Mosby's Essentials for Nursing
Assistants Chapter 8 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. -ectomy - ANSWER-elimination
2. -phasia - ANSWER-speech
3. -pnea - ANSWER-respiration
4. A.C. - ANSWER-before food
5. Activities of each day living - ANSWER-ADL
6. after meals - ANSWER-PC
7. Anterior (ventral) - ANSWER-in the direction of the front
8. As favored - ANSWER-advert lib
9. broncho (o) - ANSWER-bronchus
10.BRP - ANSWER-lavatory privileges
11.carcin(o) - ANSWER-cancerous
12.CBR - ANSWER-whole bed relaxation
13.crani (o) - ANSWER-cranium
14.Distral - ANSWER-distant, a ways
15.input (o) - ANSWER-gut
16.hemi- - ANSWER-half of
17.hepat (o) - ANSWER-liver
18.hyper- - ANSWER-excessive
19.hypo- - ANSWER-beneath, below
20.I&O - ANSWER-consumption and output
21.Lateral - ANSWER-facet
22.Level of attention - ANSWER-LOC
23.List the phrase factors (components of words). - ANSWER-prefixes, roots, and
suffixes
24.Medial - ANSWER-center
25.Medical terms are shaped via combining phrase elements. When translating clinical
phrases, start with the - ANSWER-root
26.nephr (o) - ANSWER-kidney
27.NPO - ANSWER-nothing via mouth
28.otomy- - ANSWER-reduce into
29.Out of bed - ANSWER-OOB
30.p.O. - ANSWER-by way of mouth
31.para- - ANSWER-beside, beyond, after
Assistants Chapter 8 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. -ectomy - ANSWER-elimination
2. -phasia - ANSWER-speech
3. -pnea - ANSWER-respiration
4. A.C. - ANSWER-before food
5. Activities of each day living - ANSWER-ADL
6. after meals - ANSWER-PC
7. Anterior (ventral) - ANSWER-in the direction of the front
8. As favored - ANSWER-advert lib
9. broncho (o) - ANSWER-bronchus
10.BRP - ANSWER-lavatory privileges
11.carcin(o) - ANSWER-cancerous
12.CBR - ANSWER-whole bed relaxation
13.crani (o) - ANSWER-cranium
14.Distral - ANSWER-distant, a ways
15.input (o) - ANSWER-gut
16.hemi- - ANSWER-half of
17.hepat (o) - ANSWER-liver
18.hyper- - ANSWER-excessive
19.hypo- - ANSWER-beneath, below
20.I&O - ANSWER-consumption and output
21.Lateral - ANSWER-facet
22.Level of attention - ANSWER-LOC
23.List the phrase factors (components of words). - ANSWER-prefixes, roots, and
suffixes
24.Medial - ANSWER-center
25.Medical terms are shaped via combining phrase elements. When translating clinical
phrases, start with the - ANSWER-root
26.nephr (o) - ANSWER-kidney
27.NPO - ANSWER-nothing via mouth
28.otomy- - ANSWER-reduce into
29.Out of bed - ANSWER-OOB
30.p.O. - ANSWER-by way of mouth
31.para- - ANSWER-beside, beyond, after
