Medical Assistant State Test Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+

Medical Assistant State Test Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ cysto- - ANS- bladder what is the term for narrowing? - ANS- stenosis Gastrectomy is the term for excision of the - ANS- stomach the abbreviation meaning two times a day is? - ANS- bid which is the correct spelling? pharengytis, pharengitis, pharyngytis, or pharyngitis - ANS- pharyngitis a trained medical assistant is able to - function as a nurse, interpret lab results, administer IV therapy or assist with minor procedures - ANS- assist with minor procedures a patients photo was made public without her permission. This is called - invasion of privacy, defamation, fraud, or slander - ANS- invasion of privacy patient instruction sheets are used to - ANS- prevent misunderstanding the best time to perform a breast exam - ANS- monthly communication with patients can be improved by - ANS- providing privacy hyper- - ANS- increased nephro- - ANS- kidney auto- - ANS- self osteo- - ANS- bone dys- - ANS- painful litho- - ANS- stone brady- - ANS- slow chole- - ANS- gallbladder macro- - ANS- large gastro- - ANS- stomach arthro- - ANS- joint tachy- - ANS- fast thoraco- - ANS- chest hypo- - ANS- decrease mammo- - ANS- breast veno- - ANS- vein hepato- - ANS- liver hemo- - ANS- blood ophthalmo- - ANS- eye trans- - ANS- through/across -oma - ANS- tumor -algia - ANS- pain -ectomy - ANS- surgical removal -itis - ANS- inflammation -ology - ANS- study -emia - ANS- blood condition -tomy - ANS- incision -osis - ANS- abnormal condition -megaly - ANS- enlargement -graphy - ANS- xray exam -phasia - ANS- speech -scopy - ANS- examination -gram - ANS- record -ptosis - ANS- falling, dropping -stasis - ANS- stopping -plegia - ANS- paralysis -desis - ANS- bind or tie -phagia - ANS- swallowing -ostomy - ANS- surgical opening -pathy - ANS- disease hs - ANS- at bedtime IM - ANS- intramuscular Hx - ANS- history q.i.d. - ANS- four times a day gtt - ANS- drop q.d. - ANS- once daily p.c. - ANS- after meals OD - ANS- right CC - ANS- chief complaint CHF - ANS- congestive heart failure RLQ - ANS- right lower quadrant Dx - ANS- diagnosis LMP - ANS- last menstrual period I & D - ANS- incision and drainage Tx - ANS- treatment hct - ANS- hematocrit LUQ - ANS- left upper quadrant SOB - ANS- shortness of breath po - ANS- by mouth hypotension - ANS- low blood pressure cicatrix - ANS- scar tissue nephromegaly - ANS- enlargement of the kidney cholelithiasis - ANS- gallbladder stones