Health Science Concepts Review

Question 1

How many pairs of cranial nerves?

Answer 1

12 pairs

Question 2

How many pairs of spinal nerves?

Answer 2

31 pairs

Question 3

How many pairs of cranial nerves have both motor and sensory pathways?

Answer 3

4 pairs

Question 4

Which cranial nerve controls the muscles of facial expression?

Answer 4

VII (#7 the Facial nerve)

Question 5

Which structure is responsible for memory?

Answer 5

Hippocampus

Question 6

What is the medical term for being paralyzed in all four limbs?

Answer 6

Quadriplegia

Question 7

What is the most commonly fractured vertebrae in the spine?

Answer 7

T8 (eighth thoracic vertebrae)

Question 8

What is between each bone in your spine?

Answer 8

Intervertebral disc

Question 9

Where is the carotid pulse palpated?

Answer 9

side of the neck

Question 10

Where is the femoral pulse palpated?

Answer 10

in the groin

Question 11

Where is the radial pulse palpated?

Answer 11

inside of the wrist

Question 12

What direction is a sagittal plane?

Answer 12

Vertical slice that separates body portions into right and left sides.

Question 13

What direction is a frontal plane?

Answer 13

Vertical slice that separates the body into front and back portions. Also known as the coronal plane.

Question 14

What direction is a transverse plane?

Answer 14

Horizontal slice that separates the body into upper and lower portions.

Question 15

What direction is medial?

Answer 15

towards the midline of the body

Question 16

What direction is lateral?

Answer 16

away from the midline of the body

Question 17

What direction is proximal?

Answer 17

closer to the attachment of the limb

Question 18

What direction is distal?

Answer 18

away from the attachment of the limb

Question 19

What direction is anterior?

Answer 19

toward the front of the body

Question 20

What direction is posterior?

Answer 20

toward the back of the body

Question 21

Where is a Boxer’s fracture?

Answer 21

hand (specifically the 5th metacarpal)

Question 22

Where is a Bumper’s fracture?

Answer 22

knee (specifically proximal lateral tibia)

Question 23

Where is a Clay Shoveller’s fracture?

Answer 23

Spine (specifically in cervical or upper thoracic vertebrae)

Question 24

Where is a Toddler’s fracture?

Answer 24

lower leg (specifically spiral fracture of tibia)

Question 25

Where does the right ventricle pump blood to?

Answer 25

lungs

Question 26

Where does the left ventricle pump blood to?

Answer 26

aorta to the rest of the body

Question 27

Which side of the heart has a larger/thicker ventricle?

Answer 27

left

Question 28

Where is the Biceps brachii muscle located?

Answer 28

upper arm

Question 29

Where is the Deltoid muscle located?

Answer 29

shoulder

Question 30

Where is the Gastrocnemius muscle located?

Answer 30

calf (back of lower leg)

Question 31

Where is the Gluteus maximus muscle located?

Answer 31

buttocks

Question 32

Where is the Latissimus dorsi muscle located?

Answer 32

side/middle back

Question 33

Where is the Pectoralis muscle lcoated?

Answer 33

chest

Question 34

Where is the Sternocleidomastoid muscle located?

Answer 34

side of the neck

Question 35

Where is the Trapezius muscle located?

Answer 35

upper back

Question 36

What are the three types of muscle?

Answer 36

skeletal, smooth, cardiac

Question 37

Where is the tibia located?

Answer 37

shin (medial leg from knee to ankle)

Question 38

Where is the fibula located?

Answer 38

lower leg (lateral leg from knee to ankle)

Question 39

Where is the radius located?

Answer 39

arm (thumb side between elbow and wrist)

Question 40

Where is the ulna located?

Answer 40

arm (pinky side between elbow and wrist)

Question 41

Where is the femur located?

Answer 41

thigh (between hip and knee)

Question 42

Where is the humerus located?

Answer 42

upper arm (shoulder to elbow)

Question 43

Where is the sternum located?

Answer 43

front center of the chest

Question 44

Where are the metacarpals located?

Answer 44

hand

Question 45

Asystole

Answer 45

no heartbeat

Question 46

Bradycardia

Answer 46

slow heart rate (less than 60 beats per minute)

Question 47

Tachycardia

Answer 47

fast heart rate (greater than 100 beats per minute)

Question 48

Apnea

Answer 48

no breathing

Question 49

Bradypnea

Answer 49

slow respiratory rate (less than 12 breaths per minute)

Question 50

Tachypnea

Answer 50

fast respiratory rate (more than 20 breaths per minute)

Question 51

Anesthesiologist

Answer 51

person who treats pain through numbing or sedation for example during a patient's surgery

Question 52

Audiologist

Answer 52

hearing specialist

Question 53

Cardiologist

Answer 53

person who studies or treats heart conditions

Question 54

Dermatologist

Answer 54

person who studies or treats skin conditions

Question 55

Dietician

Answer 55

plan meals for patients

Question 56

EMT

Answer 56

emergency medical technician

Question 57

Gastroenterologist

Answer 57

person who studies or treats gastrointestinal conditions

Question 58

Gynecologist

Answer 58

person who studies or treats the female reproductive system

Question 59

Speech-language pathologist

Answer 59

person who studies or treats patients with speech conditions

Question 60

Medical transcriptionist

Answer 60

person who writes medical documents from dictations

Question 61

Nuclear medicine technologist

Answer 61

specialized training for imaging or treatments using radioactive materials

Question 62

Nurse practitioner

Answer 62

nurses with additional education to provide care to patients

Question 63

Occupational therapist

Answer 63

helps people recover from health problem that effect activities of everyday living

Question 64

Oncologist

Answer 64

person who studies or treats cancer

Question 65

Orthotist/prosthetist

Answer 65

person to design and fit patients for artificial parts and devices

Question 66

Pharmacologist

Answer 66

person who studies medications

Question 67

Phlebotomist

Answer 67

person who draws blood from patients for laboratory samples

Question 68

Physical therapist

Answer 68

person who treats patients with physical injuries or deformities

Question 69

Radiologist

Answer 69

person who studies medical imaging

Question 70

Respiratory therapist

Answer 70

person who treats patients with breathing conditions

Question 71

-algia

Answer 71

pain

Question 72

-centesis

Answer 72

surgical puncture

Question 73

-genic

Answer 73

producing

Question 74

-gram

Answer 74

picture

Question 75

-itis

Answer 75

inflammation

Question 76

-lysis

Answer 76

destruction

Question 77

-ologist

Answer 77

one who studies

Question 78

-ology

Answer 78

the study of

Question 79

-ostomy

Answer 79

creation of an opening

Question 80

-pexy

Answer 80

surgical fixation

Question 81

-plasty

Answer 81

surgical repair

Question 82

-rrhea

Answer 82

discharge

Question 83

-scope

Answer 83

instrument for viewing

Question 84

-scopy

Answer 84

process of viewing

Question 85

-stenosis

Answer 85

narrowing of a tubular structure

Question 86

mathematical mean

Answer 86

average of all the numbers

Question 87

mathematical median

Answer 87

middle-most data value

Question 88

mathematical mode

Answer 88

most frequent data value

Question 89

unit conversion

Answer 89

multiply fractions, ending up with the unit that we are converting to in the numerator

Question 90

percent

Answer 90

for every one hundred