Heart
The first sound heard when taking a BP?
Systolic
Feeling a part of the body with your hand
Palpations
The most important muscle to aide in breathing?
Diaphragm
The inflammation the liver is called
Hepatitis
When focusing the microscope, one should begin with which objective?
10X
What is an electrocardiograph?
A device to monitor electrical heart activity
A person calls the office and states they have received a blunt injury to the eye. You should advise them to......
Come in as soon as possible to have the eye checked
The master gland is called
Pituitary Gland
Medical term for nosebleed
Epistaxis
Substance used to prevent X-ray exposure
Lead
What is a slow and fast heartbeat called?
Bradycardia/ Tachycardia
What is Renal Failure?
A critical illness resulting in the sudden cessation of kidney function
What is Spina Bifida?
A congenital defect consisting of the absence of a vertebral arch of the spinal column
Congenital Anemia occurring primarily among Black or African Americans which an average of one in ten carry the abnormal gene
Sickle Cell
A counting chamber utilized in manual microscopic methods
Hemacytometer
Another name for Myocardial Infraction?
Heart Attack
What do gram staining determine?
Whether a bacteria is gram positive or gram negative
The smallest blood vessel
Capillary
Metastasis refers to
Growth of cancer cells from one tissue to another
Galactose is a product of the digestion
Milk
What is an cardiac cycle?
One complete heartbeat, combined the contractions and relaxation phases.
What procedure detects cervical cancer?
A Pap Smear
(Papanicolaou smear)
The space between the ribs is called
The intercostal space
A mysterious condition which kills apparently healthy infants between ages of 4 weeks and 7 months
S.I.D.S = Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
During electrical stimulation the patient galvanic
must be attended to at all times