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What is the microscopic study of the structures, composition and function of tissues called?: Histology
What is the science which deals with the formation, structure and function of cells?: Cytology
What is the study of the nature and cause of disease which involves changes in structure and function?: Pathology
To what does the word part "gyneco" refer?: female
What medical term describes one who has no appetite?: anorexic
What is the medical term that means below?: inferior
What is the medical term for fingers or toes?: phalanges
What is the medical term for painful or difficult urination?: dysuria
What is the medical prefix that refers to pain?: dys
What is the medical term for red blood cell?: erythrocyte
What is the medical term for white blood cell?: leukocyte
What is the medical term which means fibrin is destroyed?: fibrinolysis
What is the medical term that means hardening of the arteries?: arteriosclerosis
What is the medical term that means excessive vomiting?: hyperemesis
What is the medical prefix that means "too much"?: hyper
What is the medical term for a benign fatty tumor?: lipoma
What is the medical term means dissolving a stone?: litholysis
What is the medical term for a gall stone?: Cholelith
What is the medical term pertaining to the tongue and throat?: glossopharyngeal
What is the medical term for profuse bleeding?: hemorrhage
What is the correct term for excessive amounts of urine?: polyuria
What is the term used to mean the number of calories of heat that must be produced per hour to keep the baby alive, awake, and comfortably warm?: basal metabolic rate
What is the correct term for no production of urine?: anuria
What is the correct term for high blood sugar?: hyperglycemia
What is the correct term for sugar in the urine?: glycosuria
What is the term for low blood sugar?: hypoglycemia
What is the proper term for blood vessels getting larger in diameter?: vasodilation
What is the medical term for profuse sweating?: diaphoresis
What is ABG the abbreviation for?: arterial blood gases
What does the abbreviation CT stand for?: computed tomography
What does the abbreviation D/C mean?: discontinue
What suffix refers to pain?: algia
What is the abbreviation for iron?: Fe (F must be capitalized)
What is FSH the abbreviation for?: follicle stimulating hormone
What is gtt the abbreviation for?: drop
What is HCT the abbreviation for?: hematocrit
What is IVP the abbreviation for?: intravenous pyelogram
What is the abbreviation meaning after meals?: pc
What is the abbreviation meaning before meals?: ac
What is the abbreviation meaning every?: q
What is the abbreviation meaning every other day?: qod
What is the abbreviation for "as needed" or "whenever necessary"?: prn
What medical term means "immediately"?: stat
What is the abbreviation for what is commonly referred to as a stroke?: CVA
What medical term means "as desired"?: ad lib
What does the medical abbreviation "D & C" mean?: dilatation and curettage
What does the abbreviation "c" with a line over it mean?: with
What does the abbreviation "s" with a line over it mean?: without
What does the abbreviation T.I.D. mean?: three times a day
What does the abbreviation Q.I.D. mean?: four times a day
What does the abbreviation h.s. mean?: hour of sleep
To what organ do the prefixes: hepa, hepar, or hepato refer?: liver
What is the correct medical term for a physician who diagnosis's disorders of the eye?: ophthalmologist
What is the term for a physician who studies and interprets x-rays?: radiologist
What is the medical term for earache?: otalgia
What is the term which means the rate at which an illness occurs in a particular area or population?: morbidity
What is the medical term for lateral curvature of the spine?: scoliosis
What is the Latin term meaning "in an artificial environment" or "outside the body"?: in vitro
What is the formal medical term for an umbilical hernia?: omphalocele
What is the term for a pregnancy that occurs outside the uterine cavity?: ectopic
What is the term that refers to shrinkage of muscle tissue due to decrease in activity?: atrophy
What term refers to the normal formation and development of blood cells in the bone marrow?: hematopoiesis
Symptoms that are experienced and described by the patient but not observed by others are referred to as what?: subjective
What are symptoms that are perceptible to others called?: objective
What is a prefix meaning "without or not"?: a
What do the initials COPD stand for?: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
What is the term pertaining to an agent that destroys or damages tissue cells?: cytotoxic
What is the medical term for double vision?: diplopia
What is the medical term for incontinence of urine, especially at night, or bed-wetting?: enuresis
What is the medical term for excessive gas in the digestive system?: flatulence
