Anatomy & Physiology for Health Professions, 3rd Edition By Bruce J. Colbert
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Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Gross Anatomy is also known as ________. 1) _______ A) Macroscopic Anatomy B) Pathologic Anatomy C) Microscopic Anatomy D) Diagnostic Anatomy 2) _______
2) An example of Gross Anatomy would be ________. A) Performing a complete cellular blood count B) Determining the etiology of a disease C) Using a microscope D) Viewing an x-ray 3) The study of Physiology deals with ________. A) Genetics B) Functions
3) _______ C) Disease
4) The potential outcome of a disease is the ________. A) Diagnosis B) Etiology C) Prognosis 5) The study of disease is known as ________. A) Pathophysiology C) Cytology
D) Structures 4) _______ D) Treatment 5) _______
B) Microbiology D) Neurology
6) The three basic parts of a medical term include ________. A) Prefix, word root, suffix B) Prefix, stem, ending C) Suffix, base, meaning D) Base, word root, stem
6) _______
7) What system is known as the mathematical language of Anatomy and Physiology? A) Metric system B) English system C) Abbreviation system D) Customary system
7) _______
8) Which of the following is not a vital sign? A) Odor C) Temperature
8) _______ B) Respiratory rate D) Heart Rate
9) When the physician has documented several signs and symptoms, he will be able to make a(n) ________. A) Etiology
B) Cytology
C) Prognosis
9) _______
D) Diagnosis
10) A recording of the electrical activity of a skeletal muscle is a(n) ________. A) Pictogram B) Mammogram C) Electrocardiogram D) Electromyogram
10) ______
11) The adjustments that maintain a stable environment within the body are known as ________. A) Metabolism B) Pathology C) Syndrome D) Homeostasis
11) ______
12) Taking an MRI of the knee is considered gross anatomy because it ________. A) Is large scale B) Is difficult Is visually unpleasant C) D) Has 144 steps
12) ______
13) The body uses feedback loops to maintain homeostasis. The response that opposes an action is known as a(n) ________. A) Positive feedback loop C) Affirmative feedback loop
13) ______
B) Negative feedback loop D) Depressing feedback loop
14) A positive feedback loop is necessary in which of the following situations? A) Blood B) Bleeding C) Childbirth
14) ______ D) Coughing
pressure
15) Vital signs include all of the following except ________. A) Heart rate B) Temperature C) Coloring 16) RBC is the abbreviation for ________. A) Red blood cells C) Ruptured blood clot
15) ______ D) Respirations 16) ______
B) Really bad cut D) Red and blue circulation
17) A nurse found the pre-operative patient out of bed, barefoot, and watching TV while eating
17) ______
breakfast. "We have to cancel your surgery, because you're not NPO," the nurse said. What did the patient do wrong? A) The patient walked barefoot. B) The patient ate food. C) The patient left his or her hospital bed. D) The patient watched TV.
18) A patient rang the call bell because he was in great pain. "I want my PRN medication now," he
18) ______
said. Which medication timing is the nurse going to follow? A) Medications given at noontime B) Medications given in the morning C) Medications In the evening D) Medications given when needed
19) A lab technician finished the test. "The CBC results are in the computer," she told her supervisor. What body fluid did she examine? A) Saliva C) Urine
B) Blood D) Cerebrospinal fluid
20) All members of the Code Team have to take ACLS training annually. Which organs will they practice to reviving? A) Stomach and colon C) Heart and lungs
19) ______
20) ______
B) Nose and throat D) Eyes and ears
21) If a patient complains of SOB, which body system is having a problem? A) Neurological B) Reproductive C) Respiratory
21) ______ D) Urinary
22) The indicators that are essential for human life include all of the following except ________. A) Temperature B) Coloring C) Respirations D) Heart rate
22) ______
23) Which is not a definition for disease? A) Not at ease B) Anything that upsets normal structure or function C) A condition in which the body fails to function normally D) Anything that is a normal structure or function
23) ______
24) The term "tachycardia" means ________.
