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Catherine injured her ankle while ice skating. Her X-ray shows no signs of bone abnormality but her doctor feels she has damaged ligaments. Catherine's diagnosis is a: | show 🗑
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show | Lordosis.
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show | Compound (open) Fracture.
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show | Open reduction and internal fixation.
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During a routine school checkup, it is noted that Susan's spine is curved from side to side. This is called: | show 🗑
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Abnormal curvature of the thoracic spine causes a "hunchback" appearance. This disorder is known as: | show 🗑
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A tree falls on Ryan's leg causing a fracture tha is broken into many pieces. What type of fracture does Ryan have? | show 🗑
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Connective tissue supports organs and other body parts. Two examples of connective tissue are: | show 🗑
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If you move from a sitting to a standing posistion, what type of joint movement occurs at the knee? | show 🗑
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show | Osteoporosis.
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What is formed when cells are grouped because they are similar in shape, size, structure and function? | show 🗑
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show | He is a child.
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An elderly man tells you he has severe pain in his great toe, but denies any trauma to the toe. His pain is most likely caused by: | show 🗑
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For two years, a child is given a diet that lacked Vitamin D. What disorders would most likely develop? | show 🗑
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Lisa fell out of a tree and broke her clavicle. This bone injury is called a: | show 🗑
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show | Arthritis.
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The main reason for applying a cast around a fracture is to: | show 🗑
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In relationship to the rest of the body, the arms would be described to be in a: | show 🗑
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What region is located between the hypochondriac regions? | show 🗑
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show | Ulna.
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show | A cast.
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show | Occipital.
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The medical term for the finger bones is: | show 🗑
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The fluid that reduces the friction during joint movement is: | show 🗑
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The process of blood cell formation in the red bone marrow of bones is called: | show 🗑
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show | After.
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show | Spongy bone.
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show | Calcium.
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show | Mandible.
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The areas where cranial bones join together to form immovable joints are called: | show 🗑
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show | Bad.
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show | Ball-and-socket joints.
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What type of movement occurs when you turn your head from side to side to say "no"? | show 🗑
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Which of the following is the most complex? | show 🗑
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The medical term for the knee-cap is the: | show 🗑
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show | Periosteum.
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show | Femur.
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Another name for the breast bone is the: | show 🗑
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The shaft of a long is called the: | show 🗑
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Bones of the skull, spine and chest make up the: | show 🗑
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Which bone is part of the pelvis? | show 🗑
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show | Osteocytes.
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The suffix "penia" means: | show 🗑
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show | Abducting and adducting.
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show | Ulna.
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show | Osteomyelitis.
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show | Xiphoid.
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show | Rheumatoid arthritis.
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What lining surrounds the medullary cavity? | show 🗑
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John has been diagnosed with an osteosarcoma. His doctor states that he will have to have a/an: | show 🗑
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A swimmer strains her shoulder during a race. What is the first thing that should be done, and why? | show 🗑
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If muscle cells are stimulated repeatedly without adequate periods of rest, lactic acid accumulates, and the muscle will lose its ability to contract. This is known as muscle: | show 🗑
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show | Muscular dystrophy.
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Debbie has a weakness in the abdominal muscle around her naval causing part of her instestine to protrude through the weakened area. This condition is called a: | show 🗑
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show | Deltoid.
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show | Determines posture and produces body heat.
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show | Sphincter muscles.
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A mother brings her baby to the health department. The baby has vesicles that rupture and develop yellow crust. These symptoms MOST LIKELY indicate: | show 🗑
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show | Shin splints.
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show | Muscle spasm.
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show | Serous fluid.
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show | Third degree.
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show | Tone.
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show | Diaphragm.
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When the nerve impulse reaches the end of the axon, what chemical neurotransmitter is released? | show 🗑
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show | Strain.
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show | Tendonitis.
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show | Leukocytes.
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show | It is contagious.
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When a muscle becomes shorter and thicker and causes movement, it is said to have: | show 🗑
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Which kind of muscle forms the walls of the heart? | show 🗑
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show | Body Heat.
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show | Elasticity.
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show | Atrophy.
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What region is located between the hypochondriac regions? | show 🗑
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What region is located on either side of the umbilical region? | show 🗑
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The outer part of a serous membrane that lines a cavity is the: | show 🗑
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show | Alopecia.
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show | Genital herpes.
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show | Hamstrings.
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show | Pectoralis major.
