Chapter 10 & 11: Practice Quiz Questions

Question 1

Petechiae

Answer 1

Small, pinpoint hemorrhages

Question 2

Dilation

Answer 2

To widen or enlarge

Question 3

Cyanosis

Answer 3

Bluish coloration of the skin

Question 4

My/o

Answer 4

Muscle

Question 5

Murmur

Answer 5

Abnormal heart sound caused by improper closure of heart valves.

Question 6

Tc

Answer 6

Technetium

Question 7

Synapse

Answer 7

Spelled Synapse

Question 8

Paresis

Answer 8

Slight paralysis

Question 9

Vascul/o

Answer 9

Vessel

Question 10

Accented syllable in myelogram

Answer 10

My

Question 11

Radiculitis

Answer 11

Inflammation of a spinal nerve root

Question 12

Accented syllable in phlebotomy

Answer 12

bo

Question 13

Hypercholesterolemia

Answer 13

High levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream

Question 14

Accented syllable in diastole

Answer 14

As

Question 15

Vein

Answer 15

vessel carrying blood to the heart from tissues

Question 16

tPA

Answer 16

Tissue plasminogen activator

Question 17

Capillary

Answer 17

Small blood vessel

Question 18

Meninges

Answer 18

Three protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 19

Axon

Answer 19

Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell

Question 20

Plexus

Answer 20

A large, interlacing network of nerves

Question 21

Dendrite

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Myelin sheath

Answer 22

Protective fatty tissue that surrounds the axon of a nerve cell

Question 23

Cauda Equina

Answer 23

Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord

Question 24

Oligodendroglia

Answer 24

Glial cell that produces myelin

Question 25

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 25

Outer region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray matter

Question 26

Radiculitis

Answer 26

Inflammation of a spinal nerve root.

Question 27

LVAD

Answer 27

Used as a “bridge to transplant”

Question 28

ACS

Answer 28

Includes unstable angina and myocardial infarction

Question 29

ICD

Answer 29

This helps to correct heart arrhythmia

Question 30

TEE

Answer 30

Type of ultrasound imaging of the heart

Question 31

HTN

Answer 31

High blood pressure

Question 32

Tc

Answer 32

Radioactive element used in cardiac scans

Question 33

PCI

Answer 33

Surgical intervention with catheter, balloon, and stents

Question 34

CCU

Answer 34

Hospital area where acute heart conditions are treated

Question 35

PVC

Answer 35

Abnormal heart rhythm

Question 36

tPA

Answer 36

Drug used to present thrombosis

Question 37

Tetralogy of Fallot

Answer 37

Four separate congenital heart defects

Question 38

Mylein sheath

Answer 38

Covering on nerve cell axon

Question 39

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 39

Used to measure blood pressure

Question 40

Accented syllable in angiography

Answer 40

og

Question 41

Accented syllable in hyperesthesia

Answer 41

The

Question 42

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 42

Inflammation of a vein with a clot

Question 43

Slow moving

Answer 43

bradykinesia

Question 44

Increased nervous sensation

Answer 44

hyperesthesia

Question 45

Seizure of sleep

Answer 45

narcolepsy

Question 46

Movement and behavior are not purposeful

Answer 46

Apraxia

Question 47

Fainting

Answer 47

Syncope

Question 48

Burning pain

Answer 48

Causalgia

Question 49

No coordination

Answer 49

Ataxia

Question 50

Slight paralysis in half the body

Answer 50

hemiparesis

Question 51

Kines/o

Answer 51

Movement

Question 52

Removal of plaque from inner lining of an artery

Answer 52

Endarterectomy