Clinical Procedures
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Clinical Procedures is a comprehensive course designed to equip students with foundational knowledge and hands-on skills necessary for performing essential medical techniques in healthcare settings. The course covers a range of procedures including patient assessment, infection control, vital signs measurement, basic wound care, venipuncture, intravenous access, and urinary catheterization, among others. Emphasis is placed on patient safety, ethical considerations, proper documentation, and effective communication with both patients and healthcare team members. Through a combination of lectures, simulations, and supervised practice, students develop the competence and confidence required to carry out clinical procedures in a professional and effective manner.
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Quick and Easy Medical Terminology 8th Edition by Peggy C. Leonard
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Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
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Q1) A patient presents with complaints of muscle pain. The proper term for this is:
A) myalgia
B) neuralgia
C) ophthalmyalgia
D) otodynia
Answer: A
Q2) A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is:
A) edema
B) mania
C) ptosis
D) stasis
Answer: D
Q3) A skin specialist is a(n) _____.
Answer: dermatologist
Q4) A 28-year-old woman who is pregnant is likely to see which type of physician?
A) obstetric
B) obstetrician
C) gynecology
D) gynecologist
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Essential Prefixes and More
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Q1) Cephalometry is:
A) a headache
B) an instrument used to measure the head
C) measurement of the head
D) study of the head
Answer: C
Q2) Abnormal preoccupation with fire is:
A) pyrogenesis
B) pyromania
C) pyromaniac
D) pyrophobia
Answer: B
Q3) A chronic ailment that consists of recurrent attacks of drowsiness and sleep is:
A) epilepsy
B) narcolepsy
C) photophobia
D) polydipsia
Answer: B
Q4) Paralysis of one side of the body is called _____.
Answer: hemiplegia
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Chapter 4: Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
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Q1) Which part of the physical examination involves the examiner feeling the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts with the hands?
A) auscultation
B) inspection
C) palpation
D) percussion
Q2) A term for objective evidence of disease is:
A) prognosis
B) sign
C) specimen
D) symptom
Q3) You are working with a patient who was prescribed penicillin, which is an example of:
A) an analgesic
B) an antibiotic
C) an antineoplastic
D) cytotoxic therapy
Q4) _____ is the treatment of diseases with drugs or medicines.
Q5) Drugs that destroy or inhibit the growth of microbes are _____.
Q6) _____ means impenetrable to radiation.
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Chapter 5: The Body As a Whole
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Q1) Posteroanterior means :
A) from the back to the front
B) from the front to the back
C) situated toward the back and inner side
D) situated toward the back and outer side
Q2) Laparoscopy means :
A) endoscopic examination of the abdomen
B) incision of the abdominal wall
C) surgical fixation of the abdominal wall
D) suture of the abdominal wall
Q3) A red blood cell is a(n) _____.
Q4) The term that means pertaining to the pelvic cavity and the abdominal cavity is:
A) pelviabdomenal
B) pelvoabdominal
C) abdomenopelvic
D) abdominopelvic
Q5) The presence of a thrombus is called _____.
Q6) A blood platelet is termed a(n) _____.
Q7) Pertaining to the spine is referred to as _____.
Q8) _____ means in front and above.
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Chapter 6: Musculoskeletal System
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Q1) A co-worker complains of numbness and tingling in the hands when typing. You suspect carpal tunnel syndrome which affects the _____ nerve.
A) brachial
B) median
C) radial
D) ulnar
Q2) _____ is defined as the production of blood cells.
Q3) A term that means below the breastbone is:
A) infraclavicular
B) subcostal
C) subscapular
D) substernal
Q4) The puncture of a joint space with a needle, usually done to remove excess fluid, is called:
A) arthralgia
B) arthrocentesis
C) arthrodynia
D) arthropathy
Q5) ____ means pertaining to the collarbone.
Q6) Muscle pain is referred to as _____ or _____.
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Chapter 7: Circulatory System
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Q1) A severe cardiac arrhythmia in which contractions are rapid, uncoordinated, and ineffective is called:
A) cardiopulmonary resuscitation
B) catheterization
C) coronary heart disease
D) fibrillation
Q2) Inflammation of the lining of the heart is:
A) endocarditis
B) myocarditis
C) pericarditis
D) polyarteritis
Q3) The term for an electrical device that can keep the heart rhythm within a desirable range is:
A) cardiac pacemaker
B) cardiac resuscitation
C) cardiopulmonary bypass
D) defibrillator
Q4) Surgical repair of the aorta is called _____.
Q5) Increased blood pressure is referred to as _____.
Q6) The upper heart chambers are called _____.
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Chapter 8: Respiratory System
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Q1) You are auscultating a patient's lungs. Which term refers to breathing out?
A) exhalation
B) extubation
C) inhalation
D) inspiration
Q2) Thoracic refers to the:
A) chest
B) diaphragm
C) membrane that covers the lungs
D) windpipe
Q3) A 20-year-old man involved in a knife fight now has air in the chest cavity, which is referred to as:
A) hemothorax
B) pneumothorax
C) paracentesis
D) thorocentesis
Q4) Pertaining to the windpipe is called _____.
