Final Exam AHPR 200

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pediatrician

Children's specialist:

scleroderma

Chronic hardening and thickening of skin:

hypoparathyroidsm

Decreased activity of the parathyroids:

neurolysis

Destruction of a nerve:

dysphonia

Difficult or weak voice:

dysphonia

Difficulty in speech caused a brain lesion:

ptosis or blepharoptosis

Drooping of the eyelid:

hypertension

Elevated blood pressure:

proctoscopy

Endoscopic examination of the rectum:

nephromegaly

Enlargement of a kidney:

adenectomy

Excision of a gland:

chondrectomy

Excision of cartilage:

onychomycosis

Fungal condition of the nail:

cystocele

Herniation of the bladder:

into equal right and left halves

How does a midsagittal plane divide the body?

intravenous

In which type of injection are medications administered directly into the bloodstream?

hyperthyroidism

Increased activity of the thyroid gland:

lymphadenitis

Inflammation of a lymph node:

salpingitis

Inflammation of a uterine tube:

cystitis

Inflammation of the bladder:

mastitis

Inflammation of the breastbone:

bronchitis

Inflammation of the bronchi:

meningitis

Inflammation of the meniges:

omphalitis

Inflammation of the navel:

glossitis

Inflammation of the tongue:

electrocardiograph

Instrument used to record the heart's electrical activity:

necrosis

Localized death in response to disease or injury:

vertebrae

Morbid softening occurs in which structures in spondylomalacia?

proximal

Nearer the origin or point of attachment:

neonate

Newborn:

quadriplegia

Paralysis of all four extremities:

hemiplegia

Paralysis of one side of the body:

artrioventricular

Pertaining to an atrium and a ventricle:

abdominopelvic

Pertaining to the abdomen and pelvis:

axillary

Pertaining to the armpit:

ventral

Pertaining to the belly side:

femoral

Pertaining to the femur:

pericardial

Pertaining to the sac that surrounds the heart:

testicular

Pertaining to the testes:

hypophysis

Pituitary gland:

dyspepsia

Poor digestion:

choledocholithiasis

Presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct:

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Profound immunosuppression is a fatal late stage of which sexually transmitted disease?

electroencephalogram

Record produced by the brain's electrical impulses:

erythrocyte

Red blood cell:

oophorectomy

Removal of an ovary:

endocrine

Secreting internally through a duct:

encephalomalacia

Softening of the brain:

pyrogen

Substance that causes fever:

glycosuria

Sugar in the urine:

arthrocentesis

Surgical puncture of a joint:

rhinoplasty

Surgical repair of the nose:

cranioplasty

Surgical repair of the skull:

pneumothorax

The presence of air or gas in the pleural space:

hyperthyroidism

Thyrotoxicosis is caused by which of the following?

diaphragm

To what structure does the term phrenic pertain?

uremia

Toxic condition associated with renal failure:

cryptorchidism

Undescended testicle:

chemoreceptors

What aspect of taste buds allows them to be stimulated by sweet, sour, bitter, and salty tastes?

increased breathing

What does hyperpnea mean?

pertaining to the lower back

What does lumbar mean?

a specialist who studies the ear

What does otologist mean?

below the breastbone

What does substernal mean?

an enlarged thyroid gland

What does the term goiter mean?

the fluid transported by the lymphatic system

What does the term lymph mean?

an incision of the chest

What does thoracotomy mean?

inability to control urination

What does urinary incontinence mean?

sudden attacks of sleep

What is a major characteristic of narcolepsy?

hyperopia

What is another name for farsightedness?

inflammation of the gallbladder

What is cholecystitis?

bending of a limb at a joint

What is flexion?

inflammation of the kidney that involves primarily the tufts of capillaries that act as filters

What is glomerulonephritis?

endometrium

What is sloughed off each month in menstruation?

nephroptosis

What is the diagnostic term for a condition that results whenever the tissue surrounding the kidney fails to anchor it to nearby structures and the kidney droops?

chorionic gonadotropin

What is the hormone that is present in body fluids?

emphysema

What is the name of a respiratory disorder characterized by destruction of the alveolar walls?

catheter

What is the name of the instrument used when a long, flexible tube is inserted into the heart chambers by way of a vein in the leg, arm, or neck?

spirometry

What is the name of the procedure that measures the amount of air taken in and expelled from the lungs?

surgical crushing

What is the surgical procedure indicated in the term lithotripsy?

keloid

What is the term for a sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar caused by excessive collagen during tissue repair?

debridement

What is the term for removal of foreign material and dead or contaminated tissue from an infected or traumatic lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed?

pleura

What is the term for the membrane that lines the walls of the chest cavity?

target organ

What is the term for the organ or structure toward which the effects of a hormone are directed?

between two of the meninges

Where is the mass of blood located in a subdural hematoma?

bradyphasia

Which means slow speech?

intrauterine device

Which of the following is a contraceptive?

neurasthenia

Which of the following is a nervous condition characterized by chronic weakness and exhaustion that sometimes follows depression?

seborrheic dermatitis

Which of the following is an inflammatory skin disease that begins on the scalp but may involve other areas, particularly the eyebrows?

diabetes insipidus

Which of the following is caused by a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone?

narrowed

Which of the following is characteristic of a blood vessel when stenosis occurs?

hypoglycemia

Which of the following is generally expected in hyperinsulinism?

lymphatic

Which of the following is not a major classification of body tissue?

patella

Which of the following is not a pelvic bone?

esophagus

Which of the following is the long tube that carries food to the stomach?

hyperglycemia

Which of the following is the most significant sign of diabetes mellitus?

abruptio placenta

Which of the following means separation of the placenta from the uterine wall after 20 weeks or more of gestation or during labor?

gastroplasty

Which of the following procedures is used to treat obesity?

urea

Which of the following substances is generally detected in normal urine?

gastrostomy

Which of the following terms has a word part that means the stomach?

transurethral resection

Which of the following terms refers to removal of small pieces of tissue from a nearby structure through the wall of the urethra?

this is a person trained to administer anesthetics but is not a physician

Which statement is true concerning the term anesthetist?

it is to be used in the eye

Which statement is true of an ophthalmic medication?

bradycardia

Which term applies to one whose pulse at rest measures 30 beats per minute?

phagocyte

Which term means a cell that can ingest and destroy particulate substances?

cyanosis

Which term means a condition in which a deviciency of oxygen results in a slightly bluish, slatelike color of the skin?

pustule

Which term means a lesion filled with pus?

trichosis

Which term means an abnormal growth of hair in an unusual place?

hemolysis

Which term means destruction of red blood cells that results in the liberation of their red pigment?

thrombosis

Which term means formation of existence of internal blood clots?

caudal

Which term means pertaining to the tail or a taillike structure?

angiocardiography

Which term means the radiological study of the heart and its great vessels?

hematemesis

Which term means vomiting of blood?

calcipenia

A deficiency of calcium:

abrasion

A scraping or rubbing away of the skin:

hyperplasia

Abnormal increase in the number of normal cells:

mucolytic

Agent that dissolves mucus:

contusion

Another name for a bruise:

myopathy

Any disease of muscle:

hypoglycemia

Below normal amount of blood sugar:

hypoglycemia

Below-normal blood sugar:


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