Kenya's Final Exam Brainscape

Question 1

Suffixes can indicate a condition, disorder, procedure or disease.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What does the suffix- osis indicate?

Answer 2

Abnormal condition or disease

Question 3

Ather/o- is the preffix for joint.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What does the term cephalic mean?

Answer 4

Towards the head

Question 5

What region of the abdomen is located above the stomach?

Answer 5

Epigastric region

Question 6

An emergency physician is a license healthcare professional working in prehospital setting.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What is the prefix for bone marrow?

Answer 7

myel/o-

Question 8

Dissect and define bursitis.

Answer 8

Burs-bursa

-itis - inflammation

Question 9

Define foramen.

Answer 9

Opening in bone allowing passage of blood vessels, nerves and ligaments

Question 10

Abduction is the movement of limb toward the midline of the body.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What is the movement that ends the foot upward at the ankle?

Answer 11

Dorsiflexion

Question 12

What is tendonitis?

Answer 12

Inflammation of the tendon

Question 13

If -sclerosis is abnormal hardening, what is a atherosclerosis caused by?

Answer 13

Abnormal hardening of plaque in arteries

Question 14

What term is defined as decreased oxygenated blood flow to tissues?

Answer 14

Ischemia

Question 15

Embolus is a blood clot attached to the interior wall of the vessel.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Pernicious anemia is caused b the body’s inability to absorb VB12.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Which cell plays a role in cell-mediated immunity?

Answer 17

T cells

Question 18

What is an oncologist?

Answer 18

One who diagnoses and treats malignant disorders

Question 19

Which cancer of the immune systems is characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells?

Answer 19

Hodgkins lymphoma

Question 20

What is the purpose of an adjuvant therapy?

Answer 20

Decreases risk of cancer recurrence after primary treatment is completed

Question 21

Where are sublingual glands located?

Answer 21

On the floor of the mouth under the tongue

Question 22

Wavelike contractions moving food into the digestive system?

Answer 22

Peristalsis

Question 23

Chyme is defined as mass of food ready to be swallowed.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Bands of tissue that may result in difficulty swallowing.

Answer 24

Stricture

Question 25

Define dysphagis

Answer 25

Difficulty swallowing

Question 26

What term means inflammation of the nose?

Answer 26

Rhinitis

Question 27

Meaning of tracheorrhagia.

Answer 27

Bleeding from the trachea

Question 28

Pneumothorax is the accumulation of phlegm in the pleural cavity.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Based on word parts, define hypoxemia.

Answer 29

Low oxygen levels in blood

Question 30

A condition involving the kidneys pertains to what word part?

Answer 30

nephr/o- or ren/o

Question 31

Ureters transport urine from kidneys to bladder.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

What is the involuntary discharge of urine?

Answer 32

Enuresis

Question 33

What is the purpose of intravenous pyelography?

Answer 33

Provides image of the renal pelvis using dye

Question 34

Myel/o- is the prefix for what structure?

Answer 34

spinal cord

Question 35

What is the correct term for head pain?

Answer 35

Cephlagia

Question 36

Which is the medical term for sleep walking?

Answer 36

Somnambulism

Question 37

The white layer of the eye:

Answer 37

Sclera

Question 38

Periodontal edema is

Answer 38

Swelling of tissue around the eye

Question 39

Describe purpura.

Answer 39

Purple discoloration of the skin due to bleeding under the skin

Question 40

Diaphoresis is increased urine output

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Overgrowth ad thickening of the skin is keratosis.

Answer 41

True

Question 42

What term means excessive hunger?

Answer 42

Polyphagia

Question 43

Define gynecomastia.

Answer 43

Excessive mammary gland production in males

Question 44

What organ secretes fluid to help with the motility of sperm?

Answer 44

Prostate gland

Question 45

Cryptorchidism is described as:

Answer 45

Failure of one or both of the testicles to descend

Question 46

The inner most layer of the uterus is called:

Answer 46

endometrium

Question 47

An obstetrician is responsible for:

Answer 47

medical care during pregnancy, childbirth immediate postpartum

Question 48

Accumulation of pus in the fallopian tubes

Answer 48

Pyosalpinx

Question 49

Rhonchi is abnormal lung sounds during inspiration

Answer 49

False

Question 50

What does ABG's measure?

Answer 50

pH, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in arterial blood