Medical Assistant State Test Study Guide

Medical Assistant State Test Study Guide cysto- - ☑bladder what is the term for narrowing? - ☑stenosis Gastrectomy is the term for excision of the - ☑stomach the abbreviation meaning two times a day is? - ☑bid which is the correct spelling? pharengytis, pharengitis, pharyngytis, or pharyngitis - ☑pharyngitis a trained medical assistant is able to - function as a nurse, interpret lab results, administer IV therapy or assist with minor procedures - ☑assist with minor procedures a patients photo was made public without her permission. This is called - invasion of privacy, defamation, fraud, or slander - ☑invasion of privacy patient instruction sheets are used to - ☑prevent misunderstanding the best time to perform a breast exam - ☑monthly communication with patients can be improved by - ☑providing privacy hyper- - ☑increased nephro- - ☑kidney auto- - ☑self osteo- - ☑bone dys- - ☑painful litho- - ☑stone brady- - ☑slow chole- - ☑gallbladder macro- - ☑large gastro- - ☑stomach arthro- - ☑joint tachy- - ☑fast thoraco- - ☑chest hypo- - ☑decrease mammo- - ☑breast veno- - ☑vein hepato- - ☑liver hemo- - ☑blood ophthalmo- - ☑eye trans- - ☑through/across -oma - ☑tumor -algia - ☑pain -ectomy - ☑surgical removal -itis - ☑inflammation -ology - ☑study -emia - ☑blood condition -tomy - ☑incision -osis - ☑abnormal condition -megaly - ☑enlargement -graphy - ☑xray exam