Akiya Dupree's Final Exam Brainscape

Question 1

Which term means the study of the causes of diseases?

a. etiology
b. pathology
c. epidemiology

Answer 1

a. Etiology

Question 2

Which plane divides the body into front and back?

a. sagittal plane
b. frontal plane
c. transverse plane

Answer 2

b. Frontal plane

Question 3

Medial means towards the midline.

True or False.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is the combining form for bone marrow?
a. mye/lo
b. myeo/l
c myel/o

Answer 4

c. Myel/o

Question 5

What is the function of the skeletal system?

a. framework of body
b. provide support and protection to internal organs
c. provide body movement
d. all of the above

Answer 5

d. All of the above

Question 6

Red bone marrow stores fat in long bone medullary cavity.

True of False.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Which is an example of a synovial joint?

a. hip joint
b. finger joint
c. toe joint

Answer 7

a. Hip joint

Question 8

How many cranium bones are there?

a. 6
b. 15
c. 8

Answer 8

c. 8

Question 9

What are the 3 tiny bones located in each middle ear?
Malleus, \_\_\_\_, and Stapes.
a. encus
b. incus
c. ossicle

Answer 9

b. Incus

Question 10

What is the combining form for tendons?

a. ten/o
b. tend/o
c. tendin/o
d. all of the above

Answer 10

d. All of the above

Question 11

Skeletal muscle make body motion possible.

True or False.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Smooth muscle is voluntary.

True or False.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Myocardial muscle forms muscular walls of the heart.

True or False.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Abduction means?

a. movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
b. movement of a limb toward the midline of the body

Answer 14

a. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body

Question 15

What is elevation?

a. raising or lifting of a body part
b. lowering a body part
c. overextension of a limb beyond normal limit

Answer 15

a. Raising or lifting of a body part

Question 16

What term is described as circular movement around an axis?

a. rotation
b. circumduction

Answer 16

a. Rotation

Question 17

What term is described as circular movement at the far end of a limb?

a. rotation
b. circumduction

Answer 17

b. Circumduction

Question 18

Which term is also known as the hip socket?

a. acetabulum
b. pelvis
c. arthroscopy

Answer 18

a. Acetabulum

Question 19

Which term means to suture a tendon to bone?

a. tenoditis
b. hypotonia
c. tenodesis

Answer 19

c. Tenodesis

Question 20

Which combining form means heart?

a. card/io
b. cardi/o
c. card/o

Answer 20

b. Cardi/o

Question 21

Which term means an abnormally slow heartbeat?

a. antiarrhythmic
b. bradicardia
c. bradycardia

Answer 21

c. Bradycardia

Question 22

Which term is also known as high blood pressure?

a. hypertension
b. hypotension
c. high tension

Answer 22

a. Hypertension

Question 23

Which term means inflammation of a vein?

a. phlebitis
b. phlebotis
c. phlebotic

Answer 23

a. Phlebitis

Question 24

Which term means to stop or control bleeding?

a. hemastasis
b. hemostasis
c. hematic

Answer 24

b. Hemostasis

Question 25

Which condition is also known as angiitis? a. vasculitiis b. palpitation c. vasculitis

Answer 25

c. Vasculitis

Question 26

Is sepsis also known as blood poison? | True or False.

Answer 26

True.

Question 27

What is the combining form for red? a. erthry/o b. erth/yo c. erth/o

Answer 27

a. Erthry/o

Question 28

What is the combining form for white? a. luek/o b. leuk/o c. leek/o

Answer 28

b. Leuk/o

Question 29

What is the combining form for lymph? a. lymp/o b. lym/o c. lymph/o

Answer 29

c. Lymph/o

Question 30

Which term mean any microorganism capable of producing disease? a. monocyte b. pathogen c. pathology

Answer 30

b. Pathogen

Question 31

Which term is the passageway for food to the esophagus and for air to the larynx? a. throat b. pharnx c. pharynx

Answer 31

c. Pharynx

Question 32

Is nasopharynx part of the pharynx directly in front the nasal passages? True or False.

Answer 32

True.

Question 33

What does hypopnea mean? a. shallow breathing b. deep breathing c. difficulty breathing

Answer 33

a. Shallow Breathing

Question 34

What does hyperpnea mean? a. shallow breathing b. deep breathing c. difficulty breathing

Answer 34

b. Deep Breathing

Question 35

What does dyspnea mean? a. shallow breathing b. deep breathing c. difficulty breathing

Answer 35

c. Difficulty Breathing

Question 36

What is the combining form for stomach? a. gastr/o b. gas/tro c. gast/ro

Answer 36

a. Gastr/o

Question 37

What is the widest division of the large intestine? a. rectum b. duodenum c. buttocks

Answer 37

a. Rectum

Question 38

Does UTI stand for Urinary Tract Infection? | True or False.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

What is an insertion of a tube into the bladder to drain or collect urine. a. diuretic b. catheterization c. urine

Answer 39

b. Catheterization

Question 40

What are the 3 protective membranes that surround the brain and the spinal cord? a. medulla b. menigees c. meninges

Answer 40

c. Meninges

Question 41

What covers white fatty tissue that surrounds and insulates the axon of a nerve cell? a. myelin sheeth b. myelin sheath c, mylin sheath

Answer 41

b. Myelin Sheath

Question 42

What is the loss of transparency of the lens that causes a progressive loss of visual clarity? a. cataract b. chalazion c. blindness

Answer 42

a. Cataract

Question 43

What is the perception of two images of a single object? a. triplopia b. atriplopia c. diplopia

Answer 43

c. Diplopia

Question 44

The dermis is the layer of tissue above the epidermis? | True or False.

Answer 44

False.

Question 45

Is purulent the term meaning "producing or containing pus" ? | True or False.

Answer 45

True.

Question 46

What gland secretes hormones that control the activity of the other endocrine glands? a. pituitary b. thymus c. thyroid

Answer 46

a. Pituitary

Question 47

What gland functions as part of the endocrine system by secreting a hormone that functions as part of the immune system? a. thymus b. throat c. pituitary

Answer 47

a. Thymus

Question 48

During puberty, what term describes the beginning of the menstrual function? a. menarch b. manarche c. menarche

Answer 48

c. Menarche

Question 49

Is ovulation the release of a mature egg by the ovary? | True or False.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

What is the external female genitalia? a. vulva b. scrotum c. vagina

Answer 50

a. Vulva

Question 51

What is it called listening to sounds within the body? a. acupuncture b. albuminuria c. auscultation

Answer 51

c. Auscultation

Question 52

What is the treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points of the skin? a. acupuncture b. albuminuria c. auscultation

Answer 52

a. Acupuncture

Question 53

What is an abnormal heart sound caused by turbulence within? a. rale b. rhonchi c. bruit

Answer 53

c. Bruit