Grey's Anatomy Medical Terms Exam
Questions and Answers
10-Blade - answer- The type of blade used on a scalpel. It is generally used for
making small incisions in skin and muscle
15-Blade - answer- The type of blade used on a scalpel. It is generally used for
making short and precise incisions
Attending - answer- A doctor who has completed residency and practices medicine
in a clinic or hospital
Bovie - answer- A tool used to stop bleeding
Central Line - answer- A long thin tube used to give medicines to patients inserted in
the arm to help administer the medication
Code Black - answer- Bomb Threat and Suspicious or Unexpected Letter or Parcel
Code Blue - answer- generally used to indicate a patient requiring immediate
resuscitation, most often after suffering cardiac arrest
Code Pink - answer- specifically for infant abduction
Code Red - answer- used to define a possible fire in the hospital
Computed Tomography (CT) - answer- uses a computer that takes data from several
X-ray images of structures inside a human's body and converts them into picture on
a monitor
DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) - answer- a medical order written by a doctor that is set
up before an emergency happens, and it instructs health care providers not to do
CPR if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating
V-Fib (Ventricular Fibrillation) - answer- A life-threatening heart rhythm that results in
a rapid, inadequate heartbeat
V-Tach (Ventricular Tachycardia) - answer- When the pulse rate is at the rate of or
more than 100 beats per minute (BPM) and there is at least three consecutive
uneven heart beats
Epinephrine - answer- A drug used to help a patients heart, which increases and
strengthens the heartbeat
Intubation - answer- The insertion of a tube into the throat to allow a bag or machine
to breathe for the patient
Questions and Answers
10-Blade - answer- The type of blade used on a scalpel. It is generally used for
making small incisions in skin and muscle
15-Blade - answer- The type of blade used on a scalpel. It is generally used for
making short and precise incisions
Attending - answer- A doctor who has completed residency and practices medicine
in a clinic or hospital
Bovie - answer- A tool used to stop bleeding
Central Line - answer- A long thin tube used to give medicines to patients inserted in
the arm to help administer the medication
Code Black - answer- Bomb Threat and Suspicious or Unexpected Letter or Parcel
Code Blue - answer- generally used to indicate a patient requiring immediate
resuscitation, most often after suffering cardiac arrest
Code Pink - answer- specifically for infant abduction
Code Red - answer- used to define a possible fire in the hospital
Computed Tomography (CT) - answer- uses a computer that takes data from several
X-ray images of structures inside a human's body and converts them into picture on
a monitor
DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) - answer- a medical order written by a doctor that is set
up before an emergency happens, and it instructs health care providers not to do
CPR if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating
V-Fib (Ventricular Fibrillation) - answer- A life-threatening heart rhythm that results in
a rapid, inadequate heartbeat
V-Tach (Ventricular Tachycardia) - answer- When the pulse rate is at the rate of or
more than 100 beats per minute (BPM) and there is at least three consecutive
uneven heart beats
Epinephrine - answer- A drug used to help a patients heart, which increases and
strengthens the heartbeat
Intubation - answer- The insertion of a tube into the throat to allow a bag or machine
to breathe for the patient
