The three basic parts of a medical term are ______.

The study of disease is known as ______.

The potential outcome of a disease is the _____.

The study of physiology deals with _____.

An example of gross anatomy would be _____.

Gross anatomy is also known as ______.

A positive feedback loop is necessary in which of the following situations?

The body uses feedback loops to maintain homeostasis. The response that opposes an action is known as a (n) ______.

The adjustments that maintain a stable environment within the body are known as ____________

When the physician has documented several signs and symptoms, he or she will be able to make a(n) ______.

Which of the following is NOT a vital sign?

The term tachycardia means " _____" .

Which is NOT a definition for disease?

The indicators that are essential for human life include all of the following EXCEPT_______.

A patient rang the call bell because he was in great pain. "I want my p.r.n. medication now," he said. Which medication timing is he nurse going to follow?

The nurse found a preoperative patient out of bed, barefoot, and watching TV while eating breakfast. "We have to cancel your surgery, because you're not NPO." the nurse said. What did the patient do wrong?

RBC is the abbreviation for _______.

Vital signs include all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Volumes expressed as ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, pecks, bushels, or cubic feet are examples of the ______.

The abbreviation used for "twice a day" is _______.

According to the rules of medical terminology, hepatitis is defined as " ______."

Most fevers are the body's way of ________.

The suffix -algia means " ______."

The suffix -oma means"______."

The prefix hyper- means " ______'"

The normal heart rate for an adult is ______ beats per minute.

The osteoma can be defined as "_______"

_________ is the branch of medicine that studies the characteristics, causes, and effects of disease.

The diagnostic procedure begins by determining the patient's ______.

Which system would most likely be used to calculate the amount of medication to give by weight to a premature infant??

Normal adult cardiac output is 6,000 milliliters every 60 seconds. How is the amount of blood being measured?

A student concentrates on moving decimal points in the correct direction while completing her pharmacology homework. Which system of measurement is she using?

"I always have to use a conversion table," a student complained. Which system of measurements is the student most likely using?

The _____ is the prediction of the outcome of a disease

A condition in which the body fails to function normally is ______.

The cause of a disease is called its________.

A specific group of signs and symptoms that are related to a specific disease is known by which of the following names?

________ is the physiological process that monitors and maintains a stable internal environment or equilibrium

_________is a mechanism in the body that continually senses the internal and external environment and makes adjustments to maintain homeostasis.

_______ is known as a "vicious cycle." In most cases, it is harmful if a vicious cycle cannot be broken. In some cases, however, it is necessary for a process to run to completion.

The four general signs of a(n) _______ response are redness, warmth, edema, and pain.

A disease that is readily transmitted from one person to another is a(n) ______ disease.

Which of the following is an example of a sign?

All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT ______.

A condition in which the signs and symptoms develop gradually over time is called _______..

The body's first barrier against infection is the ______.

Disease-producing microorganisms that invade the body are known as _______.

Simple compounds are built up and used to manufacture cellular materials in the process of _______.

A measure of the number of deaths attributed to a specific disease over a period of time is ______.

A pathogen can be passed to another individual on nonsterilized equipment through the process of ______.

_______ provide basic protection against infection for both the healthcare provider and the patient.

When drawing blood from a patient, what personal protective equipment should be worn?

In Greek, anatomy means " to cut apart"

Macro- means "small"

Negative feedback is bad for the body because it increases a change away from normal.

Tachycardia is a slow heart rate.

A microscope views small objects

Disease is a condition in which the body fails to function normally.

An insect that transmits a pathogen by biting another organism is a biological vector.