Learn Smart Chapter 1 Review with Answers

Learn Smart Chapter 1 Review with Answers

1. Combining vowel is used when joining a root of a suffix that begins with...
2. Consonant ( not a vowel)
3. Ending of a term that gives the word essential meaning
4. suffix
5. Neuralgia relates to what part of body
6. nerves
7. Global language of scientific revolution
8. latin
9. When defining a term define which part first
10. suffix
11. What 2 languages serve the foundation of medical language?
12. Greek and latin
13. Cardiology relates to what body organ
14. heart
15. When do you use a combining vowel?
16. To join to a consonant and to join a root to a root
17. What is the most common vowel used when using a combining vowel?
18. O
19. Using a persons name of who discovered or invented a body part or procedure...
20. Eponym
21. What century did the scientific revolution begin?
22. 16th
23. Second the last syllable of a word is called?
24. penult
25. 3rd to last syllable of a word is called?
26. antepenult
27. MRI is an example of what?
28. acronym

Identify the correct word element for the following definitions:

1. away
2. ab
3. around
4. peri
5. through (2)
6. Trans and dia
7. Out
8. ex
9. against (2)
10. contra and anti
11. vessel
12. angi/o
13. skin
14. cutane/o derm/o dermat/o
15. lung
16. puneum/o
17. specialist
18. ist
19. softening
20. malacia
21. enlargement
22. megaly
23. toward
24. ad
25. hernia
26. cele
27. presence of
28. iasis
29. resembling
30. oid
31. dry
32. xer/o
33. foreign
34. xen/o
35. fungus
36. myc/o
37. nourishment
38. troph/o
39. narrowing
40. sten/o
41. hard
42. scler/o
43. pus
44. py/o
45. instrument used to look
46. scope
47. process of measuring
48. metry
49. instrument used to measure
50. meter
51. process of recording
52. graphy
53. instrument used to produce a record
54. graph
55. written record
56. gram
57. puncture
58. centesis
59. not
60. a or an
61. half
62. semi or half
63. over
64. hyper
65. large
66. macro
67. tumor
68. oma
69. disease
70. pathy
71. drooping
72. ptosis
73. involuntary contraction
74. spasm
75. binding
76. desis
77. removal
78. ectomy
79. surgical fixation
80. pexy
81. reconstruction
82. reconstruction
83. creation
84. gen/o
85. death
86. necr/o
87. eat
88. phag/o
89. slow
90. brady
91. after

1. ante

Identify the definition of the following word roots

1. Ule
2. small
3. ary
4. pertaining to
5. tachy
6. fast
7. post
8. after
9. re
10. agaom
11. iasis
12. presence of
13. cele
14. hernia
15. ia
16. pertaining to
17. gram
18. written record
19. meter
20. instrument used to measure
21. geno
22. creation
23. cutane/o
24. skin
25. hydr/o
26. water
27. morph/o
28. change
29. necr/o
30. death
31. orth/o
32. straight
33. phag/o
34. eat
35. plas/o
36. formation
37. penia
38. deficiency
39. rrhage
40. excessive flow
41. rrhexis
42. rupture
43. ole
44. small
45. hyper
46. over
47. hypo
48. under
49. semi
50. half
51. troph/o
52. nourishment
53. xen/o
54. foreign
55. ac
56. pertaining to
57. itis
58. inflammation
59. eal
60. pertaining to
61. sten/o
62. narrowing
63. trans
64. through
65. anti
66. against
67. sym
68. together
69. algia
70. pain

Identify if the following word is plural or singular

1. vertebrae
2. plural
3. ova
4. plural
5. biopsy
6. singular
7. appendix
8. singular
9. larva
10. singular
11. diagnoses
12. plural
13. bronchi
14. plural
15. thrombus
16. singular
17. spermatozoon
18. diagnosis
19. singular
20. ovum
21. singular
22. throax
23. singular
24. vertebra
25. singular

