Asthma can be triggered by all of the following except ________.
A) dust
B) cockroaches
C) exercising in the cold
D) coughing
What is coughing?
100
All of the following are true about a chest tube except:
A) it is a plastic tube inserted between the ribs.
B) it can be attached to a ventilator to help the patient breathe.
C) it removes accumulated air associated with a pneumothorax.
D) it removes blood associated with a hemothorax
What is it can be attached to a ventilator to help the patient breathe?
100
Defibrillation is a way to
What is to treat a serious arrhythmia?
100
This is a sudden, severe vasoconstriction and spasm of the arterioles in the fingers and toes, often triggered by cold or emotional upset.
What is Raynaud’s phenomenon?
100
Waste products excreted by the kidney include all of the following except:
A) urea.
B) creatinine.
C) uric acid.
D) nephron.
What is creatinine?
200
A/An ________ is a clip device that attaches to the finger and measures the degree of oxygen saturation in the blood
What is oximeter?
200
________ is an arrhythmia in which there is a very fast but regular rhythm (250 beats per minute) of the atria or ventricles
What is Flutter?
200
Cardiomegaly is the medical word for
What is heart enlargement?
200
The combining form spad/o- means..
What is tear; opening?
200
Glucose in the urine is known as
What is glycosuria?
300
All of the following are true about the thoracic cavity except ________.
A) it is located within the mediastinum
B) it is posterior to the sternum
C) it contains the lungs
D) it is anterior to the spinal column
What is it is located within the mediastinum?
300
A myocardial infarction is a condition of ________.
What is an area of dead tissue?
300
The purpose of the coronary arteries is to bring oxygenated blood to the
What is myocardium?
300
The combining form olig/o- means
What is scanty; few?
300
A kidney stone is also called a...
What is calculus?
400
The exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen takes place in the ...
What are alveoli?
400
After the thoracic aorta goes through the diaphragm, it becomes the ________ aorta
What is abdominal?
400
The femoral artery brings oxygenated blood to the
What is leg?
400
The functional unit of the kidney is known as the
What is nephron?
400
Epispadias or hypospadias is corrected surgically with a
What is urethroplasty?
500
Which of the following combining forms does not mean chest?
A) steth/o-
B) asthm/o-
C) pector/o-
D) thorac/o-
What is asthma/o?
500
The heart contains four chambers; the upper two are called the ________.
What are atria?
500
This is known as the pacemaker of the heart
What is sinoatrial node?
500
If the blood pressure decreases, the kidneys produce
What is concentrated urine with less water in it?
500
Two combining forms that mean bladder are cyst/o- and