The prefixes ad- and ab- have meanings that are _______.

List three reasons for performing ear instillation.

How is digesting food moved along the small intestine?

List three reasons for performing eye instillation.  

Commonly known as a ‘bruise’, what is the correct medical term for when trauma occurs resulting in injury to an area with the rupturing of blood vessels but without a break in the skin?

What type of patient would warrant use of the Snellen Big E eye chart? (Give two examples.)

The Snellen eye chart should be positioned at the medical assistant’s eye level.

When food digestion is not taking place, unused bile gets stored in this structure.

What is the most accurate definition for scleroderma?

The brachial artery is found in which body part?