Chapter 2 Learnsmart Review

Subjective – tells the story of the patient’s health issue. Anything the patient TELLS you goes in this section (PATIENTS OWN WORDS)

1. A record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug use and sexual practices
2. Social history
3. Any significant illness that runs in patients family
4. Family history
5. Description of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem
6. Review of Systems
7. The main reason for the patients visit
8. Chief complaint
9. The story of the patients problem
10. History of present illness
11. Started recently, sharp sever problem
12. acute
13. It has been going on for a while
14. chronic
15. It is getting worse
16. exacerbation
17. All of a sudden
18. abrupt
19. To have a fever
20. Febrile (to NOT have a fever is afebrile)
21. Not feeling well
22. malaise
23. More and more each day
24. progressive
25. Something a patient feels
26. symptoms
27. Decrease in level of consciousness, indication that patient is really sick
28. lethargic
29. It runs in the family
30. Genetic/ hereditary

Objective- data that is collected during the health care provider’s interaction with the patient

1. Able to answer questions, responsive, interactive
2. alert
3. Another way of saying normal
4. unremarkable
5. To feel
6. palpation
7. To listen
8. auscultation
9. Being aware of who he or she is
10. oriented
11. It really stands out
12. marked
13. To hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the vibration
14. percussion

Assessment- to reach a conclusion on the nature of the problem

1. To have again
2. recurrent
3. Dangerous, a problem
4. malignant
5. Another way of saying assessment
6. impression
7. The cause
8. etiology
9. Safe
10. benign
11. List of conditions the patient may have based of symptoms exhibited and the results of exams
12. Differential diagnosis
13. Stays in a certain part of the body
14. localized
15. To risk for dying
16. mortality
17. Hidden
18. occult
19. Diseased tissue
20. lesion
21. What health care professionals think the patient has
22. diagnosis
23. To get better or improve, does not mean cure
24. remission
25. All over the body
26. Systemic or generalized
27. The organism that causes the problem
28. pathogen
29. No known cause
30. Idiopathic
31. Waiting for
32. pending
33. A problem resulting from a disease of injury
34. sequelae
35. The risk for being sick
36. Morbidity

Plan- lays out what the provider recommends to do about the patients current health status

1. To send home
2. discharge
3. To watch or keep an eye on
4. observation
5. Extremely clean, germ free conditions
6. sterile
7. Preventative treatment
8. prophylaxis
9. To tell the patient that the problem is not serious
10. reassurance
11. Treat the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause
12. palliative
13. Treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better
14. Supportive care
15. What happened to the patient at the end of the visit
16. disposition
17. After medical history and physical exam are done, professional writes a …..
18. Admission summary
19. Second line of prescription (Sig)
20. Patients instructions
21. Which line on a prescription is the dispense line- to tell how much
22. 3rd line
23. Plane that divides body into left and right viewing parts
24. sagittal
25. Plane that divides body into front and back viewing parts
26. coronal
27. Plane that divides body into top and bottom viewing parts
28. transverse
29. Closer to the center
30. proximal
31. Farther away from the center
32. distal
33. Toward the top
34. cranial
35. Toward the bottom
36. caudal
37. The back
38. Dorsal or posterior
39. The front
40. Ventral or anterior
41. Toward the middle
42. medial
43. Above
44. superior
45. Below
46. inferior
47. Lying down on belly
48. prone
49. Opposite side
50. contralateral
51. Same side
52. ipsilateral
53. Both sides
54. bilateral
55. Top of hand/foot
56. dorsum
57. Sole of foot
58. plantar
59. Palm of hand
60. palmar

Abbreviations

1. CCU- coronary care unit
2. ECU- emergency care unit
3. ER- emergency room
4. ED- emergency department
5. ICU- intensive care unit
6. PICU- pediatric intensive care unit
7. SICU- surgical intensive care unit
8. PACU- postanesthesia care unit
9. L & D- labor and delivery
10. OR- operating room
11. Post-op- after surgery
12. Pre-op- before surgery
13. ROS- review of systems
14. PMHx- past medical history
15. FHx- family history
16. PE- physical exam
17. NEC- not elsewhere classified
18. NOS- not otherwise specified
19. WNL- within normal limits
20. WDWN-well developed, well nourished
21. A&O- alert and oriented
22. VS- vital signs
23. T- temperature
24. BP- blood pressure
25. HR- heart rate
26. RR- respiratory rate
27. Ht- height
28. Wt- weight
29. I/O- intake/output
30. f/u- follow-up
31. PCP= primary care provider
32. y/o- years old
33. h/o- history of
34. PR- per rectum
35. QID- four times daily
36. Dx- diagnosis
37. DDx- differential diagnosis
38. Tx- treatment
39. Rx- prescription
40. H&P- history and physical
41. Hx- history
42. CC- chief complaint
43. HPI- history of present illness
44. SOB- shortness of breath
45. NPO- nothing by mouth
46. NAD-no acute distress
47. CTA- clear to auscultation
48. RRR- regular rate and rhythm
49. PEERLA- pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation
50. AC- before meals
51. SC- subcutaneous
52. IM- intramuscular
53. PICC- peripherally inserted central catheter
54. Ad lib- as desired
55. Sig- instructions
56. IV- intravenous
57. CVL- central venous line
58. PC- after meals
59. prn- as needed

Chapter 3 Learnsmart Review

1. Pertaining to the skin
2. epidermal
3. Below the skin
4. hypodermal
5. Inside the skin
6. intradermal
7. Black
8. melan/o
9. Yellow
10. xanth/o
11. Blue
12. cyan/o
13. Red
14. erythr/o
15. Hidden
16. crypt/o
17. Scaly
18. ichthy/o
19. Hard, horny
20. kerat/o
21. Thick
22. pachy/o
23. Dry
24. xer/o
25. Wrinkle
26. rhytid/o
27. White (2)
28. Alb/o leuk/o
29. Sweat
30. Hidr/o
31. Fat (3)
32. Adip/o lip/o steat/o
33. Skin (3)
34. Dermat/o derm/o cutane/o
35. Hair (2)
36. Trich/o pil/o
37. Drug that prevents relieves itching
38. antipruritic
39. Drug that prevents rotting flesh by killing microorganisms
40. antiseptic
41. Drug that temporarily blocks sensation
42. anesthetic
43. Inflammation of skin caused by skin exposure
44. Actinic dermatitis
45. Lack of sweat
46. hypohidrosis
47. Inability to see yellow
48. axanthopsia
49. Lack of skin pigmentation
50. albinism
51. Person who specializes in breaking codes and deciphering secret messages
52. cryptolinguist
53. Solid mass deep into the skin
54. nodule
55. Large solid mass
56. tumor
57. Small blister
58. vesicle
59. Pus blister
60. pustule
61. Large blister
62. bulla
63. Skin disease
64. dermopathy
65. Loss of skin
66. dermatolysis
67. Redness of skin
68. erythroderma
69. Blue sweat
70. cyanidrosis
71. Hair follicle plugged with sebum
72. comedo
73. Inability to see yellow
74. axanthopsia
75. Loss of pigment
76. albinism
77. Skin transplant from self
78. autograft
79. Dried substance
80. crust
81. Mole with bad changes or formations
82. Dysplastic nevus
83. Large bruise
84. ecchymosis
85. Loss of skin
86. dermatolysis
87. A scratch
88. excoriation
89. Sweating blood
90. hemathidrosis
91. Sweat gland
92. Sudoriferous gland
93. Oil gland
94. Sebaceous gland
95. Highly contagious bacterial infection of skin
96. Impetigo
97. Small bruise
98. petechia
99. Bite nails
100. onychophagia
101. Soften the skin
102. macerate
103. Tissue death
104. necrosis
105. Overgrowth of scar tissue
106. keloid
107. Ingrown nail
108. onychocryptosis
109. Wrinkled skin
110. rhytidoderma
111. Using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it
112. electrocauterization
113. Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients
114. Heterograft or xenograft
115. Removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals
116. chemosugery
117. Destruction of tissue through freezing
118. cryosurgery
119. Using electricity to destroy by drying it
120. electrodesiccation
121. Crack in the skin
122. fissure
123. Formation of sweat
124. hidropoiesis
125. Skin transplant taken from a member of the patients species
126. Homograft or allograft
127. rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of skin
128. abrasion
129. A small blood vessel tumor
130. Cherry angioma
131. A scar
132. cicatrix
133. To cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain
134. Incision and drainage
135. Skin disease
136. Dermopathy
137. Drug that destroys or opposes the growth of microorganisms
138. antibiotic
139. Bed sore
140. Decubitus ulcer
141. A sore
142. ulcer
143. Skin flaking off
144. scale
145. Baldness experienced by woman after a pregnancy
146. Postpartum alopecia
147. Rashes that start from the middle and work their way outward
148. Centrifugal
149. Rashes that spread from the outside inward
150. centripetal
151. An itch or itchy skin
152. pruritus
153. Removal of tissue in order to examine it
154. biopsy
155. Black head/white head
156. comedo
157. Yellow tumor
158. xanthoma
159. Unusual inflammation of the skin
160. Atopic dermatitis
161. Small flat discolored area- freckle
162. macule
163. Large flat discolored area (vitiligo)
164. patch
165. Small solid mass
166. papule
167. Solid mass on surface of skin
168. plaque
169. Localized collection of pus in the body
170. Abscess
171. Fatty tumor
172. Steatoma
173. Dry skin
174. xeroderma
175. Inflammation of skin follicles
176. Acne vulgaris
177. Baldness
178. Alopecia

Abbreviation

1. SC- subcutaneous
2. TD- trasdermal
3. Bx- biopsy
4. ABCDE- asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
5. derm- dermatology
6. EAHF- eczema, asthma, hayfever
7. SCC- squamous cell carcinoma
8. XP- xeroderma pigmentosa
9. BCC- basal cell carcinoma
10. C & S- culture and sensitivity
11. decub- decubitus ulcer
12. FS- frozen section
13. ID- I ntradermal
14. SQ- subcutaneous
15. subcut- subcutaneous

Chapter 4

1. Achondroplasia means
2. Defective cartilage formation
3. Tumor made up of cartilage
4. Tumor like cartilage growth
5. The softening of cartilage
6. chondromalacia
7. Costochondritis means
8. Inflammation of the cartilage associated with a rib
9. Overdevelopment of the muscle tissue
10. hypertrophy
11. The C in ACL and PCL mean…
12. Cruciate (anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament= both in knee)
13. IF you have tarsitis what is inflamed?
14. ankle
15. Incision of bone
16. osteotomy
17. Tendinitis and tendonitis both mean…
18. Inflammation of a tendon (connects muscle to bone)
19. Removal of a fluid filled sac
20. bursectomy
21. Arthrodesis means
22. Surgical fixation of a joint
23. Carpectomy is removal of…
24. Wrist bone
25. Costectomy is removal of…
26. rib
27. Craniectomy is removal of…..
28. skull
29. Fibrous connective tissue that binds muscles together
30. Fascia fasci/o
31. When forming bone, the initial model is made from…. And later replaced with bone
32. cartliage
33. Spondylitis is inflammation of…..
34. veterbrae
35. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects what part of the body
36. wrist
37. Surgery that uses an instrument to look inside a joint……
38. arthroscopic
39. Sway back, excessive curvature of lumbar vertebrae
40. lordosis
41. Hunch back, excessive curvature of thoracic vertebrae
42. kyphosis
43. Lateral curvature of vertebrae
44. Scoliosis
45. Using screws, pins or plates to hold healing bones in place from the inside is called….
46. Internal fixation
47. Returning a broken bone to its proper position without surgery is called…..
48. Closed reducation
49. List bones of the upper arm
50. Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals and phalanges
51. Genu valgum and varus relate to what body part?
52. knee
53. Knock kneed
54. Genu valgum
55. Bow legged
56. Genu varum
57. Osteodystrophy is poor development of…
58. bone
59. Term for bone loss
60. osteolysis
61. Osteonecrosis is Bone………
62. death
63. Abnormal hardening of bone is called
64. osteosclerosis
65. Place the names of the vertebrae in order, starting at the top of the head.
66. Cervial, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
67. Abduction- separate this word into word elements
68. Ab-duction
69. Premature fusion of skull bones cause misshapen skull
70. craniosynostosis
71. Poor muscular development
72. Muscular dystrophy
73. Violent muscle contractions
74. myoclonus
75. Muscle disease
76. myopathy
77. Muscle weakness
78. myasthenia
79. Myosarcoma means….
80. Tumor within muscle
81. A loss of muscular control is a disorder called….
82. Tardive dyskinesia
83. The deltoid, triceps and biceps can be found where in the body
84. Upper arm (shoulder and forearm)
85. Slow movement
86. bradykinesia
87. Inability to control movement
88. dyskinesia
89. Increase in muscle movement
90. hyperkinesia
91. Decrease in muscle movement
92. hypokinesia
93. What connects bone to bone
94. ligament
95. Osteoalgia and osteodynaia both mean bone……..
96. pain
97. Partial dislocation of a joint
98. subluxation
99. Disease that causes death to the fascia
100. Necrotizing fasciitis
101. Polymyositis means…..
102. Inflammation of multiple muscles (myositis= muscle inflammation)
103. Gluteus maximus, Gluteus medius, Gluteus minimus and gastrocnemius all are located where in the body…..
104. Lower Extremity
105. Define osteometry
106. Measure bone
107. Procedure where you look into a joint
108. arthroscopy
109. Instrument that you use to look in to a joint
110. arthroscope
111. Spinal stenosis causes______of the spinal canal
112. narrowing
113. Someone with polydactyle would have…….
114. More fingers than normal
115. Spondylitis means inflammation of ….
116. vetebrae
117. Spondylomalacia means ------of the vertebrae
118. softening
119. Condition of fused toes or fingers
120. syndactyly
121. Brittle bone disease
122. Osteogenesis imperfecta
123. Abnormal softening of bone
124. osteomalacia
125. Loss of bone density
126. osteoporosis
127. Internal abdominal obliques, External abdominal obliques, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor and latissimus dorsi are muscles that are located where in the body…
128. Trunk and chest
129. Visual record of a joint
130. arthrogram
131. Osteectomy and ostectomy are both terms that mean what ?
132. Removal of bone
133. Hyperkinesia is excessive…..
134. Excessive movement
135. A drug that will decrease pain
136. analgesic
137. Tendectomy and tenonectomy are terms that both mean what?
138. Removal of a tendon
139. When someone has hemarthrosis, they have ______in a joint?
140. blood
141. When someone has hydrarthrosis they have______in a joint?
142. water
143. When someone has pyarthrosis they have ______in a joint?
144. pus
145. What would the procedure to remove a rib be called?
146. costectomy
147. In a myocele, there is a ______to the muscle.
148. hernia
149. If someone has myolysis, they have muscle ______
150. loss
151. Myotasis means
152. stretching
153. Myotonia means
154. tone
155. Reconstruction of the fascia is called.
156. fascioplasty
157. Fasciorraphy is a ______to the fascia?
158. suture
159. Fasciotomy is ______of fascia?
160. removal
161. Fasciodesis is the ______of the fascia?
162. Binding/fixing

