Medical Office Procedures
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Course Introduction
Medical Office Procedures introduces students to the administrative functions essential for managing a professional healthcare environment. The course covers topics such as patient scheduling, medical record management, billing and coding, insurance processing, telephone etiquette, and confidentiality in compliance with health regulations. Emphasis is placed on developing organizational and communication skills, understanding healthcare documentation, and utilizing medical office software to ensure the smooth operation of daily office activities. This course prepares students for roles in medical offices by providing practical experience and knowledge necessary for efficient patient flow and office administration.
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Exploring Medical Language A Student Directed Approach 9th Edition by Myrna Brooks
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language and Online Learning
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Q1) In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix?
A) ic
B) sub
C) hepat
D) hepat/o
Answer: B
Q2) When defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the
A) word root
B) prefix
C) suffix
D) combining vowel
Answer: C
Q3) The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the A) combining vowel
B) suffix
C) word root
D) prefix
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
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Q1) The physician wrote in her progress note that the patient is in remission, meaning
A) improvement or absence of signs and symptoms of the disease
B) providing relief but not cure of the disease
C) signs and symptoms of the disease have returned
D) the disease is enclosed within a capsule
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is the plural form of the term that indicates the spread of cancer to more than one organ?
A) melanoma
B) melanomata
C) metastasis
D) metastases
Answer: D
Q3) The prefix that means through, complete is
A) dia-
B) hyper-
C) dys-
D) pro-
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants
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Q1) The term that means pertaining to below is
A) posterior
B) dorsal
C) inferior
D) distal
Answer: C
Q2) In the physician's order for a "PA and lat chest radiograph," the image will be taken from
A) back to front and side
B) front to back
C) front to back and middle
D) top to bottom and side
Answer: A
Q3) A patient lying down in any position would be in the _____ position.
A) recumbent
B) Sims
C) orthopnea
D) lithotomy
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Integumentary System
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Q1) The prefix that means on, upon, or over is
A) intra-
B) pro-
C) epi-
D) trans-
Q2) The medical term for hives is
A) urticaria
B) verruca
C) tinea
D) impetigo
Q3) Pruritus is defined as
A) circumscribed malformation of the skin
B) itching
C) escape of blood into the skin
D) redness
Q4) An abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails is called
A) onychomalacia
B) onychocryptosis
C) onychophagia
D) onychomycosis
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Chapter 5: Respiratory System and Introduction to Diagnostic Procedures and Tests
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Q1) A term that means a periodic or sudden attack is
A) stridor
B) aspiration
C) paroxysm
D) asphyxia
Q2) The term bronchopneumonia is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?
A) two word roots and a suffix
B) a prefix, a word root, a combining vowel, and a suffix
C) two word roots, a combining vowel, and a suffix
D) a prefix and a word root embedded in a suffix
Q3) To establish an airway for a patient choking on a piece of meat, the emergency department physician performed a
A) tachypnea
B) thoracotomy
C) tracheoplasty
D) tracheotomy
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Chapter 6: Urinary System
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Q1) The term that means condition of urea in the blood is A) dysuria
B) azotemia
C) anuria
D) polyuria
Q2) The reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine is the
A) nephron
B) renal pelvis
C) urinary meatus
D) ureters
Q3) The sudden stoppage of urine formation is called
A) renal hypertension
B) urinary retention
C) urinary suppression
D) urinary tract infection
Q4) The radiographic image of the bladder is called a A) renogram
B) cystogram
C) nephrography
D) cystography
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Chapter 7: Male Reproductive System
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Q1) The term orchidopexy is defined as
A) surgical fixation of a testicle
B) excision of the seminal vesicles
C) incision into the testes
D) surgical repair of the glans penis
Q2) Which statement is true about the prostate gland?
