Medical Terminology Review Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

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NAHP Certification Review Questions with answers One who studies disease is a? ✔Pathologist Pathology is the study of? ✔Disease A.I.D.S is the intitals for? ✔Acquried Immune Deficiency Syndrome The doctor's office is the most concerned with ____ and ____ ✔Civil and Criminal A ____ could not ____ as an agent for his younger sister(as a patient or in any other capacity) ✔Minor and Legally Act Incorrect information given that may injure the reputation of another is called? ✔Slander Patients are more cooperative when they ___________ to be done. ✔Understand the procedure Intercostal refers to? ✔Between the ribs Incision into the chest wall is referred to as? ✔Thoracotomy Liver enlargement is referred to as ✔Hepatomegaly The word part "peri" means? ✔Around The word part "itis" means ✔Inflammation The word part "dys" means? ✔Painful The word part which means "joint" is? ✔Arthr/o The word part meaning "white" is? ✔Leuko The word part "phago" means? ✔To eat The word part "nephron" means? ✔Kidney The word part "megalo" means? ✔Large The suffix which mwans "plastic repair" is? ✔oplasty The suffix which means "discharge or flow" is? ✔Orrhea The suffix which means "pain" is? ✔Algia "Osteo" means? ✔Bone The term "self" means ✔Auto The combining term for woman is? ✔Ledger, Ledger card A listing of specific services rendered and fees charged is called an? ✔Itemized statement What is the latest ate an employer may give the employee the W-2 forms? ✔January 31st [Body] Tissue are composed of ____? ✔Cells A person incapable of forming melanin is called an? ✔Albino The outer most cellular layer of the skin is the _____? ✔Epidermis An inflammation of the skin, usually causing itching and sometimes accompanied by scaling or blistering is called? ✔Eczema Infantile eczema is characterized or associated with ____, ____, ____, scaling areas on ____, ____ and _____ areas. ✔Red, raised, pruritic, cheeks, scalp, diaper The bone forms the forehead and bony socletes which contains the eyes. ✔Frontal Facial bones that compose the massive upper jaw bones are called? ✔Maxillary bone Facial bones that compose the lower jaw are referred to as the? ✔Mandibular bones The collarbone is also called the? ✔Clavivle The longest bone in the body is the? ✔Femur This is a chronic inflammatory disease that attacks joints and surrounding tissue and is an intermittent disease with period of remission ✔Rheumatoid arthtitis This is a metabolic bone disorder affecting primarily postmenopausal women and is characterized by the loss of calcium and phosphate from the bone ✔Osteoporosis An inflamed condition of the tendon and tendon muscles is called? ✔Tendonitis An inflammations of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord usually due to a bacterial infection from the ears, sinuses, lungs, or a brain abscess is called? ✔Meningitis A seizure disorder affecting 1 or 2 percent of the population and is associated with electrical impulses from the neurons of the brain is known as? ✔Epilepsy A congenital defect consisting of the absence of a vertebral arch of the spinal column is called? ✔Spinal bifida This is a gradually developing cloudiness of the lens occurring most frequently in a person over 70 years of age. ✔Cataracts This is a condition of excessive intraocular pressure which results in atrophy of the optic nerve. ✔Glaucomia What blood type is the universal donor? ✔Type O Another name for myocardial infraction ✔Heart attack The muscle walls of the heart are called the? ✔Myocardium The smallesy blood vessel is the? ✔Capillary One complete heart beat combining the contraction and relaxation phases is known as the? ✔Cardiac cycle This is a condition indicating that certain elements are lacking in the blood ✔Anemia This is a congenital anemia occurring among blacks wherein an average of the one in ten carry the abnormal gene ✔Sickie cell anemia Metastasis refers to a growth of ______ from one tissue to another. ✔Cancer cell The most important musle that aids in breathing is the? ✔Diaphragm The voice box is called the? ✔Larynx Individual attacks of asthma may be precipitated by ______ from organic solvents, exposure to ____ and ____ in industrial plants, and the inhalation of _____. ✔Volatile irritants, mists, dust, cold air The small sac attached to the underside of the liver and stores bile is called? ✔Gallbladder A substance provided by the stomach necessary for the digestion of the food is called? ✔Hydrochloric acid tiny microscopic projections in the walls of the small intestine that absorb nutrients into the blood stream are called? ✔Lithotomy Palpation is done by_____? ✔Feeling a part with the han Auscultation is done by using a ______? ✔Stethoscope Prognosis refers to ____? ✔Prediction of outcome GTT test [or glucose tolerance test] is for? ✔Sugar metabolism The type of physician that would diagnose and treat diseases and malfunctions of the glands or internal secretions is an _____. ✔Endocrinologist A tumor that is non-progressive and not life threatening is considered _____? ✔Benign Neoplasm refers to? ✔New growth A papanicolaou [also known as the pap smear test] is used to detect _____? ✔Cervical cancer The act of giving birth is called? ✔Parturition[also known as expulsion] The premature termination of pregnancy before the embryo fetus is able to exist on its own is known as? ✔Abortion A tray for a pelvic examination normally includes a ______, _______, ______. ✔Lubricant, vaginal speculum, and gloves A fragile organism called gonococcus bacteria causes? ✔Gonorrhea Durning an eye examination using the snellen eye chart, the patient should _____ but _____. ✔Keep both eyes open, cover one of them This is a mysterious condition which apparently kills infants between the ages of four weeks and seven months. ✔Sudden infant death syndrome A condition characterized by frequent liquid stools is known as ____? ✔Diarrhea A hemostatic forcep clamps off _____ and ______. ✔Small vessels, bleeders A hemostats is a type of? ✔Forcep When a small sample of tissue is taken from the body and sent to a clinical laboratory to be examined or studied, its called a? ✔Biopsy The medical term for nosebleed is? ✔Epistaxis If a patient who has complained of chest pain collapses in the offices you should be sure this patient is ______ and _______ before administering CPR. ✔Breathless, pulseless A patient is bleeding heavily from a wound on the forearm, you should? ✔Apply direct pressure [also elevate the arm above the heart whenever possible to slow down bleeding] A patient calls the office and states that he/she received a blunt to the eye should be advised to _____ as soon as possible to have the ______ ✔Come in, eye checked An unacceptable procedure for a fainting victim is to ______ over the victim's ______ ✔Pour water, face When focusing the microscope, one should begin with the ____ object? ✔10x When using a microscope with a 10x ocular and the 40x objective in place, the total magnification is _______. ✔400x [solution 10 x 40 =400] A counting chamber utilized in manual microscope methods is called a ____ ✔Hemocytometer