What term describes a disease or condition without a known cause?: idiopathic
What do the initials REM stand for?: rapid eye movement
What term describes the process in which two organs, substances, or agents work simultaneously to enhance the function and effect of one another?: synergy
What medical term describes ringing in the ears?: tinnitus
What is an organic substance that initiates and accelerates a chemical reaction?: enzyme
What is a muscle which draws a part away from the median plane of the body called?: abductor
What is the medical term that means fatty or pertaining to fat?: adipose
What is the chemical symbol or abbreviation for silver: Ag (the A must be capitalized)
What is the medical term meaning absence or loss of hair?: alopecia
What term refers to the cessation of breathing?: apnea
What term refers to the accumulation of serous fluid (edema) in the peritoneal cavity?: ascites
What term refers to a sensation preceding a seizure: aura
What is the term by which any substance that produces or incites cancer is known?: carcinogen
What is a substance which speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being permanently altered in the reaction called?: catalyst
What is the medical term for a bluish, grayish, or slatelike discoloration of the skin due to oxygen deficiency called?: cyanosis
What is the medical term meaning evacuation of the bowels?: defecation
What term refers to the division of sex cells?: meiosis
What term means closed, plugged, or obstructed?: occluded
What term refers to a foreign substance or thrombus that circulates in the blood stream until it becomes lodged in a vessel?: embolus (must be exact)
What is the medical term for vomiting?: emesis
What is the medical term for nose bleeding?: epistaxis
What is the medical term referring to the causes of disease?: etiology
What is the term for any tiny entity capable of carrying on living which may be pathogenic?: microorganism
What medical term describes an increase in the size of an organ or body structure which does not involve tumor formation?: hypertrophy
What is the medical term for jaundice or pigmentation of the tissues with bile pigments?: icterus
What prefix means in the midst of or between?: inter
What prefix means within?: intra
What term refers to hidden, concealed or not active?: latent
What is the medical prefix for white?: leuko
What is the medical prefix for stone or calculus?: litho
What is the prefix for large?: macro
What is the prefix meaning small in size?: micro
What prefix means one or single?: mono
What prefix means many or much?: poly
What term refers to the ability to move spontaneously?: mobile
What is the medical term for mumps?: infectious parotitis
What prefix refers to muscle?: my
What medical term describes dead tissue surrounded by healthy parts?: necrosis
What prefix refers to a tumor or cancer?: onco
What prefix refers to the ovary?: oophor
What term refers to a surgically formed artificial opening?: ostomy
What suffix means removal of?: ectomy
What prefix indicates disease?: path
What is the medical term for whooping cough?: pertussis
What is a drug with no medicinal effect that is given to satisfy a patient's demand for medication or is used in test situations where one group receives the actual medication and the other group receives this?: placebo
What term refers to the prediction of the course and end of a disease and the estimate of chance for recovery: prognosis
What term means a tendency to relapse or to return to a former condition?: recidivism
What is an abnormal condition that follows and is the result of a disease?: sequela
What do the initials STD stand for?: sexually transmitted disease
What is the instrument used for determining arterial blood pressure?: sphygmomanometer
What term describes the stagnation or standing still of normal flow of fluids?: stasis
What term refers to an abnormally rapid heart beat?: tachycardia
What term means pertaining to touch?: tactile
What is the medical/biological science concerned with detecting and studying poisonous substances and establishing antidotes?: toxicology
What is a continuous, involuntary quivering of a convulsive nature called?: tremor
What infection is being tested for when one receives a Mantoux test?: tuberculosis
What term means an open sore or lesion of the skin or mucous membrane accompanied by sloughing of necrotic tissue?: ulcer
What is the term that describes an inflammatory condition of the liver?: hepatitis
What is the medical term for chicken pox?: varicella
What is the medical term for dizziness?: vertigo
What does the abbreviation LDL mean: low density lipoprotein
A syllable or word placed at the beginning of a root word is called a:: prefix
What is the medical abbreviation for nothing by mouth?: NPO (must be capitalized)
What does the abbreviation G/C stand for?: geri-chair
What does the abbreviation OS stand for?: left eye
What is the abbreviation for both eyes?: OU
