AMCA pct study guide exam questions with correct answers

Ventral - Answer- front part of body Dorsal - Answer- back part of body Posterior - Answer- toward the back part of body Anterior - Answer- in front of Medial - Answer- toward the midline Lateral - Answer- away from the midline Proximal - Answer- closest to the point of origin Distal - Answer- away from the point of origin Frontal plane - Answer- divides the body into front and back portions Transverse plane - Answer- divides the body into upper and lower portions Normal Anatomic Position (NAP) - Answer- standing with arms lank and palms forward Supine position - Answer- lying on back, facing upward Prone position - Answer- lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one side) Lateral recumbent position - Answer- The patient is lying on their right or left side. Cardi/o - Answer- heart carcin/o - Answer- cancerous cephal/o - Answer- head cerebr/0 - Answer- cerebrum (largest part of the brain) cyt/o - Answer- cell dent/i - Answer- tooth, teeth derm/o - Answer- skin electr/o - Answer- electrical activity enter/o - Answer- intestines (usually the small intestine) fet/o - Answer- fetus gastr/o - Answer- stomach hyster/o - Answer- uterus, womb rhin/o - Answer- nose sacr/o - Answer- sacrum thromb/o - Answer- clotting ur/o - Answer- urine, urinary tract -al - Answer- pertaining to -algia - Answer- pain -dynia - Answer- pain -ectomy - Answer- excision, removal -emia - Answer- blood condition -genic - Answer- produced by -globin - Answer- protein -gravida - Answer- pregnant woman -itis - Answer- inflammation -oma - Answer- tumor, mass -osis - Answer- abnormal condition -pathy - Answer- disease condition -sis - Answer- state, condition ante- - Answer- before, in front of anti- - Answer- against, opposite brady- - Answer- abnormally slow dia- - Answer- through, across end, endo- - Answer- within, inside epi- - Answer- upon, above, over hyoer- - Answer- excessive, above normal hypo- - Answer- under, below peri- - Answer- surrounding, around pre- - Answer- before, in front of sub- - Answer- under, below -graphy - Answer- the process of producing a picture or record -metry - Answer- process of measuring -scopy - Answer- process of visually examining -stomy - Answer- surgical opening -tomy - Answer- process of cutting, incision -tripsy - Answer- surgical crushing Digoxin (Digitalis) used to - Answer- treat atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. It increases the force of the heart's contractions and slows the heart rate. When a patient is taking digoxin they are instructed to take their pulse regularly.