Unit 1
Kary/o is a combining form for the
nucleus
The R in RUQ refers to
right
What test of kidney function measures the rate at which nitrogenous waste is removed from the blood by comparing its concentration in the blood and urine over a 24-hour period?
Creatinine clearance test
The process of breathing in and out is called:
respiration
Vulv/o is the combining form for
external female genitalia.
What is a localized vascular lesion
Angioma
A stiffening of the vertebral joints is
spondylosis.
Spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable is called
miscarriage.
is to provide the transportation of oxygen (O2), water, nutrients, and other substances to every cell in the body.
circulatory system
Sounds made by dry surfaces rubbing together are
friction sounds
The patient was brought to the emergency department with a fracture of his sternum in which the xiphoid process pierced his right lung. He had a ____ fracture.
complicated
A partial-thickness burn in which the first and second layers of the skin are affected is a _____-degree burn.
second
Monocytes change into ____, destroy pathogens, and collect debris from damaged cells.
macrophages
send deoxygenated blood to the lungs from the right ventricle, and the pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood to the left atrium
pulmonary arteries
Which is NOT a paranasal sinus?
Mandibular
Inflammation of the bone and the bone marrow is
osteomyelitis.
Which are common, contagious epithelial growths, also known as warts, that can be caused by any of 60 types of human papillomavirus?
Verrucae
A crural hernia is a(n) ________________ hernia
femoral
are thick, enabling them to withstand the powerful force of the heart's pumping action.
Arteries
A variety of pathogens cause inflammation of the lungs, or
pneumonia
The patient reports that her breathing difficulties of the last few years have been getting progressively worse. After testing, her disease is diagnosed as one that she will most likely have for the next several years. Her disease is considered to be
chronic.
An inflammatory joint disease that usually has its onset after 40 years of age and is believed to be autoimmune is
rheumatoid arthritis.
Constriction of a tubular structure, including intestines, leading to an impedance of circulation is
strangulation
An exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being not based in reality...
euphoria
A rare heart cancer originating in the left atrium is
cardiac myxosarcoma