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1
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What microscopic vessel enables nutrients and oxygen to pass into the surrounding tissues?

A

Capillary

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2
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What structure joins the two hemispheres of the brain?

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Corpus Callosum

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3
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What is irritable bowel syndrome also called?

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Spastic colon

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4
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The anterior root of the spinal cord is composed of what?

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Motor fibers

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5
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Destruction of old RBCs is a function of what?

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Spleen

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6
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In what type of biopsy is the entire lesion removed?

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Excisional

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7
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In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates what?

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Procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech

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8
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Where is a plantar wart located?

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Sole of the foot

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9
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What is the body’s defense against injury, infection, or allergy?

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Inflammation

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10
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Two main divisions of the skeleton are the axial and what?

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Appendicular

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11
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At what site does hematopoesis occur?

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Bone marrow

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12
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Photosynthesis is a function of what cell?

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Macrophage

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13
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Excessive levels of what causes jaundice?

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Bilirubin

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14
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A pap smear is used primarily to screen and diagnose what?

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Cervical cancer

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15
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Waste filtered by the kidney includes what?

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Nitrogenous products

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16
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What is a gastric ulcer also called?

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Peptic ulcer

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17
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Structural abnormalities of the esophagus may be diagnosed by endoscopy of what?

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Upper GI tract

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18
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What is metamucil used to treat?

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Constipation

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19
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What medications help treat IBS?

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Antidiarrheals

20
Q

Which glands produce sweat?

A

Sudoriferous

21
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What skin barrier protects from the skin cancer-causing UV radiation?

A

Melanin

22
Q

The parietal pleura glides smoothly over the visceral pleura because the plural cavity normally contains a small amount of what?

A

Lubricating fluids

23
Q

What layer of the eye contains the rods and cones?

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Retina

24
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In what type of fracture does the bone injure another organ, such as a broken rib piercing a lung?

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Complicated

25
Q

Swelling of the nasal sinuses associated with upper respiratory infections commonly causes what?

A

Anosmia

26
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What tissue type covers the surfaces of organs, lines cavities, and makes up the epidermis?

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Epithelial

27
Q

What is skin also called?

A

Integument

28
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What is a hard protein found in the epidermis?

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Keratin

29
Q

Plantar warts, or verracae, are caused by what?

A

Viruses

30
Q

Congenital and strangulated are associated with what surgical procedure?

A

Hernioplasty

31
Q

Typanoplasty helps treat what?

A

Perforated eardrum

32
Q

What sexually transmitted infection is called the “silent disease” because its symptoms are commonly absent or mild?

A

Clamydia

33
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Muscular dystrophy is characterized by gradual what?

A

Weakening of muscle tissue

34
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An endocrinologist would treat what disease?

A

Diabetes

35
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What bones form the three main divisions of the pelvis?

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Ilium, ischium, pubis

36
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Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of what?

A

Pancreas

37
Q

Urine is expelled from the body through what?

A

Urethra

38
Q

What sexually transmitted infection produces symptoms more commonly in females than males?

A

Trichomonas

39
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What structure supports and connects the cells of the nervous system?

A

Neuroglia

40
Q

What are radioactive “seeds” associated with?

A

Brachytherapy

41
Q

Waste products are transported to kidneys via what?

A

Renal artery

42
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What protective mechanism blocks chemicals from entering brain tissue?

A

Blood-brain barrier

43
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What is a radiopharmaceutical also called?

A

Tracer

44
Q

Acute gastritis or peptic ulcer may cause what?

A

Hematemesis

45
Q

In the process of urine formation, filtration takes place where?

A

Renal corpuscule

46
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Lazy-eye syndrome is a type of strabismus called what?

A

Amblyopia

DC A&P MT (8 decks)

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