FoHS Unit 1 Vocabulary

The procedure of perforating a person’s skull with a trepan

• trepanation

• bloodletting

• embalming

The surgical removal of some of a patient’s blood for therapeutic 

purposes

• trepanation

• bloodletting

• embalming

A method used to preserve a corpse from decay

• dissection

• annointment

• embalming

A system of integrative medicine that involves pricking the skin or 

tissues with needles

• acupuncture

• tai chi

• therapeutic massage

Statement of obligations and proper conduct for doctors

• Fidelity to the Bond

• Hippocratic Oath

• Pythagoras Oath

Public health conditions related to clean drinking water and 

adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage

• sanitation systems

• pasteurization

• hygienics

The most common form of plague in humans during the Middle Ages

• Antonine plague (plague of Galen)

• Plague of Cyprian (Roman plague)

• Bubonic Plague (black death)

The action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts

• dissection

• necropsy

• dismemberment

An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects

• nanoscope

• microscope

• magnification

Prevents or stops the spread of infections in healthcare

• infection control

• antibiotic resistance

• holistic care