How should direct statements by the client be documented in the medical record?: by quotation marks
What does the word element nephro mean?: kidney
What does the word element -lysis mean?: loosening, dissolving
What does the word element necro mean?: death
What does the word element -ology mean?: study of
What does the word element neuro mean?: nerve
What does the word form cardio refer to?: heart
What was the first drug law passed in the United States?: Pure Food and Drug Act
What are the rules that ensure uniform strength, quality and purity of drugs?: drug standards
What is the term that means the way drugs act on body cells?: pharmacodynamics
What is a liquid drug in a heavy sugar and water solution with flavoring called?: syrup
What is the term for a drug that is to be taken under the tongue?: sublingual
What is the abbreviation for centimeter?: cm
How many grains equal one gram?: 15
What is a drug which stops the growth of bacteria called?: antibiotic
What is a drug which stops coughing called?: antitussive
What classification of drugs would be ordered for an individual who has a fever?: antipyretic
What is a high school reaction to a drug which may be beneficial or harmful?: side effect
What is an antigen-antibody response to a drug that may result in danger to the patient?: allergic reaction
What is a tablet that doesn't dissolve until it reaches the small intestine called?: enteric coated
What is a drug that acts at the site of application called?: local or topical
What usually happens to the pupils of a shock victim?: they dilate
What type of fracture is not a complete break?: greenstick
What element is capable of stopping the passage of radiation?: lead
What area of the face is most sensitive to x-ray exposure?: lens of the eye
Give the normal range of months by which time all twenty primary teeth have usually erupted?: 24 to 30
What is the stage of periodontal disease involving loss of bone that supports teeth called?: periodontitis
What is the artificial replacing of one or more teeth with a fixed prosthesis called?: bridge
What teeth are enervated by the inferior alveolar nerve?: mandibular posteriors
What happens to the x-ray film if the temperature of the developer is too low?: will produce a very light image
What gland is located below and in front of the ear?: the parotid
What term describes the unconscious grinding of teeth?: bruxism
What is the name of the instrument used to test one's hearing?: audiometer
What is blurring of vision due to an abnormal curvature of the cornea called?: astigmatism
What term is used to indicate listening for sounds produced by the body?: auscultation
What term is used to refer to the inner surface of the arm at the elbow?: antecubital
What is the term that describes a microorganism which can live and grow only in the presence of oxygen?: aerobe
What is the name of the support group for family members of alcoholics?: AL-ANON (all caps required)
What is the excision of a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination?: biopsy
Name the part of the microscope substage that regulates the amount of light directed on a specimen.: iris diaphragm
If pancreatitis is suspected, what test is usually performed?: amylase
What is the breathing pattern characterized by alternating periods of apnea and hyperventilation called?: cheyne-stokes
What is the procedure whereby ultra high-frequency sound waves are directed toward the heart to evaluate its function and structure?: echocardiogram
What term is used to describe quivering of cardiac muscle fibers which produces ineffective, rapid but weak heart action?: fibrillation
What term describes the spread of cancer from one organ of the body to another?: metastasis
What is the medical term for the onset of menstrual periods?: menarche
What is the term used to describe the period of time immediately following the delivery of a baby?: postpartum
What is the name of the instrument used to measure the volume of exhaled air?: spirometer
What is the condition called which results from a decrease in the amount of calcium stored in the bones?: osteoporosis
What is the term given for having had nothing to eat or drink for a specific period of time?: fasting
Name the condition where a patient has overwhelming attacks of sleep which cannot be overcome?: narcolepsy
What is an x-ray of the breast called?: mammogram
What is the name of the chronic lung disease characterized by over distention of the alveolar sacs and inability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide?: emphysema
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what are the needs to be met after the physiological needs?: safety and security
What is the partition that separates the two nasal cavities called?: nasal septum
What are the two main tubes to the lungs called?: bronchi
What is the cluster of capillaries located at one end of the nephron called?: glomerulus
What is the tube called that carries urine from the bladder to the outside?: urethra
Which endocrine gland is the largest?: thyroid
What hormone regulates the metabolic rate of body cells?: thyroxin
What do lacrimal glands secrete?: tears
Which gland produces a hormone which regulates the amount of calcium dissolved in the circulating blood?: parathyroid
Name the female gonad.: ovary
What is the 20 foot tube in which the spermatozoa mature and become motile?: epididymis
Name the cartilage associated with the larynx which bends over the laryngeal opening to direct food into the esophagus.: epiglottis
What is the valve between the small and large intestine called?: ileocecal
What is the first part of the small intestine called?: duodenum
What membrane lines the eyelids?: conjunctiva
What cranial nerve carries impulses for smell?: olfactory
What is the region or junction at which a nerve impulse is transmitted from one neuron to another called?: synapse
What lobe of the cerebrum interprets visual messages?: occipital
What kind of glands are those which secrete hormones into the blood stream?: endocrine
What is the anatomical term that indicates a structure nearer its origin?: proximal
What are the desired end products of carbohydrate digestion?: monosaccharides
What is a protein that is deficient in one or more essential amino acids called?: incomplete
What is the protoplasm inside the cell membrane called?: cytoplasm
Name the three kinds of muscles and tell whether it is voluntary or involuntary.: skeletal, voluntary (any order)
smooth, involuntary
cardiac, involuntary
What are the hardest structures in the body, which are constructed primarily of calcium?: teeth
List three accessory organs of digestion.: liver, gallbladder, pancreas (any order)
What is the most abundant mineral in the body?: calcium
What is another name for the master gland?: the pituitary gland
What is the medical term for the collar bone?: clavicle
What muscle abducts the arm and caps the shoulder?: deltoid
What is the kissing muscle of the lips called?: orbicularis oris
What artery supplies blood to the head and the neck: carotid
What is the name of the longest vein of the body?: saphenous
Name two of the three types of hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex.: any order) glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoid, androgens
Name the two types of cells in the islets of Langerhans that produce hormones.: (any order)
Alpha and Beta
What hormone stimulates the "fight or flight" response to an emergency?: epinephrine
The body may be divided into three imaginary planes. Which plane runs lengthwise from the front to the back dividing the body into right and left sides?: sagittal
The body may be divided into three imaginary planes. Which plane cuts the body horizontally into an upper and lower portion?: transverse
Which bands of connective tissue anchor bones together?: ligaments
What is the body's first line of defense against pathogens?: skin
How many cervical vertebra are there in the vertebral column?: seven
What is the medical term for the knee bone?: patella
What is the medical term for the lower arm bone on the thumb side?: radius
What is the medical term for the lower arm bone on the little finger side?: ulna
What is the longest and strongest bone of the body?: femur
What is the name of the hip socket into which the head of the femur articulates?: acetabulum
What is the projection of the ulna known as the elbow or "funny bone" called?: olecranon process
What is the movement in certain types of joints that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones called?: flexion
What is the movement in certain types of joints that increases the angle between two adjoining bones called?: extension
Name the outer membrane covering the brain and spinal cord.: dura mater
Name the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus.: endometrium
What is the progressive wavelike movement that occurs involuntarily in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract called?: peristalsis
What is the tough connective tissue membrane that covers the bone called?: periosteum
What are the coverings of the brain and spinal cord called?: meninges
What is the liquid part of the blood known as?: plasma
Blood in the right ventricle is kept from being pumped back into the atrium by the action of what structure?: tricuspid valve
What stimulates the initiation of the heart beat?: sinoatrial node
The coronary arteries branch off what blood vessel?: ascending aorta (Be specific, only correct answer)
Name the lymphatic organ that plays a key role in immunity and becomes adipose tissue later in life?: thymus
Where is the Circle of Willis located?: in the brain
Name a glandlike structure in the brain that is shaped like a pine cone, located in a pocket near the corpus callosum. The exact function of the gland is unknown.: pineal body

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