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HCB Test 1 study guide
Broncho / Pulmo - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for lung

Cardi - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for heart

Gastro - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for stomach

hepat - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for liver

Neur - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for nerve

Nas - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for nose

Or - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for oral

Pneumo - CORRECT ANSWER-common root word for air or lung

Ab - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: away from

Ad - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: increase, toward

Ante - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: before

Brady - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: slow

Contra - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: against

Dys - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: difficult or painful

Hyper - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: above normal or high

Hypo - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: below normal or low

Inter - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: between

,Peri - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: around

Poly - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: many

Post - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: after

Pre - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: before

Super/supra - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: above or in excess

Sym / Syn - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: joined together

Tachy - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: fast

Uni - CORRECT ANSWER-common prefix: one

Algia - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: pain

Al - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: pertaining to

emesis - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: vomiting

itis - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: inflammation

olgy - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: study of

plegia - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: paralysis

pnea - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: breathing

rrhea - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: discharge

spasm - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: contraction

ist - CORRECT ANSWER-common suffix: one who specializes in

GERD - CORRECT ANSWER-Acronym: gastroesphogeal reflux disease

,HEENT - CORRECT ANSWER-Acronym: Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose and Throat

ROSC - CORRECT ANSWER-Acronym: Return Of Spontaneous Circulation

ABCs - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Airways, Breathing, Circulation

BP - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Blood Pressure

CNS - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Central Nervous System

CFS - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Cerebrospinal Fluid

GI - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Gastrointestinal

RBC - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: Red Blood Cells

WBC - CORRECT ANSWER-Abbreviation: White Blood Cells

Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER-study of the body structures

Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER-study of how the body works

Chemical Level - CORRECT ANSWER-Beginning level of the organization of the
body

Cellular Level - CORRECT ANSWER-Smallest basic characteristics of living
matter. They perform unique functions

Tissue Level - CORRECT ANSWER-many similar cells that join together to
perform a certain function.

Sickbay - CORRECT ANSWER-where sick people where taken

Caduceus - CORRECT ANSWER-Rating insignia

Cockpit - CORRECT ANSWER-another name for sickbay

, Surgeon Steward - CORRECT ANSWER-First enlisted rating requiring
qualification

Medal of Honor - CORRECT ANSWER-Highest military award in the armed
forces

Distinguished Service Cross - CORRECT ANSWER-2nd highest award in the US
Army

Navy Cross - CORRECT ANSWER-2nd highest award in the Navy or Marines

Silver Star - CORRECT ANSWER-3rd highest award in the armed forces

Bronze star - CORRECT ANSWER-award

when where Loblolly boys an official rate? - CORRECT ANSWER-1814

when did loblolly boys serve? - CORRECT ANSWER-barbary war
Quasi war W/ France

John wall - CORRECT ANSWER-First Loblolly

John Domyn - CORRECT ANSWER-first POW loblolly

Joseph Anderson - CORRECT ANSWER-first African American loblolly

Cornelius O'Leary
Robert Stanley - CORRECT ANSWER-Apothecaries of Distinction

Hospital Corp Birthday - CORRECT ANSWER-17 June 1898 by President
McKinley

First Hospital Corp recipient of the Medal of honor - CORRECT ANSWER-Robert
Stanley