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NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Do you have the correct patient? Ans:— verification of patient
information; match ID wristband with requisition; many hospitals require
"two patient identifiers"
AIDET Ans:— Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank
you
Hippocrates Ans:— the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology Ans:— 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 Ans:— word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root Ans:— the stem or main part of a word; usually in the
middle of the word and central to its meaning
prefix Ans:— comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies
some subdivision or part of the central meaning or changes the meaning
suffix Ans:— 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 Ans:— pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
epigastric Ans:— pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining Ans:— 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 Ans:— muscle heart inflammation
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carcin Ans:— cancer
cyt Ans:— cell
epitheli Ans:— epithelium
hist Ans:— tissue
lip Ans:— fat
my Ans:— muscle
neur Ans:— nerve
onc Ans:— tumor
path Ans:— disease
plasm Ans:— growth
sarc Ans:— flesh, connective tissue
stasis Ans:— control, stop
viscer Ans:— internal organ
symptoms Ans:— what the patient feels
signs Ans:— what you actually see
exam or procedure Ans:— to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record Ans:— digital or paper
patient history Ans:— from nurse upon transport, from other
healthcare workers, from patient directly
anatomic position Ans:— body is erect with arms at the side, with
palms of the hands facing forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal Ans:— vertical field passing through a body from side
to side; divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
sagittal Ans:— vertical field passing through a body from front to back;
divides the body into right and left sides
NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Do you have the correct patient? Ans:— verification of patient
information; match ID wristband with requisition; many hospitals require
"two patient identifiers"
AIDET Ans:— Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank
you
Hippocrates Ans:— the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology Ans:— 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 Ans:— word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root Ans:— the stem or main part of a word; usually in the
middle of the word and central to its meaning
prefix Ans:— comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies
some subdivision or part of the central meaning or changes the meaning
suffix Ans:— 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 Ans:— pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
epigastric Ans:— pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining Ans:— 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 Ans:— muscle heart inflammation
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carcin Ans:— cancer
cyt Ans:— cell
epitheli Ans:— epithelium
hist Ans:— tissue
lip Ans:— fat
my Ans:— muscle
neur Ans:— nerve
onc Ans:— tumor
path Ans:— disease
plasm Ans:— growth
sarc Ans:— flesh, connective tissue
stasis Ans:— control, stop
viscer Ans:— internal organ
symptoms Ans:— what the patient feels
signs Ans:— what you actually see
exam or procedure Ans:— to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record Ans:— digital or paper
patient history Ans:— from nurse upon transport, from other
healthcare workers, from patient directly
anatomic position Ans:— body is erect with arms at the side, with
palms of the hands facing forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal Ans:— vertical field passing through a body from side
to side; divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
sagittal Ans:— vertical field passing through a body from front to back;
divides the body into right and left sides
