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50 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is/are essential for blood clotting? |
platelets |
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Crackles are also known as: |
rales |
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Which of the following prevents food from entering the airway? |
epiglottis |
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The exchange of gases within the body is called |
respiration |
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Pneumocystis pneumonia is often seen in people with: |
HIV |
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Which structure filters air as it enters the respiratory tract? |
nose |
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Pharyng/o is the combing for for the: |
throat |
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What term means specialized lymph vessels in the small intestine that absorb fat into the bloodstreem? |
lacteals |
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Hodgkins disease is an example of: |
lymphoma |
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Which of the following conditions is characterized by the failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells? |
aplastic anemia |
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All of the following are part of the pharnyx except? |
epiglottis |
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All of the following are lung sounds except: |
cheyne-stokes |
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The normal adult PLT is: |
150000-450000 |
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Eosinophil is named for what color of stain of its granules? |
rose |
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Which of the following is a granular leukocyte that fights infection by phagocytosis? |
neutrophil |
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The trachea splits into the right and left: |
bronchi |
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Which of the following take lymph from the tissues to the vessels? |
capillaries |
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Blood is responsible for all of the following except: |
carrying fats away from digestive organs |
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Red cell morphology involves the study of what aspect of red blood cells ? |
form |
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The proteiniron compound that has the bonding capabilities for the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide is: |
hemoglobin |
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The term for bosebleed is: |
epistaxis |
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What is the term for the membranes enclosing the lung and lining the thoracic cavity? |
pleura |
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Which of the following are described as hairlike? |
cilia |
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The obstructive pulmonary disease caused by spasm of the bronchial tubes with attacks of wheezing, dyspnea, and cough is: |
asthma |
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Venipuncture is also called: |
phlebotomy |
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Leukocytes are: |
white blood cells |
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The term describing solid material within the air spaces of the lungs as noted on an x-ray is: |
pulmonary infiltrate |
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Dysphonia is a condition of: |
hoarseness |
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Granulocytes and agranulocytes are: |
white blood cells |
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Alveolar pertains to: |
air sac |
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Oropharnyx refers to the throat and what other organ? |
mouth |
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how many lung lobes are there? |
five |
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Immun/o is a combining from meaning: |
safe |
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The thin-walled microscopic air sacs that exchange gases are called: |
alveoli |
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The systemic disease caused by infection of microorganisms and their toxins in the circulating blood is called |
septicemia |
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Accumulation of air and blood in the pleural cavity is: |
pneumohemothorax |
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A substance produced by the body that destroys an antigen that has entered the body is a/n |
antibody |
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Chyl/o |
juice |
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PaO2 refers to measuring : |
oxygen in the blood |
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Polymorphonuclear leukocyte is an example of a/n: |
neutrophil |
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What type of imaging technology is involved in a lung scan? |
nuclear medicine |
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The doctor who is specializes in the study and treatment of the lung is called a/an: |
pulmonologist |
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Another term for pharyngeal tonsil is: |
adenoid |
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Which system maintains the internal fluid environment by acting as an intermediary between the blood in the capillaries and tissue cells? |
lymphatic system |
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The prefix in hypoxia means: |
deficient |
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The study of blood is: |
hematology |
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All of the following are leukocytes except: |
red blood cells |
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A bleeding disorder caused by a defect in clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood: |
hemophilia |
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Thrombocytes are also known as: |
platelets |
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An increase of immature erythrocytes in the blood is called: |
reticulocytosis |