Chapter 1 VOCAB

Question 1

Official recognition from a professional association than an education program meets minimum standards for an occupation.

Answer 1

Accreditation

Question 2

healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs

Answer 2

alternative, complementary, integrative therapies

Question 3

conditions characterized by weakened

blood vessels, which can then burst

Answer 3

Aneurysms

Question 4

a substance that promotes good health by reducing cell deterioration and may contribute to
disease prevention

Answer 4

Antioxidant

Question 5

groups of similar occupations and

industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers

Answer 5

Career clusters

Question 6

a sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and
performance

Answer 6

Career ladder

Question 7

smaller groups of specialized

occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training

Answer 7

Career pathways

Question 8

tube-shaped medical devices that can be inserted into blood vessels or body cavities for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes

Answer 8

Catheters

Question 9

refers to a disease or condition that is long-lasting and potentially lifelong

Answer 9

Chronic

Question 10

a screening test that examines the inner surface of the colon

Answer 10

Colonoscopy

Question 11

relating to the arteries that supply blood to the heart

Answer 11

Coronary

Question 12

Documents proving a person’s qualifications for a particular occupation

Answer 12

Credentials

Question 13

insertion of a new gene to replace an

abnormal or defective gene

Answer 13

Gene therapy

Question 14

personalized medical care that

uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health

Answer 14

Geonomic Medicine

Question 15

therapies that treat the patient as a

whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well being

Answer 15

Holistic Care

Question 16

injection of drugs or another solution

directly into a vein

Answer 16

Infusion

Question 17

a fertilization process that takes place in a test tube, or otherwise outside the body

Answer 17

In Vitro

Question 18

pertaining to operations that use

tubes with cameras and tools attached to them and require very small incisions

Answer 18

Laparoscopic

Question 19

X-rays that test for breast cancer

Answer 19

Mammogram

Question 20

to process a substance through

metabolism

Answer 20

Metabolize

Question 21

a technique that provides detailed pictures of what is happening inside the body at the molecular and cellular level

Answer 21

Molecular imaging

Question 22

a field of science that manipulates

individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow

Answer 22

Nanotechnology

Question 23

standards determined by the National Consortium for Health Science Education, which describe the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers

Answer 23

National Health Science Standards

Question 24

devices used to regulate heartbeats

Answer 24

Pacemakers

Question 25

education past high school that can be obtained at community colleges, vocational or technical colleges, public and private colleges and universities, institutes of technology, and career colleges

Answer 25

PostSecondary education

Question 26

a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ runctions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder

Answer 26

Regenerative medicine

Question 27

a tubular support that is used to keep arteries blood vessels, canals, or ducts open to aid healing or prevent an obstruction

Answer 27

Stent

Question 28

a surgical technique that combines a reliable telephone line and multimedia image communication
with robotic equipment and a skilled surgeon who is a considerable distance from the patient

Answer 28

Telesurgery

Question 29

the most common form of medical care in the United States, which uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness

Answer 29

Western medicine

Question 30

surgeries that allow patients to

leave the hospital shortlv after a procedure has been completed

Answer 30

Outpatient procedures