Q5) Normal respiration is also referred to as _____.
Q6) Inflammation of the bronchi is called _____.
Q7) _____ means across the windpipe.
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Chapter 9: Digestive System
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Q1) Which of these terms mean pain in the stomach?
A) gastralgia and gastric
B) gastric and gastrodynia
C) gastralgia and gastrodynia
D) gastralgia only
Q2) Inflammation of the large intestine is called _____.
Q3) A disorder that is characterized by episodes of binge eating and often terminates in self-induced vomiting is called:
A) anorexia nervosa
B) bulimia
C) emaciation
D) flatulence
Q4) The term GI series refers to the use of contrast agents to evaluate the:
A) gallbladder
B) gastrointestinal tract
C) pancreas
D) salivary glands
Q5) Excision of the vermiform appendix is a(n) _____.
Q6) _____ means excessive hunger.
Q7) _____ is defined as inflammation of the liver.
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Chapter 10: Urinary System
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Q1) Removal of tissue from the bladder by using a needle inserted through the skin overlying the bladder is called a:
A) cystourethrogram
B) cystorrhaphy
C) cystotomy
D) percutaneous bladder biopsy
Q2) A diminished capacity to form and pass urine (less than 500 mL per day) is called:
A) anuria
B) dysuria
C) oliguria
D) polyuria
Q3) Absence of urination or production of less than 100 mL of urine per day is:
A) anuria
B) hematuria
C) hypoxia
D) uremia
Q4) _____ is defined as inflammation of the kidney.
Q5) The formation of an opening into the kidney is referred to as a(n) _____ or a(n)
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Chapter 11: Reproductive System
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Q1) Which of the following means within the uterus?
A) cervix uteri
B) extrauterine
C) intrauterine
D) myometrium
Q2) Surgical fixation of an undescended testicle is called:
A) cryptorchidism
B) orchidectomy
C) orchiopexy
D) testectomy
Q3) Menopause is also called:
A) amenorrhea
B) climacteric
C) dysmenorrheal
D) fistula
Q4) Which of the following terms means an abnormal tubelike passage?
A) adhesion
B) colposcopy
C) fistula
D) polyp
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Chapter 12: Integumentary System
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Q1) A 29-year-old woman had a wart removed using subfreezing temperature to destroy the tissue. This procedure is referred to as:
A) biopsy
B) cryosurgery
C) dermabrasion
D) laceration
Q2) The term necrosis means :
A) a condition of lifelessness
B) an examination to determine the cause of death
C) death of tissue or bone that is surrounded by healthy parts
D) the production and release of substances by injured cells
Q3) Which of the following methods can be used to destroy a hair follicle?
A) electrolysis
B) fissure
C) lipectomy
D) transcutaneous nerve stimulation
Q4) _____ is defined as a fungal inflammation of the skin.
Q5) An agent that acts against perspiration is called a(n) _____.
Q6) The _____ refers to the armpit.
Q7) A benign fatty tumor is called a _____.
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Chapter 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
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Q1) The clinic you work at is at the top of a skyscraper. A patient who is scheduled to see you today calls to say that he has a severe fear of heights and will not come up from the lobby. This patient is displaying:
A) acrophobia
B) agoraphobia
C) arachnophobia
D) claustrophobia
Q2) Which of the following nerve processes transport impulses to the cell body?
A) axons
B) dendrites
C) glia cells
D) neurilemma
Q3) Surgical excision of a portion of the skull is known as a(n) _____.
Q4) Another term for nerve cell is:
A) cranium
B) dura mater
C) neuron
D) psychosomatic
Q5) _____ is defined as inflammation of the brain.
Q6) Softening of the brain is called _____.
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Chapter 14: Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral
Nervous System
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Q1) Which term means inflammation of the middle ear?
A) otitis
B) otitis externa
C) otitis interna
D) otitis media
Q2) An abnormal condition of increased pressure within the eye is called:
A) diplopia
B) glaucoma
C) hordeolum
D) nyctalopia
Q3) The combining form salping/o sometimes refers to which structure?
A) earwax
B) eustachian tube
C) sclera
D) semicircular canals
Q4) A 7-year-old girl complains of an ear ache. The term for this is:
A) otalgia
B) otitis media
C) otomycosis
D) otorrhea
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Chapter 15: Endocrine System
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Q1) A general term for surgical excision of a gland is:
A) adenectomy
B) pancreatectomy
C) parathyroidectomy
D) thyroidectomy
Q2) A term for sugar in the urine is:
A) glycosuria
B) hyperglycemia
C) polydipsia
D) polyuria
Q3) An endocrine gland that can be palpated and examined in a physical examination is the:
A) adrenal
B) salivary gland
C) sweat gland
D) thyroid
Q4) A(n) _____ is the surgical removal of a gland.
Q5) Excision of the pituitary is called a(n) _____.
Q6) Frequent urination is referred to as _____.
Q7) _____ is the term describing normal thyroid function.
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