A) is a male sex hormone
B) suspends the testes in the scrotum
C) is the primary male sex organ
D) secretes a fluid that aids in the movement of the sperm
Q3) The term that means enlarged veins of the spermatic cord is
A) hydrocele
B) balanocele
C) priapism
D) varicocele
Q4) The combining form that means testicle is
A) balan/o
B) vas/o
C) orchid/o
D) vesicul/o
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Chapter 8: Female Reproductive System
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Q1) The term that means an excision of the uterus is
A) hysterectomy
B) laparoscopy
C) hysterotomy
D) hysteropexy
Q2) The connection of the uterus to the outside of the body is the
A) rectouterine pouch
B) hymen
C) cervix
D) vagina
Q3) The physician requested an instrument to open the vagina for visual examination called a
A) hysteroscope
B) speculum
C) colposcope
D) fistula
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Chapter 9: Obstetrics and Neonatology
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Q1) The word part that means bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth is
A) par/o
B) nat/o
C) puerper/o
D) gravid/o
Q2) A pregnancy occurring outside the uterus, commonly in the uterine tube, is called
A) ectopic pregnancy
B) abruptio placentae
C) placenta previa
D) preeclampsia
Q3) A condition caused by an incompatibility of the infant's blood and the mother's blood is
A) tracheoesophageal fistula
B) fetal alcohol syndrome
C) respiratory distress syndrome
D) erythroblastosis fetalis
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Chapter 10: Cardiovascular, Immune, and Lymphatic
Systems and Blood
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Q1) The procedure to obtain a sample of bone marrow, usually from the ilium, is called
A) bone marrow aspiration
B) bone marrow transplant
C) bone marrow biopsy
D) atrial fibrillation ablation
Q2) The lower chambers of the heart are the
A) ventricles
B) atria
C) venae cavae
D) venules
Q3) The suffix -poiesis is defined as
A) removal
B) pain
C) hardening
D) formation
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Chapter 11: Digestive System
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Q1) The term that means waste from the digestive tract expelled through the rectum is A) feces
B) dysentery
C) flatus
D) hematemesis
Q2) The abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity is called A) ascites
B) hematemesis
C) feces
D) gastric lavage
Q3) The small, saclike structure that stores bile is the A) liver
B) duodenum
C) stomach
D) gallbladder
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Chapter 12: Eye
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Q1) Administration of a miotic agent causes
A) paralysis of the iris
B) pupillary constriction
C) ocular movement
D) pupillary dilation
Q2) The term lacrimal is defined as pertaining to
A) the cornea
B) tears or the tear ducts
C) the eye
D) the nose and the tear ducts
Q3) Surgical removal of the eyeball is called
A) phacoemulsification
B) vitrectomy
C) enucleation
D) iridectomy
Q4) The term that means softening of the lens is
A) keratomalacia
B) ophthalmalgia
C) phacomalacia
D) aphakia
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Chapter 13: Ear
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Q1) The combining form labyrinth/o means
A) inner ear
B) middle ear
C) cochlea
D) outer ear
Q2) The structure of the ear located in the skull bone behind the external auditory canal is the
A) cochlea
B) auricle
C) mastoid bone
D) ossicles
Q3) A discharge of pus from the ear is called
A) otalgia
B) otopyorrhea
C) otorrhea
D) otomycosis
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Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal System
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Q1) The term myasthenia is defined as A) pain in muscle
B) difficult movement
C) muscle degeneration
D) muscle weakness
Q2) The elderly patient was diagnosed as having an abnormal reduction of connective tissue (loss of skeletal muscle mass) or A) rhabdomyolysis
B) sarcopenia
C) osteosarcoma
D) chondromalacia
Q3) The type of muscle tissue that is striated and voluntary is A) cardiac
B) smooth
C) skeletal
D) involuntary
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Chapter 15: Nervous System and Behavioral Health
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Q1) An incision into a nerve root is called a
A) neurectomy
B) ganglionectomy
C) neurotomy
D) rhizotomy
Q2) A disorder of the nervous system in which the patient experiences recurrent seizures is
A) cerebral palsy
B) poliomyelitis
C) epilepsy
D) multiple sclerosis
Q3) The term that means tumor of blood below the dura mater is
A) poliomyelitis
B) neuroma
C) cerebral thrombosis
D) subdural hematoma
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Chapter 16: Endocrine System
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Q1) A patient had signs and symptoms that included fatigue, weight gain, and cold intolerance.The physician prescribed treatment for
A) hypothyroidism
B) thyroiditis
C) hypopituitarism
D) hyperglycemia
Q2) The parathyroid glands are located
A) in front of the thyroid gland
B) in the posterior aspects of the lobes of the thyroid gland
C) above the kidneys
D) at the base of the brain
Q3) The term adenectomy is defined as an excision of
A) the adrenal gland
B) an adrenal tumor
C) the thyroid gland
D) the anterior lobe of the adrenal gland
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