOGY
 Definition
The study of microscopic structure of tissues
Term
PATHOLOGY
 Definition
Science or study of disease or morbid conditions
Term
MICROBIOLOGY
 Definition
Study of Organisms
Term
PHARMOCOLOGY
 Definition
Study of uses, effects & modes of action of drugs
Term
CCF
 Definition
Congestive Heart Failure
Term
CSF
 Definition
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
Term
EFFERENT
 Definition
The Conduct impulse moves away from the Nerve Cell Body
Term
AFFERENT
 Definition
Conduct Impulses toward the Nerve Cell Body
Term
Review and Label Heart
 Definition
[image]
Term
Review & Label Cardiac Conduction System
 Definition
[image]
Term
Review & Label ECG
 Definition
[image]
Term
Function of ARTERY
 Definition
To carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
Term
Function of VEIN
 Definition
To carry deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Term
What is the pacemaker of the heart?
 Definition
Sino Atrial Node - SA Node
Term
What happens during systole?
 Definition
Contraction of the Heart Muscle
Term
What happens during diastole?
 Definition
Relaxation of the Heart Muscle
Term
What is a P Wave
 Definition
Depolarization from the SA Node to the Atria
Term
What is a QRS Wave
 Definition
Ventricular Depolarization. The ventricles begin contracting shortly after the peak of the R Wave.
Term
What is the T Wave
 Definition
Repolarisation of Ventricle.
Term
What is the function of Angiotensin II and what condition can it lead to?
 Definition
Causes vasoconstriction of the blood vessels which increases blood pressure.
Term
What Diseases are caused by Hypertension
 Definition
Coronary Heart Disease
Ventricular Hypertrophy
Cerebrovascular Disease - Stroke
Term
Function of CAPILLIARIES
 Definition
Oxygen from blood is transferred to tissues and organs that need it
Term
What is BP?
 Definition
Pressure exerted by blood against the walls of blood vessels, especially the arteries.
Term
What is a normal BP?
 Definition
120/80
Term
Name the parts of the Cardiac Conduction System
 Definition
SA Node - pacemaker
AV Node - opens tricuspid valve
Bundle of His
L/R Bundle Branches
Purkinje Fibres
Term
Name the Vessel Structures
 Definition
External Tunica
Media Tunica

TUNICA = MUSCLE
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