MED TERM CH 7
A patient who is being treated with medicine that causes thrombolysis would likely have ________. A. a lack of platelets B. anemia C. septicemia D. a blood clot
a blood clot
A patient with leukocytopenia would have ________. A. an elevated level of platelets B. a decreased level of red blood cells C. a decreased level of white blood cells D. abnormally shaped white blood cells
a decreased level of white blood cells
A tumor of the lymphoid gland that is in the upper sternal region is _________. A. toxemia B. a hematoma C. a thymoma D. splenomegaly
a thymoma
A patient who has polycythemia has _________. A. an abnormally increased number of red blood cells B. irregularly shaped white blood cells C. red blood cells of different sizes D. a lack of platelets
an abnormally increased number of red blood cells
Some strains of staph are classified as MRSA, which means they: A. do not infect humans. B. only come from an animal bite. C. cause less serious infections. D. are resistant to antibiotics
are resistant to antibiotics
A patient is found to have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in the blood. This would be considered ________. A. erythrocytopenia B. polycythemia C. bacteremia D. fungemia
bacteremia
A nosocomial disease is ________. A. caused by an allergic reaction B. caused by use of an anticoagulant C. contracted while being in the hospital D. an autoimmune response
contracted while being in the hospital
The correct spelling of one of the immunizations commonly given to prevent an acute inflammation of the mouth and throat is _________. A. dipteria B. diftheria C. diphtheria D. dyphtheria
diphtheria
Swelling and leaking of fluid between body cells is called ________. A. edema B. erythema C. hematoma D. fungemia
edema
The treating doctor has absolutely no idea of what the cause of a disease or condition is and describes it as a/n ________ disorder. A. nosocomial B. idiopathic C. autoimmune D. iatrogenic
idiopathic
One of the main functions of the lymphatic system is: A. transport of food. B. immunity. C. clotting blood. D. making red blood cells.
immunity.
Patients with a decreased immune response are considered to have ________. A. anemia B. immunosuppression C. polycythemia D. septicemia
immunosuppression
Hodgkin disease is a type of: A. leukemia. B. lymphoma. C. nosocomial infection. D. anemia.
lymphoma.
The correct spelling for the type of anemia caused by a lack of vitamin B12 is ________ anemia. A. pernisus B. pirniceous C. pernicious D. pyrnecious
pernicious
The correct spelling of the word that means to "act as protection before" is ________. A. profilaxis B. prophylacksix C. prophilaxis D. prophylaxis
prophylaxis
The proper phonetic pronunciation for the word septicemia is ________. A. sept IY see mee ayh B. SEP ty see mee ah C. sep TY see mi ah D. sep tih SEE mee ah
sep tih SEE mee ah
The correct spelling for the presence in the blood of the bacterium that causes strep infections is ________. A. steptococsemia B. streptococcemia C. steprocoxemia D. streptoxocemia
streptococcemia
The correct spelling for a vaccination to prevent infection from the bacterium Clostridium tetani is _______ shot. A. tettnis B. tatenus C. tetnus D. tetanus
tetanus
Necrosis is serious because it is: A. a form of cancer. B. severe swelling. C. a system-wide infection. D. the death of tissue.
the death of tissue.
A patient who is diagnosed with blood poisoning has ________. A. thrombocytopenia B. fungemia C. polycythemia D. toxemia
toxemia
The suffix that refers to loosening or dissolving is ________. A. -rrhage B. -philia C. -genic D. -lysis
-lysis
The suffix that refers to protection is ________. A. -rrhagic B. -phobia C. -phylaxis D. -philia
-phylaxis
The combining form that refers to self is ________. A. hom/o B. aut/o C. iatr/o D. bi/o
aut/o
The combining form that refers to the color red is ________. A. blast/o B. thym/o C. erythr/o D. leuk/o
erythr/o
The combining form that means "clot" is ________. A. blast/o B. tox/o C. hemat/o D. thromb/o
thromb/o
