Glossary

Question 1

What is it called to soak up or take in?

Answer 1

Absorb

Question 2

What is the passage of substances across and into tissues?

Answer 2

Absorption

Question 3

What is the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physics harm, pain, or mental anguish?

Answer 3

Abuse

Question 4

What is the process of adjusting the eyes for near or far vision?

Answer 4

Accommodation

Question 5

What is a chemical in the body tissues helps control activity between the muscles and the nervous system?

Answer 5

Acetylcholine

Question 6

What is a uncontrollable dependence on a chemical substance, habit, or practice?

Answer 6

Addiction

Question 7

What are activities not included in 172 NAC 95(006) and include PRN, additional routes and participation in monitoring?

Answer 7

Additional Activites

Question 8

What is a substance added to a prescription medication to assist in the action of the main ingredient?

Answer 8

Adjuvant

Question 9

What is it pertaining to the glands located on top of each kidney?

Answer 9

Adrenal

Question 10

What is a harmful, unintended effect of an appropriately administered drug?

Answer 10

Adverse reactions

Question 11

What are nebulized particles suspended in a gas or air?

Answer 11

Aerosol

Question 12

What is restlessness, inability to sit still?

Answer 12

Akathesia

Question 13

What is a severely diminished motor and psychic activity?

Answer 13

Akinesia

Question 14

What is the body’s immune system over-response to a foreign substance such as a food or drug?

Answer 14

Allergic reaction

Question 15

What is a hypersensitive reaction to a common substance?

Answer 15

Allergic

Question 16

What are tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the air and the blood?

Answer 16

Alveoli

Question 17

What is a progressive mental deterioration that involves plaque formation in areas of the brain?

Answer 17

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 18

What is a gas produced by decomposing organic material. Used as a detergent and as an emulsifier?

Answer 18

Ammonia

Question 19

What is a small sterile glass container that contains a single dose of medication?

Answer 19

Ampule

Question 20

What is a life threatening allergic reaction?

Answer 20

Anaphylactic shock

Question 21

What is a decrease in blood levels or blood components?

Answer 21

Anemia

Question 22

What is chest pain caused by a lack of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle?

Answer 22

Angina pectoris

Question 23

What is it to inhibit or to work opposite of?

Answer 23

Antagonistic

Question 24

What is the space in front of the elbow?

Answer 24

Antecubital space

Question 25

What is the opening at the lower end of the digestive tract through which feces is expelled?

Answer 25

Anus

Question 26

What is the largest artery in the body?

Answer 26

Aorta

Question 27

What is the absence or suppression of emotion?

Answer 27

Apathy

Question 28

What is the abnormality in language function as a result of damage to the brain in specific areas?

Answer 28

Aphasia

Question 29

What is the heart beat heard with a stethoscope placed on the chest wall?

Answer 29

Apical

Question 30

What is a pharmacist or pharmacy measure?

Answer 30

Apothecary

Question 32

What is inadequate blood flow in the arteries?

Answer 32

Arterial insufficiency

Question 32

What is the disorder involving thickening and calcification of the walls of the artery resulting in a decreased blood supply?

Answer 32

Arteriosclerosis

Question 33

What are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

Answer 33

Arteries

Question 34

What is the taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current?

Answer 34

Aspiration

Question 35

What is the disorder involving plaques of cholesterol and lipids lining the inner layers of the walls of arteries?

Answer 35

Atherosclerosis

Question 36

What are the upper chambers of the heart?

Answer 36

Atria

Question 37

What is a channel that connects the external ear to the ear drum?

Answer 37

Auditory canal

Question 38

What is the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary functions of the body?

Answer 38

Autonomic nervous system

Question 39

What is the hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; armpit?

Answer 39

Axilla/Axillary

Question 40

What is the microorganism that may cause disease?

Answer 40

Bacteria

Question 41

What is the amount of energy used by a fasting, resting person to maintain vital functions?

Answer 41

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

Question 42

What is the amount of energy used by a fasting, resting person to maintain vital functions?

Answer 42

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

Question 43

What is the microorganism that may cause disease?

Answer 43

Bacteria

Question 44

What is the hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; armpit?

Answer 44

Axilla/Axillary

Question 45

What is the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary functions of the body?

Answer 45

Autonomic nervous system

Question 46

What is a channel that connects the external ear to the ear drum?

Answer 46

Auditory canal

Question 47

What are the upper chambers of the heart?

Answer 47

Atria

Question 48

What is the disorder involving plaques of cholesterol and lipids lining the inner layers of the walls of arteries?

Answer 48

Atherosclerosis

Question 49

What is the taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current?

Answer 49

Aspiration

Question 50

What are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

Answer 50

Arteries