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NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW (1).
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NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEWDo 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
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
mid-sagittal - ANS-equal left and right portions
transverse - ANS-also called horizontal or axial; horizontal field dividing the body into upper and
lower portions
oblique - ANS-longitudinal or transverse plane that is at a slant or angle
anter, anteri - ANS-before or front
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