Allied Health Professions
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Course Introduction
This course introduces students to the diverse field of allied health professions, exploring the roles, responsibilities, and interprofessional collaboration among various healthcare providers who are not physicians, dentists, or nurses. Students will gain an understanding of the education, certification, and scope of practice of allied health professionals such as medical technologists, radiographers, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, and others. The course emphasizes the importance of teamwork, ethical considerations, and patient-centered care in supporting the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities, preparing students for further study or careers in healthcare settings.
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Exploring Medical Language A Student Directed Approach 8th Edition by Myrna Brooks
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language
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Q1) Terms built from the name of a person, often a physician or scientist who was the first to identify a condition or technique, such as Alzheimer disease, is
A) an acronym
B) built from the English language
C) an eponym
D) modern language
Answer: C
Q2) The o in arthr/o/pathy is the A) combining vowel
B) prefix
C) word root
D) suffix
Answer: A
Q3) When defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the A) word root
B) prefix
C) suffix
D) combining vowel
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
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Q1) The term karyocyte is defined as
A) the study of cells
B) resembling a cell
C) an increase in the number of cells
D) a cell with a nucleus
Answer: D
Q2) The combining form that means red is
A) xanth/o
B) leuk/o
C) erythr/o
D) melan/o
Answer: C
Q3) A disease or disorder originating in the body as opposed to a psychological construct would be referred to as
A) somatoplasm
B) somatogenic
C) iatrogenic
D) systemic
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants
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Q1) In the physician's order for a "PA and lat chest radiograph," the image will be taken from
A) back to front and side
B) front to back
C) front to back and middle
D) top to bottom and side
Answer: A
Q2) The pelvic examination required the patient to be lying on her back with her legs raised and feet in stirrups or in the A) orthopnea position
B) lithotomy position
C) Trendelenburg position
D) Sims position
Answer: B
Q3) The term that means pertaining to below is
A) posterior
B) dorsal
C) inferior
D) distal
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Integumentary System
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Q1) An overgrowth of scar tissue is called a
A) keloid
B) papule
C) nevus
D) vesicle
Q2) The term that means bruise is
A) contusion
B) laceration
C) erythema
D) ecchymosis
Q3) The term that means a small, solid skin elevation is a
A) papule
B) vesicle
C) pustule
D) macule
Q4) The suffix that means berry-shaped is
A) -ia
B) -phagia
C) -coccus
D) -malacia
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Chapter 5: Respiratory System
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Q1) The term that means inflammation of the throat is
A) laryngitis
B) pleuritis
C) pharyngitis
D) tracheitis
Q2) The suffix -stomy is defined as
A) the creation of an artificial opening
B) to cut into, an incision
C) sound or voice
D) stretching out, dilation, expansion
Q3) A patient admitted to the emergency department suddenly turned cyanotic and was having difficulty breathing or
A) apnea
B) dyspnea
C) eupnea
D) hyperpnea
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Chapter 6: Urinary System
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Q1) The patient complained of involuntary urination or A) voiding
B) enuresis
C) micturition
D) urinary suppression
Q2) The term that means pertaining to the force and flow of urine within the urinary tract is
A) urology
B) hemodialysis
C) urinalysis
D) urodynamics
Q3) The term nephrography is defined as the
A) radiographic imaging of the kidney
B) radiographic image of the kidney
C) sectional radiographic image of the kidney
D) process of recording the kidney with sound
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Chapter 7: Male Reproductive System
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Q1) The period when secondary sex characteristics develop is called
A) coitus
B) orgasm
C) condom
D) puberty
Q2) The term orchiepididymitis means inflammation of the
A) testes
B) epididymis
C) testes and epididymis
D) penis and epididymis
Q3) The term anorchism is defined as
A) inflammation of the prostate gland
B) excessive discharge from the glans penis
C) excessive development of the prostate gland
D) state of absence of testis
Q4) The structure that encircles the upper end of the urethra is the A) vas deferens
B) prostate gland
C) epididymis
D) seminiferous tubules
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Chapter 8: Female Reproductive System
