NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
Do you have the correct patient? - verification of patient information; match ID
wristband with requisition; many hospitals require "two patient identifiers"
AIDET - Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you
Hippocrates - the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology - serves as an aid in communication; consistent and uniform
throughout the world; is efficient because it reduces entire phases to a single word
word parts - word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root - the stem or main part of a word; usually in the middle of the word and
central to its meaning
prefix - comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies some subdivision or
part of the central meaning or changes the meaning
suffix - comes at the end of the word; modifies the central meaning as to what or
who is interacting with it or what is happening to it; usually indicates procedure,
condition, disorder, disease or pertaining to
pericardial - pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
,NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
epigastric - pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining - the combining vowel is not used when the suffix begins with
a vowel; the combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a consonant
myocarditis - muscle heart inflammation
carcin - cancer
cyt - cell
epitheli - epithelium
hist - tissue
lip - fat
my - muscle
neur - nerve
onc - tumor
path - disease
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
, NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
plasm - growth
sarc - flesh, connective tissue
stasis - control, stop
viscer - internal organ
symptoms - what the patient feels
signs - what you actually see
exam or procedure - to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record - digital or paper
patient history - from nurse upon transport, from other healthcare workers, from
patient directly
anatomic position - body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands
facing forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal - vertical field passing through a body from side to side; divides
the body into anterior and posterior portions
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
Do you have the correct patient? - verification of patient information; match ID
wristband with requisition; many hospitals require "two patient identifiers"
AIDET - Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you
Hippocrates - the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology - serves as an aid in communication; consistent and uniform
throughout the world; is efficient because it reduces entire phases to a single word
word parts - word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root - the stem or main part of a word; usually in the middle of the word and
central to its meaning
prefix - comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies some subdivision or
part of the central meaning or changes the meaning
suffix - comes at the end of the word; modifies the central meaning as to what or
who is interacting with it or what is happening to it; usually indicates procedure,
condition, disorder, disease or pertaining to
pericardial - pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
,NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
epigastric - pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining - the combining vowel is not used when the suffix begins with
a vowel; the combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a consonant
myocarditis - muscle heart inflammation
carcin - cancer
cyt - cell
epitheli - epithelium
hist - tissue
lip - fat
my - muscle
neur - nerve
onc - tumor
path - disease
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
, NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
plasm - growth
sarc - flesh, connective tissue
stasis - control, stop
viscer - internal organ
symptoms - what the patient feels
signs - what you actually see
exam or procedure - to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record - digital or paper
patient history - from nurse upon transport, from other healthcare workers, from
patient directly
anatomic position - body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands
facing forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal - vertical field passing through a body from side to side; divides
the body into anterior and posterior portions
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW
