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CNA Medical Terminology Practice Problems with certified solutions Qs acute - n Ans✔ sudden onset Qs AMB - n Ans✔ ambulatory Qs Amt - n Ans✔ amount Qs Aspiration - n Ans✔ Food, fluid or objects taken into the lungs Qs AX - n Ans✔ Axillary
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Qs acute - n Ans✔ sudden onset Qs AMB - n Ans✔ ambulatory Qs Amt - n Ans✔ amount Qs Aspiration - n Ans✔ Food, fluid or objects taken into the lungs Qs AX - n Ans✔ Axillary
Qs BKA - n Ans✔ Below the knee amputation Qs AKA - n Ans✔ Above the knee amputation Qs BM - n Ans✔ Bowel movement Qs BP - n Ans✔ Blood pressure Qs BRP - n Ans✔ Bathroom privliges Qs cc - n Ans✔ cubic centimeters (30 cc in one ounce)
Extended care facility Qs Edema - n Ans✔ swelling with fluid or water Qs EKG - n Ans✔ Electrocardiogram Qs Emesis - n Ans✔ Vomitus (expelling food and fluid through the mouth) Qs Fahrenheit - n Ans✔ Unit of measurement dealing with temperature Qs H & P - n Ans✔ History and Physical Qs H2O - n
Ans✔ water Qs HOB - n Ans✔ Head of Bed Qs HOH - n Ans✔ Hard of Hearing Qs HS - n Ans✔ At Bedtime (hour of sleep) Qs I & O - n Ans✔ Intake and Output Qs Incontinence - n Ans✔ Inability to control urine or feces Qs
Qs mg - n Ans✔ milligram Qs ml - n Ans✔ milliliter Qs NCS - n Ans✔ No concentrated sweets Qs O2 - n Ans✔ oxygen Qs occult - n Ans✔ Hidden Qs OOB - n Ans✔ Out of Bed
Qs OT - n Ans✔ Occupational Therapist Qs per - n Ans✔ by or through Qs Pt/pt - n Ans✔ patient Qs PT - n Ans✔ physical therapist Qs Q - n Ans✔ Every Qs Qh,Q2h,Q3h - n Ans✔
Ans✔ Vital Signs (Temp, Pulse and respirations) Qs TTWB - n Ans✔ Toe Touch Weight Bearing Qs via - n Ans✔ by way of Qs VS - n Ans✔ Vital signs (TPR and B/P) Qs W/C - n Ans✔ Wheel Chair Qs WT or wt - n Ans✔ weight Qs
ht - n Ans✔ height Qs abduction - n Ans✔ moving away from the body Qs adduction - n Ans✔ moving toward the body Qs anterior - n Ans✔ toward the front Qs Distal - n Ans✔ further from the center or point of origin Qs Dorsal - n Ans✔ Top/Back
Qs lateral - n Ans✔ away from the middle or midline of the body Qs Medial - n Ans✔ toward the middle or midline of the body Qs orthopneic position - n Ans✔ the person sits leaning forward over a bedside table to expand their lungs (used for COPD) Qs Plantar - n Ans✔ bottom Qs posterior - n Ans✔ toward the back Qs prone - n Ans✔
lying face down on the stomach Qs proximal - n Ans✔ nearest to the center or point of origin Qs Reverse Trendelenberg - n Ans✔ Head of Bed raised and foot lowered ( MD order only) Qs Semi-Fowler's position - n Ans✔ HOB is raised 30 degrees and knees are at 15 degrees Qs Sims position - n Ans✔ Used for rectal examination or enema. Lying on left side with right knee flexed. Qs Superior - n Ans✔ Higher or upper Qs Supine - n
Spinal - n Ans✔ Spinal Canal Qs Thoracic - n Ans✔ Chest Qs Ventral - n Ans✔ Front or belly Qs CAD - n Ans✔ Coronary Artery Disease Qs Cardio - n Ans✔ Having to do with the heart Qs CCU - n Ans✔ Coronary Care Unit
Qs Ceph - n Ans✔ Having to do with the head Qs Chole - n Ans✔ Bile/Gall Bladder Qs Colo - n Ans✔ Colon/Intestine Qs Coronary - n Ans✔ Having to do with the heart Qs Embolus - n Ans✔ A moving blood clot Qs Gastro - n Ans✔ stomach
having to do with the veins Qs pleural - n Ans✔ having to do with the Lungs Qs thrombus - n Ans✔ a stationary blood clot Qs Ur/Uro - n Ans✔ Urinary system Qs Vascular - n Ans✔ Blood Vessels Qs a - n Ans✔ before Qs a/an/anti - n
Ans✔ absence of or without Qs Ambi - n Ans✔ both sides Qs Ante - n Ans✔ before Qs Bi - n Ans✔ Two Qs Bilateral - n Ans✔ both sides Qs Brady - n Ans✔ slower than normal Qs