Chapter 5 Review

1. Inability to speak
2. aphasia
3. Lack of coordination
4. ataxia
5. Decrease in muscle tone
6. catonia
7. Brief loss of mental function
8. delirum
9. Loss or decline of mental function
10. dementia
11. Difficulty reading
12. dyslexia
13. The word root Myel/o means two things…….
14. Bone marrow and spinal cord
15. Lou Gehrigs is a disorder other wise known as……
16. ALS
17. Negative emotional state
18. dysphoria
19. Meningi/o and mening/o both mean…
20. meninges
21. Encephalography is …..
22. Studying the brain
23. Cerebro and encephalo both mean….
24. brain
25. Abnormal large head
26. macrocephaly
27. Abnormal small head
28. microcephaly
29. Myelocele is a hernia of the ….
30. Spinal cord
31. Myelomeningocele is a hernia of the … and ….
32. Spinal cord and meninges
33. Meningocele is a hernia of the …..
34. meninges
35. Inflammation of a nerve
36. neuritis
37. Word root meaning feeling or sensation
38. Esthesi/o
39. Procedure where they record the electrical activity of the brain
40. electroencephalography
41. Drug that relieves pain
42. analgesic
43. ICP =
44. Intracranial pressure
45. Anesthesia where there is a complete loss of consciousness
46. general
47. Acrophobia
48. Fear of heights
49. Agoraphobia
50. Fear of outdoor spaces
51. Hydrophobia
52. Fear of water
53. Kleptomania
54. Desire to steal
55. Photophobia
56. Insensitivity to light
57. Pyromania
58. Desire to set fires
59. Drug that dissolves blood clots
60. Thrombolytic
61. Disorder that you have a lack of smell
62. anosmia
63. Painful or burning sensation
64. causalgia
65. Bad feeling
66. dysethesia
67. Increase of sensation
68. hyperesthesia
69. Paraesthesia
70. Abnormal sensation
71. Pseudoesthesia
72. False sensation
73. Synesthesia
74. Sensation in one area is experienced as another
75. Somn/o and hypn/o both are word roots meaning….
76. sleep
77. Accumulation of spinal fluid IN the brain….
78. hydrocephaly
79. 2 divisions of the nervous system
80. CNS and PNS
81. What does a psychotropic treat ?
82. psychosis

1. Word root meaning speech
2. Phas/o
3. Time between seizures is called
4. interictal
5. Time after seizure is called
6. postictal
7. Encephalitis refers to what part of body
8. brain
9. Cranial refers to what part of the body
10. skull
11. Head pain
12. cephalalgia
13. Brain pain
14. encephalalgia
15. Nerve pain
16. neuralgia
17. Paralysis to half of the body
18. hemiplegia
19. Partial Paralysis to half of the body
20. hemiparesis
21. Lack of emotion
22. apathy
23. Nerves that take impulse toward the CNS are called (2 names)
24. Afferent or sensory
25. Nerves that take impulse away from CNS and toward muscles/glands are called (2)
26. Efferent or motor
27. Excessive fear
28. phobia
29. Kinesi/o and Kinet/o are both word roots meaning…
30. movement
31. Nystagmus
32. Involuntary back and forth eye movement
33. 2 word elements pertaining to paralysis
34. Plegia and paresis
35. Inflammation of the brain
36. encephalitis
37. Word element meaning arrangement, coordination and order
38. Tax/o
39. Word element meaning weakness
40. asthenia
41. Disease having NO origin
42. idiopathic
43. Myelodysplasia is a deformation of what?
44. Spinal cord
45. Tumor like mass composed of blood.
46. hematoma
47. Hematoma beneath the skull
48. Cranial hematoma
49. Hematoma on top of the dura mater
50. Epidural hematoma
51. Hematoma inside the brain
52. Intracerebral hematoma
53. Hematoma beneath the dura mater
54. Subdural hematoma
55. Encephalocele is a hernia where?
56. brain
57. Word element meaning Excessive desire
58. mania
59. Word element meaning know
60. Gnosi/o
61. Word element meaning mind- there are 2
62. Psych/o and phren/o
63. Word element meaning muscle tone, tension or pressure
64. Ton/o
65. Fainting
66. syncope
67. Condition of sleep walking
68. Somnambulism

Chapter 5 Review