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Which type of muscle is considered "voluntary"? | show 🗑
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Janel wants to improve the extensibility of her muscles. What should she do every morning? | show 🗑
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A person who lifts weights overuses muscles. This overuse causes the muscles to enlarge or: | show 🗑
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show | Anterior.
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Danice found a lump in her groin. Her physician describes the lump as being in what region? | show 🗑
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Cameron has been diagnosed with talipes. You would expect him to: | show 🗑
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Karen burns her hand on a hot light bulb. What should she do first? | show 🗑
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The medical term for the calf muscle is the: | show 🗑
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The main muscle of the lower back is the: | show 🗑
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show | Trapezius.
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show | Side.
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show | Tumor.
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show | The ankle.
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show | Superficial.
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What muscle is found in the neck? | show 🗑
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show | Triceps.
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show | Gastrocnemius.
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show | Hurt.
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The word root "osteo" means: | show 🗑
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Which of the following is life threatening? | show 🗑
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What is the medical term for shingles? | show 🗑
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Why is research being done on the use of newborn umbilical cord blood? | show 🗑
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Which of the following statements about veins is true? | show 🗑
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Leukocytes have the ability to squeeze through the intercellular spaces of capillary walls to fight infection in neighboring tissue. This process is called: | show 🗑
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When there is inflammation in the body, chemical sustances travel to the hypothalamus, causing the body temperature to increase. What is the medical term for this condition? | show 🗑
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show | Atherosclerosis.
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show | Because red blood cells carry oxyhemoglobin.
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show | Septicemia.
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show | Edema.
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show | Leukemia.
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show | Pain radiating down left arm, nausea, and dyspnea.
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White blood cells destroy bacteria by surrounding, engulfing, and digesting the bacteria. What is this process called? | show 🗑
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show | He/she would develop Rh antibodies.
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Which statement best describes the pumping action of the heart? | show 🗑
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What special conducting cells originate an electrical impulse that begins and regulates the heart beat? | show 🗑
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show | Heart attack.
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show | Varicose veins.
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show | Hypertension.
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show | Aneurysm.
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show | Cardiopulmonary circulation.
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show | Stent.
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Jeff's doctor is considering treating Jeff with either a coronary by-pass or angioplasty. What is Jeff's problem? | show 🗑
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show | Aplastic anemia.
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A lab report shows an abnormally large number of red blood cells. The medical diagnosis for this condition is: | show 🗑
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The liquid portion of the blood without cellular components is called: | show 🗑
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Which of the following is NOT a plasma protein? | show 🗑
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What are two important electrolytes found in blood plasma? | show 🗑
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show | In a blood vessel.
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What type of blood cell is bioconcave and shaped somewhat like a donut? | show 🗑
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What type of blood cell can be granular, agranular, translucent or ameboid in shape? | show 🗑
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The average adult usually carries how many quarts of blood? | show 🗑
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Which of the following is an example of a leukocyte? | show 🗑
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show | Blood clotting.
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Blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a blood protein called a/an: | show 🗑
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show | AB.
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show | Abcess.
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Marilyn has leukopenia as a result of her chemotherapy. Marilyn's: | show 🗑
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show | Erythroblastosis fetalis.
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A deficiency in the number of red blood cells is called: | show 🗑
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Which of the following blood disorders is inherited from both parents? | show 🗑
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show | Septum.
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The tip of the heart that lies on the diaphragm and points to the left of the body is the: | show 🗑
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The structures inside the heart that prevent back flow of the blood are the: | show 🗑
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show | Coronary arteries.
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The bicuspid (mitral) valve is located between the: | show 🗑
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The smooth membrane that lines the inside of the heart and heart valve is the: | show 🗑
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What large artery does blood enter as it leaves the left ventricle of the heart? | show 🗑
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The chamber of the heart pumping blood to the body is the: | show 🗑
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What valve prevents the backflow of blood as it leaves the heart and enters the aorta? | show 🗑
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show | The ventricles contract.
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The major artery that carries blood to the brain is the: | show 🗑
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show | Systemic circulation.
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show | Brachial.
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show | Arteries.
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The vessel that brings blood back to the heart from the upper body is the: | show 🗑
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show | Angina pectoris.
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show | Embolism.
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show | Bruise easily.
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show | Hemophilia.
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What vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen? | show 🗑
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show | Left ventricle.
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show | AV node.
