WHAT IS THE CORRECT ORDER OF BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE HEART?
RIGHT ATRIUM, RIGHT VENTRICLE, LUNGS, LEFT ATRIUM, LEFT VENTRICLE
THE TERM MEANING WHITE BLOOD CELL?
LEUKOCYTE
KNOWN AS THE NATURAL PACEMAKER, THE PROPER NAME IS?
SIANOATRIAL NODE (SA NODE)
THE MYOCARDIUM RECIEVES BLOOD FLOW FROM THE?
CORONARY ARTERIES
A BLOOD CLOT ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR WALL OF AN ARTERY OR VEIN IS AN?
THROMBUS
THE SYSTEMIC DISEASE CAUSED BY THE SPREAD OF MICRO ORGANISMS AND THIER TOXINS VIA THE CIRCULATING BLOOD IS KNOWN AS?
SEPTICEMIA
MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED TO LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ARE KNOWN AS?
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES
A BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE INNER LAYER OF THE HEART IS KNOWN AS BACTERIAL?
ENDOCARDITIS
INFLIMATION OF THE VEIN IS KNOWN AS?
PHLEBITIS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TERM THAT DESCRIBES AN ABNORMALY FAST HEART BEAT?
TACHYCARDIA
TRUE/FALSE THE SUBSTANCE ALSO KNOWN AS GOOD CHOLESTEROL IS LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTIEN?
FALSE
TRUE/FALSE WHEN THE VENTRICALS OF THE HEART RELAX, SYSTOLIC PRESSURE ACCURES.
FALSE
WHAT IS THE HOLLOW MUSCULAR ORGAN?
HEART
WHAT IS THE CARDIAC MUSCLE?
MYOCARDIUM
WHAT IS THE EXTERNAL LAYER OF THE HEART?
EPICARDIUM
WHAT IS THE INNER LAYER OF THE HEART?
ENDOCARDIUM
WHAT IS THE SAC ENCLOSING THE HEART?
PERICARDIUM
DURING RESPIRATION THE EXCHANGE OF GASES TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE?
ALVEOLI
THE TERM MEANING SPITTING BLOOD OR BLOOD STAINED SPUTUM IS?
HEMOPTYSIS
WHICH TERM IS A SIGN THAT MEANS AN ABNORMALLY FAST RATE OF RESPIRATIONS?
TACHYPNEA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INVOLVES AN ATTACK IN WHICH MUSCLES OF THE AIRWAY CONTRACT?
ASTHMA
THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE PLEURA IS KNOWN AS THE?
PARIETAL PLEURA
THE SUBSTANCE THAT IS EJECTED THROUGH THE MOUTH THAT IS USED FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES IN RESPERATORY DISORDERS IS?
SPUTUM
THE SYMPTOM THAT IS A TERM COMMONLY KNOWN AS SHORTNESS OF BREATH IS?
DYSPNEA
THE FORM OF PNEUMONIA THAT CAN BE PREVENTED THROUGH THE FLU VACCINATION IS?
VIRAL PNEUMONIA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE REASONS TO QUIT SMOKING?
LUNG CANCER
HEART DISEASE
COPD
ASTHMA
ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHAT TERM MEANS AIR IN THE PLEURAL SPACE?
PNEUMOTHORAX
WHAT TERM MEANS BLOOD IN THE PLEURAL SPACE?
HEMOTHORAX
WHAT TERM MEANS HOARSNESS OR WEAKNESS OF VOICE?
DYSPHONIA
WHAT TERM MEANS A RUNNY NOSE OR A WATERY FLOW OF MUCUS FROM THE NOSE?
RHINORRHEA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CHARACTERISTIC OF COPD?
DECREASED TOTAL SURFACE OF THE ALVEOLI
ENLARGEMENT OF THE REMAINING ALVEOLI
PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTIONOF THE ELASTIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE
BARREL CHEST
ALL OF THE ABOVE
T/F A PHYSICIAN THAT SPECALIZES IN THE LNGS IS A PULMONOLOGIST?
TRUE
WHAT DISEASE OCCURES WHEN A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE SUCH AS VOMIT IS INHALED INTO THE LUNGS?
ASPERATION PNEUMONIA
WHAT DOES THE LIVER REMOVE FROM THE BLOOD STREAM?
BILIRUBIN
WHAT DOES THE GALLBLADDER STORE FOR LATER USE?
BILE
THE PROCESS OF BUILDING UP MOLECULES IS KNOWN AS?
ANABOLISM
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CAUSE OF CIRROSIS OF THE LIVER?
IBUPROFEN
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS VOMITING BLOOD?
