Patient Care RCIS Wes Todd Invasive Basics Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+).docx

Patient Care RCIS Wes Todd Invasive
Basics Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Peri-? -
correct answer ✅Surrounding or around (ex. Pericardium)


Endo-? -
correct answer ✅Within or inward (ex. Endocardium)


Retro-? -
correct answer ✅Behind or backward (ex. Retroperitoneal)


Hyper-? -
correct answer ✅Excessive, above, beyond, or more than normal
(ex. Hyperkalemia)


Hypo-? -
correct answer ✅Deficient, beneath, under, or below normal (Ex.
Hypothermia)


Trans-? -
correct answer ✅Across or beyond (Ex. Trans-thoracic)

,Patient Care RCIS Wes Todd Invasive
Basics Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Vas(o)-? -
correct answer ✅Vessel or canal for carrying a fluid (ex.
Vasoconstriction)


Phlebo-? -
correct answer ✅Vein or venous or systemic vessel containing
deoxygenated blood (ex. Phlebitis)


Arteri(o)-? -
correct answer ✅Systemic vessel containing oxygenated blood (ex.
Arteriosclerosis)


Ather(o)-? -
correct answer ✅Fatty degradation (ex. Atheromatous plaque)


Cholangi-? -
correct answer ✅Bile duct (ex. Cholangiogram)


-emia? -
correct answer ✅Blood condition (ex. Anemia)

,Patient Care RCIS Wes Todd Invasive
Basics Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
-poiesis? -
correct answer ✅Formation (ex. Erhythropoiesis)


-megaly? -
correct answer ✅Enlargement (cardiomegaly)


-pathy? -
correct answer ✅Disease condition (myocardopathy)


-penia? -
correct answer ✅Deficiency (ex. Thrombocytopenia)


-itis? -
correct answer ✅Inflammation (ex. Phlebitis)


-plasty? -
correct answer ✅Surgical repair (ex. Angioplasty)


-ectomy? -
correct answer ✅Surgical removal/incision (ex. Pericardiectomy)

, Patient Care RCIS Wes Todd Invasive
Basics Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)

-centesis? -
correct answer ✅Surgical tap (ex. Thoracentesis)


-ostomy? -
correct answer ✅Surgical opening between organs (ex. Colostomy,
pericardiostomy or pericardial window into pleural cavity)


A patient with oliguria may be treated with what? -
correct answer ✅Foley catheter
It is a dual lumen rubber catheter that is positioned in the bladder
to drain it when pts are unable to void adequately. This condition of
decreased urine output in relation to the intake termed oliguria,
hypouresis or obligouresis.


Olig-? -
correct answer ✅Deficient (ex. Oliguria, decrease urine)


What is the term for infiltration of fluids or blood around an arterial
or IV access site? -
correct answer ✅Extravasation