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Of the following, what vessel contains the highest level of oxygen? | show 🗑
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Swollen, distending veins in the rectum are called: | show 🗑
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A doctor suspects a patient has diseased leg veins. What test would confirm this diagnosis? | show 🗑
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Which of the following could be determined by taking a pulse? | show 🗑
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Tamara has a conduction defect. As a result, you would expect her to have: | show 🗑
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Which of the following is a disorder of one or more heart valves? | show 🗑
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show | He has a coronary artery obstruction.
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show | Antibiotics.
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show | A conduction defect.
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Hemoglobin is composed of: | show 🗑
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The medical term for platelet is: | show 🗑
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show | Fight infection.
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The main function of erythrocytes is to: | show 🗑
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Who would be a candidate for Rho Gam? | show 🗑
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The muscular layer of the heart is the: | show 🗑
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The heart is composed of how many chambers? | show 🗑
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The upper chambers of the heart are called: | show 🗑
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show | 72-75 beats/minute.
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show | The electrical activity of the heart.
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Where can the popliteal pulse be felt? | show 🗑
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show | Systole.
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show | The RH factor.
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show | It is a white blood cell.
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show | Be seen with a microscope.
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Whih of the following statements about the lymph system is true? | show 🗑
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show | Serve as a filter for screening out harmful substances.
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show | Anaphylaxis.
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Which of the following statements about handwashing is true? | show 🗑
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When should a health care worker wear eye protection? | show 🗑
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show | A dental hygientist who is cleaning teeth.
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Which of the following statements about caring for a patient with AIDS is true? | show 🗑
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show | Defense by filtering bacteria.
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Arnold is a patient with AIDS who has no open sores. When giving Arnold a backrub, what protective devices should the health care worker wear? | show 🗑
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The system working with the lymphatic system to remove waste and excess fluid from the tissues is the: | show 🗑
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show | Hormones to the cells.
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Fluid that filters out of capillaries into the microscopic spaces between tissue cells is called: | show 🗑
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show | Hodgkin's disease.
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What is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection? | show 🗑
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A home health aide would need to wear gloves if performing which of the following procedures? | show 🗑
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Sally went to the doctor with severe sore throat, elevated temperature, enlarged tonsils, and chills. Her diagnosis is MOST LIKELY: | show 🗑
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A friend had a bloody nose and you are going to help clean up the mess. What should you do FIRST? | show 🗑
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The body's ability to resist pathogens and foreign materials and the diseases they cause is called: | show 🗑
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show | Mononucleosis.
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A female had sexual contact with a male who has AIDS. How long will it be before she knows if she contracted the disease? | show 🗑
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A person is diagnosed with an opportunistic infection when he/she develops the infection because he/she: | show 🗑
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Standard precautions are guidelines to be used when you expect to have contact with another person's: | show 🗑
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What is the medical term for the watery fluid inside lymphatic vessels? | show 🗑
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show | Under the arms.
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One of the functions of the lymphatic system is: | show 🗑
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show | Spleen.
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Which term describes GENERALIZED enlargement of the lymph nodes? | show 🗑
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With which of the following conditions is it recommended to wear a medic alert tag? | show 🗑
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show | ARC.
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Health care workers should never: | show 🗑
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Cammie goes to the doctor complaining of respiratory symptoms. No prescription medications are ordered. Her physician instructs her to stay in bed for a day or two, and drink plenty of fruit juice. Cammie's diagnosis is MOST LIKELY: | show 🗑
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show | Pneumonia.
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Jerome had back surgery. Three days later, he experienced severe chest pain and dyspena. If his doctor orders a lung scan, it is because the doctor suspects: | show 🗑
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Structures that produce mucous for the respiratory tract and serve as resonance chambers for the production of sound are the: | show 🗑
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show | Laryngitis.
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show | Tuberculosis.
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Brandy has a headache and pressure behind her eyes. She has developed a thick nasal discharge and loss of voice resonance. Brandy has: | show 🗑
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show | Common Cold.
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show | Asthma.
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Which body function is made possible by fibrous plates contained within the cartilage of the larynx? | show 🗑
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A respiratory infection which spreads quickly and results in the greatest loss in production hours each year is: | show 🗑
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show | Emphysema.
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show | Epiglottis.
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The respiratory system ends in millions of tiny, thin-walled sacs called: | show 🗑
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show | Pleura.
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The walls of the trachea are made more rigid by the presence of: | show 🗑
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Each lung is divided into two or three parts called: | show 🗑
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When the trachea divides to enter both lungs, the tubes that are formed are called: | show 🗑
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The partition that separates the nose into right and left cavities is the: | show 🗑
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Which structure of the respiratory system is responsible for voice production? | show 🗑
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show | Carbon dioxide level in blood.