HEMATEMESIS
T/F THE TERM MEANING INFLIMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES IS ENTERITIS?
TRUE
SURGICAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE STOMACH IS KNOWN AS A?
GASTRECTOMY
WHAT TERM MEANS DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING?
DYSPHAGIA
THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE COLON?
COLECTOMY
THE PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF THE LIVER IN WHICH SCAR TISSUE REPLACES NORMAL TISSUE IS CALLED?
CIRRHOSIS
WHICH TEST DETECTS HIDDEN BLOOD IN THE STOOL?
HEMOCCULT
THE TERM MEANIN THE LACK OR LOSS OF APPETITE IS?
ANOREXIA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CHARACTERISTIC OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER?
SCAR TISSUE ON LIVER
ESOPAGEAL VARICES
JAUNDICE
ASCITIES
WHAT IS THE ROOT WORD FOR STOMACH?
GASTR/O
WHAT IS THE ROOT WORD FOR LIVER?
HEPAT/O
WHICH OS THE FOLLOWING WORDS MEANS STONES?
LITHIASIS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WORD PARTS MEANS GALLBLADDER?
CHOL/E
THE ROOT WORD FOR BLADDER IS?
CYST/O
A STONE IN THE URINARY BLADDER IS KNOWN AS A?
CYSTOLITH
A SPECIALIST WHO TREATS THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM OF THE MALE IS AN?
UROLOGIST
THE TERM MEANIN ABSCENCE OF URINE FORMATION IN THE KIDNEY IS?
ANURIA
THE TERM MEANING SCANTY URIN IS?
OLIGURIA
THE PROCESS OF ARTIFICIALY FILTERING WASTE IN THE PATIENTS BLOOD IS KNOWN AS ?
HEMODIALYSIS
THE TERM MEANING INABILITY TO CONTROL THE DISCHARGE OF URIN IS?
INCONTINENCE
A SPECALIST IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASEAND DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEYS IS A
NEPHROLOGIST
T/F THE TERM MEANING AN INFLIMATION OF THE BLADDER IS CYSTITIS?
TRUE
THE ROOT WORD FOR KIDNEY IS?
NEPHR/O
THE TERM MEANING VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER?
CYSTOSCOPY
THE TREATMENT OF KIDNEY STONES THAT INVOLVES SOUND WAVES BREAKING UP STONES IS CALLED?
EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY
URINE IS CARRIED FROM THE KIDNEYS TO THE URINARY BLADDER BY THE?
URETERS
BEFOER ENTERING THE URETERS THE URINE COLLECTS IN THE?
RENAL PELVIS
AN INFLIMATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS OF THE KIDNEY IS?
PYELONEPHRITIS
INFLIMATION OF THE BLADDER IS CALLED?
CYSTITIS
WHAT IS THE ROOT WORD FORE BRAIN?
ENCEPHAL/O
WHAT IS THE ROOT WORD FOR BRAIN COVERING?
MENING/O
A LOWERED LEVEL OF CONCIOUSNESS MARKED BY LISTLESSNESS AND DROWSYNESS AND APATHY IS DESCRIBED AS?
LETHARGIC
CONDITION THAT IS POTENTIALY REVERSABLE AND COMES ON SUDDENLY AND ODTEN ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH FEVER, INTOXICATION, OR SHOCK?
DELIRIUM
TERM MEANING INFLIMATION OF THE MININGES IS?
MENINGITIS
THE SPACE BETWEEN 2 NEURONS OR A NEURON AND A RECEPTOR?
SYNAPSE
THE DIVISION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS CONCERNED WITH BODY FUNCTIONS UNDER STRESS IS THE?
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
T/F A PHYSICIAN THAT SPECALIZES IN ADMINISTERING ANESTHETIC IS AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST?
TRUE
A HEADACHE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY SUDDEN, THROBBING, SHARP PAIN THAT IS ACCOMPANIED BY NAUSEA AND SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT OR SOUND IS A?
MIGRANE
DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH DEGINERATIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN STRUCTURE THAT LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESSIVE MEMORY LOSS, IMPARED COGNITION, AND PERSONALITY CHANGES?
ALZHEIMERS DEMENTIA
TERM THAT DESCRIBES DAMAGES TO THE BRAIN THAT ACCURES WHEN THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN IS DISRUPTED DUE TO CLOT OR RUPTURE?
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
TERM THAT DESCRIBES THE LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO SPEAK, WRITE AND OR COMPREHEND THE WRITTEN OR SPOKEN WORD?
