Deck 3: Understanding Medical Terms and Abbreviations

Question 1

The term oral pertains to the

A) mouth
B) throat
C) tooth
D) windpipe

Answer 1

mouth

Question 2

The word oculo means pertaining to the

A) eyes
B) corrective lens
C) vision
D) glasses

Answer 2

eyes

Question 3

Otitis media is inflammation of the

A) eye
B) tissue around the eye
C) middle ear
D) any part of the ear

Answer 3

middle ear

Question 4

A tail-like structure is referred to as

A) caudal
B) distal
C) dorsal
D) plantar

Question 5

A thoracotomy is a

A) disease of the chest
B) cut or incision into the chest
C) pain in the chest
D) tumor in the chest

Question 6

What does hemothorax mean?

A) A lab test for occult blood
B) Blood in the chest cavity
C) Collection of blood in any cavity
D) Viewing half of the chest on x-ray

Question 7

When a patient is said to have dyskinesia it means he has

A) difficulty breathing
B) difficulty moving
C) slow breathing
D) slow speech

Question 8

Normally patients have the palm of their hands facing upward when having blood drawn. Which action of the wrist will put the hand in this position?

A) Abduction
B) Adduction
C) Pronation
D) Supination

Question 9

Which set of words contains similar meanings?

A) cranial and caudal
B) distal and close
C) dorsal and back
D) lateral and inside

Question 10

Which set of words contains similar meanings?

A) anterior and front
B) distal and close
C) lateral and inside
D) posterior and side

Question 11

Which set of words contains opposite meanings?

A) anterior and front
B) proximal and close
C) medial and inside
D) superior and below

Question 12

Which set of words contains similar meanings?

A) anterior and back
B) distal and close
C) inferior and hypo
D) superior and below

Question 13

Which word part pertains to male anatomy? (check all that apply)

A) oophor
B) orchid
C) salpingo
D) utero

Question 14

Which word part pertains to the kidney? (check all that apply)
i. hepato
ii. nephro
iii. pyelo
iv. reno

A) i, ii, and iii
B) i. ii, and iv
C) i, iii, and iv
D) ii, iii, and iv

Question 15

Which of the following word parts refers to pain? (check all that apply)
i. algia
ii. dys
iii. odynia
iv. pnea

A) i, ii, and iii
B) i. ii, and iv
C) i, iii, and iv
D) ii, iii, and iv

Question 16

You are unable to collect capillary blood from the finger of a child who has cold hands that appear bluish. What term is used to describe the color of this child's skin in documentation of failure to collect a specimen?

A) cyanotic
B) hypochromic
C) melanomic
D) xanthochromic

Question 17

Viewing the body along its transverse plane means that you are looking at

A) diagonal sections
B) horizontal cross sections
C) longitudinal side to side sections
D) longitudinal front to back sections

Question 18

Viewing the body along its coronal plane means that you are looking at

A) diagonal sections
B) horizontal cross sections
C) longitudinal side to side sections
D) longitudinal front to back sections

Question 19

The midsaggital plane divides the body

A) from top to bottom.
B) from side to side.
C) from front to back.
D) down the middle.

Question 20

Some phlebotomists may be required to take basic life support classes which include

A) CBC
B) CNS
C) CRP
D) CPR

Question 21

Which of the following abbreviations is NOT a laboratory test?

A) CBC
B) CEA
C) CNS
D) CRP

Question 22

A health care provider wants to order a blood test for alanine transaminase and contacts phlebotomy for the correct abbreviation, which is:

A) ALA
B) ALT
C) AST
D) A-trans

Question 23

A physician requests that a blood test be performed twice a day. This would appear abbreviated as:

A) BIB
B) BID
C) TAD
D) Any of these

Question 24

You enter a room to collect a blood specimen and notice the sign above the bed states "NPO". This means that

A) the patient is a new patient under observation.
B) you are not to collect blood from either arm.
C) the patient may not eat or drink anything
D) you should have put on isolation PPEs

Question 25

A treatment is abbreviated

A) D_x
B) P_x
C) R_x
D) T_x

Question 26

A diagnosis is abbreviated

A) D_x
B) F_x
C) R_x
D) S_x

Question 27

A patient arrives in the outpatient laboratory and hands you a slip of paper that has the abbreviation R_x on the top. What does this mean?

A) The physician has ordered blood tests on a form normally used for prescriptions.
B) The patient is to have rehabilitation treatments and should be sent to another department.
C) The patient's diagnosis is on the form and you should not read any further to comply with HIPAA.
D) The patient's symptoms will appear next on the form.

Question 28

You enter a room to collect a blood specimen and notice the sign above the bed states "F_x right arm". This means that you

A) should avoid the right arm.
B) should not collect blood from either arm.
C) you must collect blood from the right arm.

Question 29

You enter a room to collect a blood specimen and notice the sign above the bed states "F_x right arm". This means that the arm

A) is being used for chemotherapy.
B) has an intravenous line in it.
C) is fractured.
D) is scheduled to be x-rayed.

Question 30

The medical abbreviation for water is

A) aq.
B) cp.
C) qa.
D) wa.

Question 31

i. ECG
Ii. EEG
Iii. EKG
Iv. GRM
Electrocardiogram is abbreviated (check all that apply)

A) i and iii
B) ii and iv
C) i and ii
D) iii and iv

Question 32

The medical abbreviation "GBS"stands for

A) gallbladder series
B) gastrointestinal bypass surgery
C) glucose blood sugar
D) glucose, bilirubin, and salt

Question 33

The medical abbreviation "HA"stands for

A) headache
B) hemoglobin A
C) hepatitis A
D) mercury

Question 34

The medical abbreviation "Hx"stands for

A) diagnosis
B) history
C) prescription
D) treatment

Question 35

The medical abbreviation "D&C"stands for

A) dilation and curettage
B) dilution and calibration
C) direct patient contact
D) disseminated coagulation

Question 36

Which of the following structures is located superior to the transverse plane?

A) brain
B) heart
C) throat
D) spleen

Question 37

Which of the following structures is located inferior to the transverse plane?

A) Heart
B) Brain
C) Stomach
D) Urinary bladder

Question 38

Which of the following structures is located posterior to the frontal plane?

A) intestines
B) spinal cord
C) spleen
D) stomach

Question 39

Which of the following structures is most distal to the shoulder?

A) digit
B) elbow
C) knuckle
D) wrist

Question 40

Which of the following structures is most proximal to the shoulder?

A) digit
B) elbow
C) knuckle
D) wrist

Question 41

Which of the following structures is most proximal to the antecubital area?

A) digit
B) elbow
C) knuckle
D) wrist

Question 42

In which quadrant of the body does the heart lie?

A) left upper
B) right upper
C) left lower
D) right lower

Question 43

In which region of the body does the heart lie?

A) epigastric
B) hypogastric
C) left hypochondriac
D) right hypochondriac

Question 44

Which is the most central region of the body?

A) epigastric
B) hypogastric
C) iliac
D) umbilical

Question 45

The umbilical region of the body is directly below what other region?

A) epigastric
B) hypochondriac
C) hypogastric
D) lumbar

Question 46

Which region of the body is the most caudal?

A) epigastric
B) hypochondriac
C) hypogastric
D) lumbar

Question 47

Which region of the body is the most cranial?

A) epigastric
B) hypochondriac
C) hypogastric
D) lumbar