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The _________ is the foundation of a medical term.

a. suffix
b. prefix
c. root
d. combining vowel
c. root
What does the suffix in "vasorrhahy" mean?

a. to burst forth
b. hemorrhage
c. rupture.
d. suture
d. suture
Which of the following prefixes has the same meaning as "infra?"

a. ecto-
b. hypo-
c. supra-
d. hemi-
b. hypo-
Hemat- means?

a. blood
b. hand
c. brain
d. bladder
a. blood
What does the prefix in "supranasal" mean?

a. below
b. beneath
c. above
d. beside
c. above
The breakdown of blood is?

a. hematopoiesis
b. hemolysis
c. hemostasis
d. hemophilia
b. hemolysis
Cardio______ means incision in the heart.

a. rrhaphy
b. ectasis
c. ectomy
d. tomy
d. tomy
A disease or condition usually resulting from a previous disease or injury is?

a. prophylaxis
b. noncontributory
c. sequela
d. marked
c. sequela
The _________ provides specific guidelines that regulate how medical records are kept.

a. Joint Commission
b. ACP
c. FACS
d. ACS
a. Joint Commission
Ancillary reports include?

a. diagnostic tests
b. nurses notes
c. physician progress notes
d. anesthesiologist tests
a. diagnostic tests
A return of symptoms and signs after a period of inactivity is?

a. Progressive
b. Remission
c. Equivocal
d. Recurrent
d. Recurrent
The abbreviation "PERRLA" documented in the physical exam documents a finding about the?

a. eyes
b. ears
c. hands
d. abdomen
a. eyes
AS is the abbreviation for?

a. right ear
b. before meals
c. left ear
d. after supper
c. left ear
Objective information is obtained by?

a. social history
b. asking questions
c. family history
d. physical exam
d. physical exam
Adip/o is the combining form meaning?

a. fat
b. sweat
c. cell
d. hard
a. fat
A drug that inhibits growth of bacteria is an?

a. antifungal
b. antibiotic
c. antipruritic
d. antihistamine
b. antibiotic
The combining form for tissue is?

a. cyt/o
b. onych/o
c. hist/o
d. hidr/o
c. hist/o
A tissue specimen may be frozen and cut thin for examination. This is called a _________?

a. debridement
b. culture and sensitivity
c. currettage
d. frozen section
d. frozen section
Trich/o is the combining form which means?

a. nail
b. hard
c. hair
d. dry
c. hair
The eruption of wheals accompanied by itch is?

a. alopecia
b. urticaria
c. psoriasis
d. pruritis
b. urticaria
What is the plural of bulla?

a. bullas
b. bullae
c. bulles
d. bulls
b. bullae
A bruise, or a black and blue mark, is also known as an?

a. petechia
b. ecchymosis
c. keloid
d. pruritis
b. ecchymosis
The combining form brachi/o means?

a. arm
b. joint
c. leg
d. neck
a. arm
Movement away from the body is?

a. flexion
b. adduction
c. extension
d. abduction
d. abduction
Shrinking or wasting away of muscle tissue.

a. myasthenia
b. hypertrophy
c. atrophy
d. myalgia
a. atrophy
Turning the palm upward or forward is called

a. pronation
b. supination
c. eversion
d. inversion
b. supination
A shaking, rhythmic muscular movement:

a. tetany
b. arthralgia
c. tremor
d. rigor
c. tremor
Irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat:

a. hypertension
b. myopathy
c. arrhythmia
d. contraction of heart muscle
c. arrhythmia
A record of the electrical conductivity of the heart is called:

a. angiogram
b. electrocardiogram
c. ventriculogram
d. Doppler
b. electrocardiogram
The combining form that means pulse is:

a. sphygm/o
b. ven/o
c. atri/o
d. puls/o
a. sphygm/o
In a blood pressure reading of 160/105, 105 represents the:

a. systemic blood pressure
b. systolic blood pressure
c. jugular venous pressure
d. diastolic blood pressure
d. diastolic blood pressure
Blood vesels branching from the aorta to carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle:

a. capillaries
b. coronary arteries
c. venae cavae
d. arterioles
d. arterioles
A local widening of an artery:

a. aneurysm
b. aortic stenosis
c. infarction
d. thrombosis
a. aneurysm
Area of dead tissue:

a. infarction
b. vegetations
c. thrombus
d. embolus
a. infarction
Chest pain caused by a temporary loss of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle is called?

a. ischemia
b. infarct.
c. angnia
d. palpitation
c. angina
The method of treating a narrowed coronary artery by insertion of a balloon catheter is called:

a. PTCA
b. CABG
c. TEE
d. MRA
a. PTCA
Which of the following is used to measure the percentage of packed red blood cells in a given volume of blood:

a. hematocrit
b. metabolic panel
c. blood culture
d. erythrocyte sedimentation rate
a. hematocrit
Pernicious anemia is defined as an:

a. cancer of the blood
b. increased number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin in blood
c. reduced number of red blood cells, hemoglobin or packed red blood cells in the blood
d. inadequate supply of vitamin B12
d. inadequate supply of vitamin B12
A malignant blood disease marked by abnormal white blood cells is:

a. thrombocytopenia
b. hemochromatosis
c. lymphoma
d. leukemia
d. leukemia
The viral condition characterized by an increase in monocytes and lymphocytes is:

a. lymphoma
b. lymphitis
c. mononucleosis
d. polycythemia
c. mononucleosis
_________ is a group of hereditary bleeding disorders with a defect in clotting factors necessary for coagulation:

a. ducts
b. hemophilia
c. lymphoma
d. septicemia
b. hemophilia
A measure of blood acidity or alkalinity:

a. PaO2
b. PaCO2
c. pH
d. ABGs
c. pH
In V/Q scan, the V stands for ventilation and the Q stands for?

a. quality
b. perfusion
c. quantity
d. vital capacity
b. perfusion
Difficult breathing:

a. anosmia
b. tachypnea
c. dyspnea
d. hypoxia
c. dyspnea
In this procedure, a tube is placed through the nose or mough, through the pharynx and larynx, and into the trachea to establish an airway:

a. tracheostomy
b. laryngoscopy
c. endotracheal intubation
d. pulmonary function test
c. endotracheal intubation
The prefix in hypoxia means?

a. deficient
b. excessive
c. difficult
d. painful
a. deficient
Removal of a small piece of lung tissue for pathologic examination:

a. MRI of lung
b. lung biopsy
c. lobectomy
d. bronchoscopy
b. lung biopsy
The term describing solid material within the air spaces of the lungs as noted on an x-ray is:

a. pulmonary edema
b. pulmonary infiltrates
c. caseous necrosis
d. sputum
b. pulmonary infilitrates
Prone is:

a. normal standing position
b. lying face down flat
c. bending at the joint
d. toward the side
b. lying face down flat
The prefix "an" means:

a. with
b. without
c. against
d. under
b. without