Chapter 10 & 11: Practice Quiz Questions Flashcards

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Petechiae

A

Small, pinpoint hemorrhages

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2
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Dilation

A

To widen or enlarge

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3
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Cyanosis

A

Bluish coloration of the skin

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4
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My/o

A

Muscle

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5
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Murmur

A

Abnormal heart sound caused by improper closure of heart valves.

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6
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Tc

A

Technetium

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7
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Synapse

A

Spelled Synapse

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8
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Paresis

A

Slight paralysis

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9
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Vascul/o

A

Vessel

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10
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Accented syllable in myelogram

A

My

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11
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Radiculitis

A

Inflammation of a spinal nerve root

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12
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Accented syllable in phlebotomy

A

bo

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13
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Hypercholesterolemia

A

High levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream

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14
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Accented syllable in diastole

A

As

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15
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Vein

A

vessel carrying blood to the heart from tissues

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16
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tPA

A

Tissue plasminogen activator

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17
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Capillary

A

Small blood vessel

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18
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Meninges

A

Three protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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19
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Axon

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Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell

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20
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Plexus

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A large, interlacing network of nerves

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21
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Dendrite

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Branching giber that is the first part of a neuron to receive a nervous impulse

22
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Myelin sheath

A

Protective fatty tissue that surrounds the axon of a nerve cell

23
Q

Cauda Equina

A

Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord

24
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Oligodendroglia

A

Glial cell that produces myelin

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Cerebral Cortex
Outer region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray matter
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Radiculitis
Inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
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LVAD
Used as a "bridge to transplant"
28
ACS
Includes unstable angina and myocardial infarction
29
ICD
This helps to correct heart arrhythmia
30
TEE
Type of ultrasound imaging of the heart
31
HTN
High blood pressure
32
Tc
Radioactive element used in cardiac scans
33
PCI
Surgical intervention with catheter, balloon, and stents
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CCU
Hospital area where acute heart conditions are treated
35
PVC
Abnormal heart rhythm
36
tPA
Drug used to present thrombosis
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Tetralogy of Fallot
Four separate congenital heart defects
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Mylein sheath
Covering on nerve cell axon
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Sphygmomanometer
Used to measure blood pressure
40
Accented syllable in angiography
og
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Accented syllable in hyperesthesia
The
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Thrombophlebitis
Inflammation of a vein with a clot
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Slow moving
bradykinesia
44
Increased nervous sensation
hyperesthesia
45
Seizure of sleep
narcolepsy
46
Movement and behavior are not purposeful
Apraxia
47
Fainting
Syncope
48
Burning pain
Causalgia
49
No coordination
Ataxia
50
Slight paralysis in half the body
hemiparesis
51
Kines/o
Movement
52
Removal of plaque from inner lining of an artery
Endarterectomy