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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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