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A patient's chart says they have an abnormal heart rhythm. What medical term describes this?
Arrhythmia.
What's the everyday name for the trachea?
Windpipe
Where do all blood cells originate?
Bone marrow
Are benign tumors generally fast-growing or slow-growing?
Answer: Slow-growing.
Your patient has tiny blood vessels with walls only one cell thick. What type of vessels are these?
Capillaries
Which chamber pumps blood directly into the aorta?
Answer: Left ventricle.
After air has been warmed, filtered, and moistened in the nose, where does it travel next?
Pharynx
Which antibody is the most plentiful?
IgG
What cancer treatment uses medications to alter cell growth and division?
Chemotherapy
Blood slows dramatically while moving through a huge network of tiny vessels so oxygen and nutrients can reach the tissues. What is this network called?
Answer: Capillary bed.
A patient's heart is pumping too weakly to adequately supply the body with blood. What condition does this describe?
Answer: Heart failure
What shape are the cartilage structures that help hold the trachea open?
C-shaped
Which T lymphocytes produce lymphokines that assist other lymphocytes and phagocytes?
Answer: Helper T cells.
Which type of biopsy removes only a portion of a tumor for testing?
Answer: Incisional biopsy.
A patient is experiencing chronic cough, cyanosis, and a barrel-shaped chest. Which respiratory condition from your review should you think about?
Answer: Emphysema. The original final specifically tests which finding is not a symptom, with weight gain among the choices.
What cardiovascular test uses sound waves and can help identify a DVT?
Doppler ultrasonography
A patient has chronic swelling, inflammation, and constriction involving the bronchi and bronchioles. What condition is being described?
Asthma
Platelets and injured tissue release thromboplastin. What process does this trigger?
Clotting
Benzene exposure has been linked to what type of cancer?
Leukemia
A patient requires a radiologic examination of pulmonary circulation after radiopaque iodine material is injected into the pulmonary artery. Name the procedure.
Answer: Pulmonary angiography/arteriography.
The patient has significantly thickened ventricular walls. Name the condition.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
What substance helps the alveoli remain inflated after birth?
Surfactant
What type of anemia results from injury or destruction of blood-cell formation in the bone marrow?
Answer: Aplastic anemia.
In TNM cancer staging, what does T describe?
Answer: The size or extent of local spread of the primary tumor.
A patient has persistent hoarseness. What structure should immediately come to mind based on the material you've been studying?
Answer: The larynx. The final identifies persistent hoarseness in its question about internal disease of the larynx.