24) ______
A) Slow heart rate C) Fast heart rate 25) Which is not a symptom of metabolic syndrome? A) Low HDL level C) Vomiting and diarrhea
B) Rhythmic heart rate D) Study of the heart rate 25) ______ B) High triglycerides D) High blood pressure
26) A sign that could be an indication of diabetes is breath that smells like ________. A) Sweat B) Maple C) Clay or starchy paste D) Fruity flavored chewing gum
26) ______
27) The prefix hyper means ________. A) Above normal B) Below normal
27) ______
28) The suffix oma means ________. A) Surgically forming an opening C) Tumor 29) The suffix algia means ________. A) Cell B) Pain
C) Within
D) Small 28) ______
B) Cutting into D) Enlargement of 29) ______ C) Pertaining to
D) Inflammation
30) Most fevers are the body's way of ________. A) Breaking up the cells of the pathogens B) Preventing pathogens from reproducing C) Killing all pathogens D) Making an inhospitable environment for pathogens to survive
30) ______
31) Sweating at night may indicate ________. A) Skin cancer C) Hodgkin's disease
31) ______ B) Riboflavin deficiency D) Tuberculosis
32) According to the rules of medical terminology, hepatitis is defined as ________. A) Blood clotting B) Inflammation of the liver C) Liver failure D) Cirrhosis
32) ______
33) The abbreviation used for twice a day is ________. A) BID B) TID C) PRN
33) ______ D) TAD
34) Volumes expressed as ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, pecks, bushels, or cubic feet are examples of the ________. A) Scientific notation C) English system
B) Metric system D) International system
35) A nurse found the vital sign he measured in metric units of mercury to be highly elevated. What condition does his patient have? A) Hyperalgia B) Hypertension
34) ______
C) Heart attack
D) Fever
36) A student concentrates on moving decimal points in the correct direction while completing her Pharmacology homework. Which system of measurement is she using? A) Metric B) British Imperial C) English D) National
35) ______
36) ______
37) Normal adult cardiac output is six thousand milliliters every sixty seconds. How is this amount of blood being measured? A) Volume in English units C) Length in metric units
B) Length in English units D) Volume in metric units
38) "I always have to use a conversion table," a student complained. Which system of measurement is the student most likely using? A) English C) Metric
38) ______
B) American Imperial D) National
39) Which system would most likely be used to calculate the amount of medication to give by weight to a premature infant? A) English C) National
37) ______
39) ______
B) American Imperial D) Metric
40) The coroner measures the size of the brain in a patient who died of Alzheimer's Disease. Which unit dimension is she likely to use to record the diameter? A) Kilograms B) Milliliters C) Ounces
40) ______
D) Centimeters
41) The diagnostic procedure is begun by first determining the ________. A) Laboratory tests B) Syndrome Prognosis C) D) Chief complaint
41) ______
42) ________ is the branch of medicine that studies the characteristics, causes, and effects of disease. A) Physiology B) Ornithology C) Pathology D) Anatomy
42) ______
43) The term "osteoma" can be defined as ________. A) Tumor of the eye C) Tumor of the bone
43) ______ B) Cutting of the skin D) Cutting into the eye
44) The normal heart rate for an adult is ________ beats per minute. A) 10-30 B) 70-120 C) 60-100
44) ______ D) 90-170
45) The ________ is the prediction of the outcome of a disease. A) Syndrome B) Prognosis C) Acute determination D) Diagnosis
45) ______
46) Disease-producing microorganisms that invade the body are known as ________. A) Cytophrenic B) Pathogenic C) Neogenic D) Aerobic
46) ______
47) A condition in which the body fails to function normally is ________. A) Epidemiology B) Disease C) Nosocomial
47) ______
48) The cause of a disease is called its ________. A) Prognosis B) Nosocomial
D) Physiology 48) ______
C) Pathology
D) Etiology
49) A specific group of signs and symptoms that are related to a specific disease is known by which of the following names? A) Relapse C) Syndrome
B) Diagnosis D) Chief complaint
49) ______