Health Science Terminology Quiz

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Patient information provided by the doctor who removed the tissue sample.

<p>Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The action of saying words aloud to be typed, written down, or recorded.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information about disorders from which the patient's direct blood relatives have suffered.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of healthcare information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The collection, analysis, storage, and protection of the quality of patient health information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information technology applied to health and healthcare.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absolutely necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The patient's past and present health information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A written message, especially in business or diplomacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information that can identify an individual when used alone or with other data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A brief summary of one’s education, work experience, or qualifications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The remote diagnosis and treatment of patients using telecommunications technology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provides written or printed representation of spoken words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A written record of career planning and preparation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The legally protected right of patients to have their information kept private.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Skills related to choosing a career, acquiring and keeping a job, and advancing in a career.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Methods and resources used to acquire, store, retrieve, and work with healthcare information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A career and technical student organization for future healthcare workers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of professionals from different health science training backgrounds working toward a common goal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Practical work or training experience that allows students to apply what they have learned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of assigning numbers to descriptions of diseases and treatments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An individual's unique combination of qualities and characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The standard of appearance expected of a qualified person in a work environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare discipline or department.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Official recognition that an educational program meets minimum standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Healthcare practices that minimize or avoid surgery and drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conditions characterized by weakened blood vessels that can burst.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A substance that promotes good health by reducing cell deterioration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Groups of similar occupations that share basic knowledge and skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sequence of job positions from entry-level to higher responsibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Smaller groups of specialized occupations within a career cluster.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tube-shaped medical devices used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Disease or condition that is long-lasting and potentially lifelong.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A screening test that examines the inner surface of the colon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The arteries that surround and supply the heart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Documents proving a person's qualifications for an occupation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Insertion of a new gene to replace an abnormal or defective gene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personalized medical care based on a patient's unique genetic makeup.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Therapies that treat the patient as a whole person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fertilization process that takes place outside the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Injection of drugs or another solution directly into a vein.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Operations that use tubes with cameras and require small incisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>X-rays that test for breast cancer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To process a substance through metabolism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technique providing detailed pictures inside the body at the molecular level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A field manipulating individual atoms and molecules to create tiny devices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Standards describing skills workers need to succeed in healthcare careers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Surgeries that allow patients to leave the hospital shortly after completion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Devices used to regulate heartbeats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Education past high school obtained at various institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medical care creating living tissue to replace lost tissue or organ functions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tubular support used to keep blood vessels open.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A surgical technique combining telecom communication with robotic equipment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most common form of medical care in the U.S.</p> Signup and view all the answers