APHASIA
THE PROCESS OF RECORDING THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN THROUGH THE USE OF ELECTRODES ATTACHED TO THE SCALP?
ELECTROENCEPALOGRAPHY
WHAT IS THE COLLECTION OF BLOOD IN THE TISSUE OF THE BRAIN?
CEREBRAL CONTUSION
THE SAMPLING OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OBTAINED BY A NEEDLE INTO THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE OF THE LUMBAR REGION?
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
THE ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT SECREATS HORMONES THAT CONTROL THE ACTIVITY OF OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS IS THE?
PITUITARY GLAND
THE HORMONE THAT WORKS WITH THE PARATHYROID GLAND TO REGULATE CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUE IS?
CALCITONIN
ALDOSTERONE IS SECREATED BY THE
ADRENAL CORTEX
THE AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD STREAM IS INCREASED BY WHAT HORMONE?
GLUCOGEN
UTERINE CONTRACTIONS DURING CHILDBIRTH ARE STIMULATED BY WHICH HORMONE?
OXYTOCIN
T/F INSULINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IS ALWAYS USED IN TYPE 2 DM
FALSE
THE LIFETHREATANING CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM THE PRESENCE OF EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF THE THYROID HORMONES IS KNOWN AS?
THYROTOXICOSIS
THE AVERAGE BLOOD SUGAR OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IS MEASURED BY WHICH TYPE OF BLOOD TEST?
HEMOGLOBIN A1c
THE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXOPHTHALMOS IS KNOWN AS
GRAVES DISEASE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPLICATIONS OF UNCONTROLED DM?
RETINOPATHY
NEUROPATHY
NEPHROPATHY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
A,B&C
wHAT IS THE TERM THAT MEANS SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE THYROID GLAND?
THYROIDECTOMY
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT REFERS TO HIGH LEVELS OF CALCIUM?
HYPERCALCEMIA
WHICH ORGAN PRODUCES INSULIN?
PANCREAS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY?
GLUCOGEN
EPINEPHRINE IS SECREATED BY THE
ADRENAL MEDULLA
THE ABNORMAL PROTRUSION OF THE EYES ASSOCIATED WITH GRAVES DISEASE IS KNOWN AS
EXOPTHALMOS
WEIGHT LOSS MAY POTENTIALY REVERSE WHAT DISEASE?
DM TYPE 2
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING DM?
OVERWEIGHT
FAMILY HISTORY
HISPANIC/LATINO
ALL OF THE ABOVE
SYMPTOMS OF DM INCLUDE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
POLYDIPSIA
POLYPHAGIA
POLYURIA
INSULINE SHOCK
A,B&C
WHICH WORD ROOT DESCRIBES A BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A LACK OF OXYGEN?
CYAN/O
WHEN IS A COMBIBING VOWEL NOT USED?
WHEN THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A VOWEL
WHICH OF THESE PREFIXES MEAND BAD DIFFICULT OR PAINFULL?
DYS
WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PLURAL FORM OF PHALANX?
PHALANGES
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE OBJECTIVE EVEDENCE OF A DISEASE?
SIGN
WHICH TERM MEANS SITUATED CLOSEST TO THE BEGINING OF A BODY STRUCTURE?
PROXIMAL
WHICH TERM MEANS UPPERMOST, ABOVE, OR TOWARD THE HEAD?
SUPERIOR
CEPHALIC
A NOSICOMIAL ILLNESS REFERS TO
AN INFECTION ACQUIRED IN A HOSPITAL OR CLINIC
WHICH OF THESE IS CONSIDERED A HORIZANTAL PLANE?
TRANSVERSE PLANE
WHICH PLANE DIVIDES THE BODY INTO UNEQUAL LEFT AND RIGHT PORTIONS?
PARASAGITTAL PLANE
THE WORD ROOT MEANING PLAQUE OR FATTY SUBSTANCE IS
ATHER/O
THE ABNORMAL NARROWING OF AN ARTERY IS CALLED?
ARTERIOSTENOSIS
WHICH TERM MEANS AN INFLIMATION OF THE NERVE?
NEURITIS
THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SURFACES OF THE BODY ARE COVERED BY?
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY IS LINED BY
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
T/F THE STOMACH IS LOCATED INFERIOR TO THE DIAPHRAGM
TRUE
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES THE TOUGH FIBEROUS TISSUE THAT FORMS THE OUTERMOST COVERING OF THE BONE?
PERIOSTEUM
BLOOD COLLECTION WITHIN A JOINT IS REFFERED TO AS
HEMARTHROSIS
WHAT TYPE OF ARTHRITIS IS DUE TO PURINE CRYSTAL DEPOSITS DEVELOPING WITHIN A JOINT?
