STUVIA 2024/2025
RMA Exam
Root word for gland?
Aden-
Root word for heart?
cardio-
Root word for "pertaining to the eye"?
Opthalm-
Root word for liver?
Hepat-
A patient is diagnosed with high blood pressure. What term describes this disorder?
Hypertension
Prefix epi- means?
upon or over
Prefix peri- means?
around
Prefix supra-means?
above
Prefix tachy- means?
fast heartbeat
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Prefix dys- means?
painful, difficult
What is the appropriate term to use if your patient complains of stomach pain?
Gastritis
Suffix -tripsy means?
to crush
Prefix ad- means?
toward
Prefix ab- means?
away from
What term describes difficulty swallowing?
dysphagia
Suffix -osis means?
condition of
Suffix -ic means?
pertaining to
What abbreviation is used to indicate the right eye?
OD
Suffix -dynia means?
pain
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Suffix -tomy menas?
cutting into, incision
What abbreviation means "above the knee"?
AKA
What abbreviation means "twice a day"?
BID
What agency mandates standard precautions?
OSHA
Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
scoliosis
What condition is known as swayback?
lordosis
What condition is known as humpback and results in thoracic curvature of the spine?
Kyphosis
What abbreviation means "pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation"?
PERRLA
What abbreviation means "by mouth"?
PO
KUB stands for
kidney, ureter, bladder
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Arthroplasty means?
plastic repair of a joint
Surgical repair of the liver is?
hepatrrhaphy
Arthrocentesis is?
puncture of a joint
What instrument is used to expose by separating a wound and holding back organs and tissue?
retractor
forceps are an instrument for
holding and extracting
Hepatomegaly is
enlargement of the liver
"Measurement of hearing" is
audiometry
Cryotherapy is?
treatment by the use of cold
another term for a blood pressure cuff is?
sphygmomanometer
The use of x-rays passed through the body to make a visual record
radiography
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