Medical Terminology Midterm Review:

1.  What are the body cavities and know in general what is located in each cavity?

2.  What is the name of the 3 types of blood cells?

3.  What are the endocrine glands in the body?

4.  Resembling , tumor, surgical removal, surgical repair

5.  Disorders of glucose in the blood, too much or too little.

6.  To swallow, inability to swallow and difficulty swallowing

7.  To make a whole or opening in

8.  Prefixes, poly, di , tri….

9.  Sterilization of a female

10.  Androgen hormones

11.  Membranes around the brain

12.  Condition of no pain sensation

13.  Inflammation of nerves

14.  Removal of both ovaries

15.  Periodontal procedures

16.  Directional body terms.

17.  Types of white blood cells

18.  What is a biopsy?

Define the following suffixes:

19.  –ectomy______

20.  –itis ______

21.  –plasty______

22.  –algia______

23.  –emia______

24.  –ology______

25.  –oma______

26.  –pathy______

27.  –penia______

28.  –phobia______

29.  –stenosis______

30.  –sclerosis______

Define the following prefixes:

31.  Hypo______

32.  Hyper______

33.  Poly-______

34.  Epi______

35.  Sub______

36.  Inter______

37.  Retro______

38.  A-______

39.  Erythro______

40.  Leuko______

41.  Macro______

42.  Micro______

Understand all terms in the progress note to explain on the midterm

S: This is a 26 y.o. female c/o a nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and a fever X 2 d; pt does not smoke and has otherwise been in good health.

O: T 101 F, BP 100/64, R 25, P 104

Tachypnea is accompanied by mild cyanosis, and inspiratory crackles are noted upon ascultation. WBC 31,000, Hct 37%, platelet count 109,000. CXR shows diffuse infiltrates at the bases of both lungs. An ABG taken while the patient was breathing room air showed a pH of 7.54, Pa CO2 of 20, PaO2 of 74. Sputum specimen contains 3 + WBC but no bacteria

A: Pneumonia of unknown etiology

P: IV erythromycin STAT

Admit to IC

Deliver O2 by face mask and monitor for hypoxemia.

43.  Know what the following abbreviations stand for?

WBC

CBC

RBC

HGB

HCT

MCV

MCHC

PLT

STAT

IV

IM

44. Know in general common combining forms: ie gast= stomach and hepato= liver
-emia= blood, nephr= ______
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