Midterm Questions

Question 1

hyperventilation

Answer 1

abnormally rapid rate of deep respiration that is usually associated with anxiety.

Question 2

myelodysplastic syndrome

Answer 2

cancerous blood condition previously known as preleukemia

Question 3

tachypnea

Answer 3

abnormally rapid rate of respiration, > 20 RR

Question 4

bilirubin

Answer 4

pigment produced from destruction of hemoglobin, released by liver in bile

Question 5

myomalacia

Answer 5

abnormal softening of muscle tissue

Question 6

bronchopneumonia

Answer 6

begins in bronchoiles

Question 7

double pneumonia

Answer 7

bacterial pneumonia that involves both lobes of lungs

Question 8

lobar pneumonia

Answer 8

affects one or more lobes of lungs

Question 9

mycoplasma pneumonia

Answer 9

walking pneumonia

Question 10

singultus

Answer 10

hiccup

Question 11

aerophagia

Answer 11

swallowing air

Question 12

borborygmus

Answer 12

movement of gas in the intestine

Question 13

emesis

Answer 13

vomiting

Question 14

eructation

Answer 14

belching

Question 15

flatulence

Answer 15

passing gas through rectum

Question 16

antibiotics

Answer 16

medication capable of inhibiting the growth or killing bacteria

Question 17

peritonitis

Answer 17

inflammation of peritoneum

Question 18

etiology

Answer 18

study the cause of disease

Question 19

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

Answer 19

debilitating complex disorder characterized by profound fatigue not improved with bed rest

Question 20

Tay-Sachs

Answer 20

inherited disease that destroys nerve cells in brain and spinal cord

Question 21

cachexia

Answer 21

physical wasting away due to loss of weight of muscle mass