Medical Record Activities • CHAPTER 10 495- is a congenital foot deformity that is also called clubfoot.
- is the visual examination of a joint.
- is an abnormal sideward curvature of the spine to the left or right.
Competency Verification:Check your answers in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 597. If you are not satisfied with
your level of comprehension, review the additional medical terms and retake the review.
Correct Answers × 4 = % Score
MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITIES
Medical reports included in the following activities reflect common, real-life clinical scenarios using medical termi-
nology to document patient care.
MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 10-1
DEGENERATIVE, INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE
Terminology
Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Degenerative, Intervertebral Disk Diseasethat
follows. Use a medical dictionary such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,the appendices of this book, or
other resources to define each term. Then practice reading the pronunciations aloud for each term.
Term Definitionbilateral
bī-LĂT-ĕr-ăldegenerative
dĕ-JĔN-ĕr-ă-tĭvhypertrophic
hī-pĕr-TRŌF-ĭkintervertebral
ĭn-tĕr-VĔRT-ĕ-brălL5
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