The smallest of vessels that connect arterioles with venules.
What is capillaries?
100
Excessive cholesterol in the blood.
What is hypercholesterolemia?
100
An idiopathic, chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that commonly begins between the ages of 15 & 20.
What is crohn's?
200
The primary pacemaker of the heart.
What is Sinoatrial node (SA Node)?
200
Your patient repeatedly tells you he is Abraham Lincoln and will save your nation. You know he is suffering from this kind of delusion:
What is Grandiose?
200
The condition in which blood contains poisonous products.
What is toxemia?
200
Protrusion of a body part through muscles.
What is herniation?
200
The disorder marked by alternating periods of mania and depression.
What is Bipolar?
300
The Circle of Willis is found here.
What is brain?
300
Your patient has an alteration in bowel patterns with alternating constipation and diarrhea. You suspect this condition:
What is irritable bowel?
300
What is the universal blood donor?
What is O+?
300
Enlargement of both the liver and the spleen.
What is Hepatosplenomegaly?
300
An autoimmune disease causing overactivity of the thyroid.
What is Graves disease?
400
Name the three bones of the inner ear.
What is Incus, Stapes, Malleus?
400
You are assessing the skin of your patient and find an area of the coccyx that is intensely red and does not turn white when pressed. You know this is called:
What is Non-blanchable erythema or Stage 1 pressure ulcer+
400
The condition of insufficient blood platelets to form a clot is called:
What is thrombocytopenia?
400
The u-shaped portion of a renal tubule.
What is Henle's loop?
400
A condition in which obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, and an abnormal cholesterol profile cluster together.
What is Metabolic syndrome?
500
Mallory-Weiss tear occurs here.
What is Gastroesophageal junction?
500
Your patient can speak, but often uses the wrong words, inserts non-existent words, or may speak in word salad. What type of aphasia is this?
What is Wernicke's or receptive aphasia?
500
What is the normal pH range of blood?
What is 7.35 to 7.45?
500
The underside of the tongue.
What is Hypoglottis?
500
Chronic anemia is found in dialysis patients because of a lack of this hormone.