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Q1) The narrow lower portion of the uterus is called
A) corpus
B) fundus
C) vagina
D) cervix
Q2) A surgical repair of a weakened vaginal wall performed to correct a cystocele and a rectocele is called
A) dilation and curettage
B) anterior and posterior colporrhaphy
C) myomectomy
D) episioperineoplasty
Q3) The prefix peri- means
A) surrounding (outer)
B) half
C) behind
D) inside
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Chapter 9: Obstetrics and Neonatology
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Q1) Scanty amount of amnion water (less than normal amount of amniotic fluid) is called
A) hydrocele
B) hydramnios
C) polyhydramnios
D) oligohydramnios
Q2) The term amniorrhexis is defined as
A) resembling an embryo
B) false pregnancy
C) discharge of amniotic fluid
D) rupture of the amnion
Q3) The medical specialty dealing with pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium is A) gynecology
B) midwifery
C) neonatology
D) obstetrics
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Chapter 10: Cardiovascular, Immune, and Lymphatic
Systems and Blood
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Q1) The combining form atri/o is defined as A) vessel
B) heat
C) atrium
D) artery
Q2) lower chambers of the heart
A)pericardium
B)arteries
C)atria
D)epicardium
E)semilunar valves
F)ventricles
G)atrioventricular valves
H)myocardium
I)capillaries
J)veins
K)aorta
L)venae cavae
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Chapter 11: Digestive System
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Q1) The gastroenterologist recommended that Fred have a vertical banded gastroplasty to surgically treat his morbid obesity. This type of surgery is referred to as
A) bariatric surgery
B) ileocecal surgery
C) colorectal surgery
D) pancreatic surgery
Q2) Telescoping of a segment of the intestine is called A) ulcerative colitis
B) intussusception
C) Crohn disease
D) polyp
Q3) The structure(s) joining the pharynx to the stomach is (are) the A) bronchi
B) trachea
C) esophagus
D) alimentary canal
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Chapter 12: Eye
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Q1) Another term for sty is
A) chalazion
B) hordeolum
C) pterygium
D) keratitis
Q2) A corneal transplant may be called a
A) radial keratotomy
B) photorefractive keratectomy
C) keratoplasty
D) trabeculectomy
Q3) Surgical creation of a drain to reduce intraocular pressure is called
A) trabeculectomy
B) enucleation
C) scleral buckling
D) vitrectomy
Q4) Which of the following means pertaining to within the eye?
A) lacrimal
B) intraocular
C) pupillary
D) binocular
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Chapter 13: Ear
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Q1) The term otalgia is defined as
A) pain in the ear
B) enlarged auricle
C) drainage from the middle ear
D) infection of the eardrum
Q2) The malleus, incus, and stapes make up the
A) ossicles
B) inner ear
C) cochlea
D) external auditory meatus
Q3) Two functions of the ear are to hear and to provide
A) communication
B) the sense of balance
C) speech
D) homeostasis
Q4) The term that means surgical repair of the middle ear is
A) stapedectomy
B) tympanoplasty
C) stapedoplasty
D) tympanectomy
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Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal System
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Q1) A disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints is
A) gout
B) osteogenesis imperfecta
C) exostosis
D) bunion
Q2) The combining form spondyl/o is defined as
A) scapula
B) vertebra
C) cranium
D) symphysis pubis
Q3) The term for a common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist is
A) Colles fracture
B) exostosis
C) carpal tunnel syndrome
D) repetitive motion syndrome
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Chapter 15: Nervous System and Behavioral Health
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Q1) The term that means (occurring) between seizures or attacks is
A) preictal
B) postictal
C) interictal
D) hemiparesis
Q2) The term that means softening of the brain is
A) encephalomalacia
B) encephalomyeloradiculitis
C) meningomyelocele
D) neurasthenia
Q3) The abbreviation for a sudden deficient supply of blood to the brain lasting a short time is
A) CVA
B) CP
C) TIA
D) ALS
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Chapter 16: Endocrine System
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Q1) The term adrenopathy is defined as
A) (any) disease of the endocrine system
B) a disease of the adrenal gland
C) resembling the cortex
D) an abnormal protrusion of the eyeball
Q2) Thyroxine, the hormone that is necessary for body cell metabolism, is secreted by the
A) pituitary gland
B) thyroid gland
C) hypothalamus
D) parathyroid glands
Q3) The patient who was eventually diagnosed with Graves disease first presented with the abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, or
A) goiter
B) exophthalmos
C) hyperthyroidism
D) isthmus
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