Medical and Applied Sciences

Complete the statement that describe each area of study.

The study of or dealing with…
1. oncology Cancer
2. gerontology Aging or older people
3. pathology Dealing with new diseases or unknown
4. cardiology Heart diseases or problems
5. obstetrics Child birth and care for women giving birth
6. epidemiology incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other
factors relating to health.
7. pediatrics Medical care for infants and children
8. immunology medicine and biology dealing with immunity
9. dermatology skin,nails, and hair diseases
10. neurology anatomy, functions, and organic disorders of nerves and the nervous
system.
11. pharmacology uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.
12. orthopedics correction of deformities of bones or muscles.
13. toxicology nature, effects, and detection of poisons.
14. radiology medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes also treat diseases within
the body.
15. pulmonology diseases involving the respiratory tract.
16. endocrinology physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and
hormones.
17. gynecology functions and diseases specific to women and girls, especially those
affecting the reproductive system.
18. opthalmology anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.
19. podiatry the treatment of the feet and their ailments.

20. otolaryngology conditions of the ear, nose, and throat and related structures of the
head and neck.
21. gastroenterology digestive system and its disorders. Diseases affecting the
gastrointestinal tract, which include the organs from mouth into anus,
along the alimentary canal, are the focus of this speciality.
22. urology unction and disorders of the urinary system.
23. phlebotomy process of making an incision in a vein with a needle.
24. psychiatry treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance, and abnormal
behavior.
How Well Do You Know Medical Acronyms?

P.T. ___Physical
Therapy_______________________________
R.N. Registered
nurse_________________________________
M.D. _Medical
Doctor________________________________
E.M.T. __Emergency medical technician
_____________________________
D.M.D. __Doctor of Dental
Medicine_____________________________
P.A. ______Physicians assistant____________________________
O.T. ___Occupational Therapy______________________________
L.P.N __Licensed Practical Nurse______________________________
D.V.M ____Veternarian___________________________