Interpret and Apply Medical Terminology Appropriately While most medical office personnel‚ in either setting‚ will not necessarily have to know vast amounts of technical medical terminology‚ it is important to have a working knowledge in order to effectively fulfill your duties in a medical setting. There are numerous resources online‚ college courses‚ books‚ and flash cards one can use to learn medical terminology. Every office will likely have a good medical dictionary and other resources
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Chapter 8 Homework Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. _b___ 1. figureThe blood from the trunk and legs enter the heart through the large vein known as a.|anterior vena cava|c.|superior vena cava| b.|inferior vena cava|d.|interior vena cava| _c___ 2. The regulation of the body’s vasoconstriction and vasodialation is controlled by the a.|heart|c.|blood vessels| b.|blood pressure|d.|brain| _c___ 3. Lymph nodes
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Week 6 Chapter 10 Exercise 10-1‚ p. 225 Define the following terms: 1. Hyperalbuminemia abnormally high albumin in the blood 2. Hypoproteinemia low protein in the blood 3. Leukocytopenia decrease in white blood cells 4. Erythropoiesis production of red blood cells 5. Toxemia toxins in the blood 6. Bacteremia bacteria in the blood 7. Thrombocytopenia decrease in platelets Use the suffix –emia to write words for the following definitions: 8. Presence of pus in the
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patients with low health literacy. The patients with low health literacy have poor health outcomes including increased rates of hospitalization and reduced frequency of using preventive services‚ lack of health insurance‚ lack of knowledge about medical conditions and treatment‚ which these leading to increased healthcare costs. They also have problems to report their health status‚ and experience negative psychological effects. 2. Think back to your IPPE and work experiences. What are two interventions
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Seven Organizational Approaches Paper HCA/220 January 29‚ 2012 Seven Organizational Approaches Paper The seven organizational approaches to studying the human body include: body plans and directions‚ body cavities‚ quadrants and regions‚ anatomy and physiology‚ microscopic-to-macroscopic‚ body systems‚ and medical specialty. The body planes and directions approach is the division of the body into sections from front to back‚ right and left‚ top and bottom‚ along with the movement
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Handout 3.1 Pretest Write the letter corresponding to the medical term defined. __a_ 1. inflammation of the skin of the extremities a. acrodermatitis b. acrocyanosis c. dermatitis __c_ 2. pertaining to under the skin a. dermal b. percutaneous c. hypodermic __a_ 3. pertaining to upon the skin a. epidermal b. percutaneous c. subcutaneous __b_ 4. disease of the skin a. dermatology b. dermatopathy c. dermatitis __b__ 5. red skin a. xanthoderma b. erythroderma
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which made him stabilize. The next day he was seen by the CARDIOLOGIST‚ and was told he had a heart attack due to ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Three days later he was rushed to the hospital with the same symptoms. The local hospital air lifted him to Duke Medical Center‚ where he was diagnosed with CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE and ANGINA. Once he was at duke‚ he was told he had a major heart attack and was put in the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) for EXTENSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. He was told he would have to go
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References: Turley‚ S. (2011). Medical language: Immerse yourself (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson. Imaginis Corp. (1997-2012). Imaginis. Retrieved from http://www.imaginis.com/mri-scan/how- does-mr-work. Body Cavities. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.physioweb.org/direction/body_cavities
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When I first started to learn the world of medical terms I was completely overwhelmed with the amount of words that didn’t match anything I already knew. It was like I was learning an entire new language that was developed entirely to confuse someone like me; a person who has only spoken‚ read‚ and written in one language her entire life. To add to this confusion‚ I also soon discovered that many words were spelled and pronounced the same even though their definitions were entirely different. When
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Steps in the Medical Billing Process Donna Tankersley HCR 220 Steps in the Medical Billing Process Everything that is done in this world has to have a process whether it is an act as simple as cooking a meal or something more complex like the 10 steps to medical billing. If one of these processes or steps is left out‚ then the result can be disastrous. A cook would not leave out the eggs or the bread when making French toast. The medical billing process is the same‚ some steps more important
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