GOUTY ARTHRITIS
PARIETAL DISLOCATION OF A JOINT IS REFFERED TO AS
SUBLUXATION
PAIN WITHIN THE JOINT IS CONSIDERED
ARTHRITIS
THINNER THAN AVERAGE BONE DENSITY THAT IS SEVERE IS CONSIDERED TO BE
OSTEOPOROSIS
WHICH IMAGING IS USED TO BEST DIAGNOSE OSTEOPOROSIS WITH MORE DEFINITIVE RESULTS AND IS LEAST INVASIVE AND THE LEAST EXPENSIVE?
DUAL X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DEXA)
WHICH MEDICATION IS USED TO CONTROL PAIN AND TO REDUCE INFLIMATION AND SWELLING?
NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMITORY DRUGS
NSAIDS
A FRACTURE TREATMENT PROCEDURE IN WHICH PINS ARE PLACED IN THE SOFT TISSUE AND BONE SO THAT AN EXTERNAL APPLIANCE CAN BE USED TO HOLD THE PIECES OF BONE FIRMLY IN PLACE DURING HEALING
EXTERNAL FIXATION
THE TISSUE THAT CONNECTS MUSCLE TO BONE
TENDON
T/F A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECALIZES IN TREATMENT OF A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY INFLIMATION IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE (ARTHRITIS) IS A ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
FALSE
WEAR AND TEAR ARTHRITIS IS KNOWN AS OSTEOARTHRITIS
TRUE
WHAT TYPE OF FRACTURE DESCRIBES WHAT OCCURES WHEN THE BONE IS SPLINTERED OR CRUSHED?
COMMINUTED
THE BULGING CALCIUM DEPOSITS THAT FORM AROUND THE AREA OF THE BREAK DURING THE HEALING OF A FRACTURED BONE IS A
CALLUS
AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE FORWARD CURVATURE OF THE LOWER OR LUMBAR SPINE IS KNOWN AS
LORDOSIS
WHAT TERM MEANT MOVES TOWARD THE MIDLINE
MEDIAL
WHICH TERM MEANS INCREASING ANGLE AS IN STRAIGHTNING A JOINT?
FLEXION
MUSCLES THAT ARE UNDER VOLUNTARY CONTROL ARE KNOWN AS
SKELETAL
THE TERM MEANING EXTREAM SLOWNESS OF MOVEMENT IS
BRADYKINESIA
THE TERM MEANING A BAND OF FIBERS THAT HOLDS STRUCTURES TOGETHER ABNORMALY IS
ADHESION
THE GROUP OF MUSCLES THAT HOLDS THE HEAD OF THE HUMEROUS SECURLY IN PLACE AS IT ROTATES WITHIN THE SHOULDER JOINT IS
ROTATOR CUFF
AN INFLIMATION OF THE PLANTAR AREA AF THE FOOT OR HEEL PAIN WHEN WALKING OR RUNNINGDUE TO INADEQUITE FOOT SUPPORT IS KNOWN AS
PLANTAR FASCITIS
T/F PARAPLEGIA IS THE TOTAL PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE BODY
TRUE
QUADRAPLEGIA MEANS
TOTAL PARALYSIS OF ALL 4 EXTREMITIES
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR LEG PAIN THAT COMES AND GOES IN INTERVALS DURING EXERCISE AND IS RELIEVED BY REST IS
INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION
THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS
CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE
THE TERM MEANING PAIN IN THE TENDON IS
TENODYNIA
WHAT TERM MEANS BENDING THE FOOT STRAIGHT UPWARD AT THE ANKLE
DORSIFLEXION
WHAT TERM REFERS TO TURNING THE PALM OF THE HAND UPWARD
SUPINATION
LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE IS CALLED
HYPOTENSION
THE TERM THAT MEANS A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS IN A SHORT TIME
HEMORRHAGE
THE TERM FOR THE BELLY BUTTON
UMBILICUS
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT REFERS TO THE PROTRUSION OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC POSTERIORLY INTO THE SPINAL CORD OR INTO ONE OF ITS ROOTS
HERNIATED DISC
A NARROW BAND OF NONELASTIC FIBOROUS TISSUE THAT ATTACHES BONE TO BONE
LIGAMENT
The term used to describe a woman during her first pregnancy is a:
Primigravada
The term that describes an inflammation of the glans penis is:
Balanitis
A varicose vein of the testicles is known as:
Varicocele
The term that describes the inner layer of the uterus is the:
Endometrium
An accumulation of pus in the fallopian tube is known as:
