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heart
cardiac (pertaining to the heart) |
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SKIN
DERMATOLOGY
STUDY OF SKIN |
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slow
bradycardia
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same
homograft
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above, over
hypertrophy
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under, below
hypodermic
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among, between
intervertebral
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instrument for measuring
audiometer
(instument to measure hearing) |
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process of measuring
audiometry
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software program used to enter patient information into a computer. |
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Report from surgeon detailing an operation; included pre and postoperative diagnosis, specific details of surgical procedure itself, and how patient tolerated procedure. |
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Nursing Home or Long-Term Care Facilities |
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| Provide long-term care for patients needing extra time to recover from illness or injury before returning home, or for persons who can no loner care fro themselves |
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| Provide diagnostic and treatment services in a private office setting |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 set federal standards providing patients with more protection of their medical records and health information, better access to their own records, and greater control over how their health information is used and to whom it is disclosed. |
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What does the cranial cavity contain? |
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located nearer to the point of attachment to the body.
(in the anatomical position the elbow is proximal to the hand) |
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Located farther away from the point of attachment to the body
(the hand is distal to the elbow) |
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| Sweat glands function to cool the body as sweat evaporates. Sweat or perspiration contains a small amount of waste product but is normally colorless and odorless. |
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| What is the term for a scaly skin condition? |
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ichthyoderma
ichthy/o = scaly, dry
-derma = skin condition |
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| How are the skin cells for examination in exfoliative cytology obtained? |
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exfoliative cytology
cyt/o = cell
=logy = study |
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Where is a Xenograft skin graft harvested? |
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Skin fraft from an animal of another species (usually a pig) to a human. Also called heterograft (hetero = other)
xeno- = strange, foreign |
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bone in the knee
knee-cap |
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What condition does the procedure dual-energy absorptiometry detect?
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Measurement of bone density using low dose X-ray for the purpose of detecting ostoporsis
-metry = process of measuring |
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Medical term for joint fusion |
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