Medical and Applied Sciences

Complete the statement that describe each area of study.

The study of or dealing with…
1. oncology tumors
2. gerontology old age
3. pathology disease
4. cardiology heart
5. obstetrics childbirth and women giving birth
6. epidemiology distribution and determinants of health and disease
conditions in defined populations
7. pediatrics medical care of infants
8. immunology immunity
9. dermatology skin, hair, and nails
10. neurology nerves and the nervous system
11. pharmacology drug action
12. orthopedics bones or muscles
13. toxicology adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms
14. radiology medical imaging to diagnose
15. pulmonology respiratory tract
16. endocrinology hormones
17. gynecology female reproductive system
18. ophthalmology eyeball and orbit
19. podiatry foot, ankle, lower extremity
20. otolaryngology ear, nose, and throat
21. gastroenterology mouth into anus
22. urology urinary system
23. phlebotomy making incisions in a vein with a needle
24. psychiatry mental disorders
How Well Do You Know Medical Acronyms?

P.T. _________physical therapy___________

R.N. ________registered nurse_________
M.D. ______medical director____________
E.M.T. _____emergency medical tech_______
D.M.D. ____doctor of medicine in dentistry___
P.A. ____physician assistant_______
O.T. ______occupational therapist____________
L.P.N ______liciensed practical nurse____________
D.V.M ___doctor of veterinary medicine_________