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Which of the following words would most closely describe the work of hair in the nose? | show 🗑
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The normal number of breaths an adult takes each minute at rest is about: | show 🗑
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Of the following, which is the correct pathway of air into the lungs? | show 🗑
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Respirations would normally increase in number in response to high levels of: | show 🗑
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Cilia located in the nasal cavity perform the function of: | show 🗑
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show | Inspiration.
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What would normally cause a person's respiratory rate to decrease? | show 🗑
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What disorder is characterized by overdilated alveoli that have lost their elasticity? | show 🗑
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show | Sharp, stabbing pain when breathing.
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show | Bronchitis.
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show | Fluid in alveoli.
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Marsha's grandmother is suffering from first stage Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following symptoms would her grandmother MOST LIKELY exhibit? | show 🗑
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show | Alzheimer's Disease.
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A child comes to the emergency room with a high fever, headache, and stiff neck. What diagnostic procedure would MOST LIKELY be performed? | show 🗑
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show | Mutiple sclerosis.
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show | Decide to move.
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show | Cerebellum.
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show | 12.
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There are four fluid filled cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid. What ae they called? | show 🗑
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A child is born with normal intelligence but with brain damage that affects muscle function is suffering from: | show 🗑
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show | Epilepsy.
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Your uncle is suffering from dementia. Which of the following would you expect when you visit? | show 🗑
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Wayne is diagnosed with Bell's palsy. When looking at Wayne, what physical symptoms would one expect to see? | show 🗑
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A baby is born with hydrocephalus. What surgical intervention is needed? | show 🗑
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The tough fluid-containing membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord is the: | show 🗑
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show | Synapse.
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show | To the second lumbar vertebrae.
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show | The beating of the heart.
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show | Cerebrospinal fluid.
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show | Reflex.
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What is the function of the choroid plexus? | show 🗑
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The medulla, midbrain and pons are all part of the: | show 🗑
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show | Sulci.
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show | Sympathetic.
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show | Cerebrum.
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The hypothalamus has nine functions. One of the functions is: | show 🗑
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Blood clot, hemorrhage, and ruptured aneurysm would result in: | show 🗑
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Which of the following is a common symptom of a CVA? | show 🗑
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show | Epilepsy.
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Polio is a disease of nerve pathways of the spinal cord that causes: | show 🗑
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show | Parkinson's disease.
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What diagnostic test measures the electrical activity of the brain? | show 🗑
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What diagnostic test places a patient within a large magnet? | show 🗑
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show | Cerebrum.
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show | Central nervous system.
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show | Neuron.
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The single long arm of a neuron is the: | show 🗑
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show | To the cell body.
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show | Pia mater.
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The hypothalamus and thalamus are part of the: | show 🗑
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show | Dendrite.
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The medulla is located in the: | show 🗑
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show | Tears flow across the eye into the lacrimal duct, which drains into the nasal cavity.
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show | Equalizes pressure in the middle ear with the outside atmosphere.
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show | Astigmatism.
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show | Papillae.
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What three structures picks up the vibrations of fluid in the cochlea and transmits them as a sensory impulse to the brain? | show 🗑
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show | Organ of Corti.
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Benjamin's eye muscles do not coordinate their actions and have a cross-eyed appearance. What is the medical term for this disorder? | show 🗑
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The black center in the iris is really a hole called the: | show 🗑
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The eyeball has three coats; the sclera, the choroid and the: | show 🗑
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What clear structure is called the "window of the eye?" | show 🗑
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show | Optic disc.
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The crystalline structure behind the pupil that focuses light rays on the retina is the: | show 🗑
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What does the pupil do when exposed to bright light? | show 🗑
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show | Sclera.
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show | Eustachian tube.
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show | Ophthalmologist.
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What should you do if a splinter becomes lodged in the eye? | show 🗑
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Jose has a genetic disorder in which his cones do not function properly. He has: | show 🗑
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show | Antihistamine.
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The conjuctiva is a sac that lines: | show 🗑
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show | Iris.
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show | Colored part of the eye.
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The eye is protected by the: | show 🗑
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The white of the eyes is called the: | show 🗑
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show | Aqueous humor.
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The size of the iris and pupil is changed by: | show 🗑
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show | Accomodation.
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The retina contains visual receptors called: | show 🗑
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show | Provide night vision and refract light rays.
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The tympanic membrane is also known as the: | show 🗑
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show | Pinna.
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show | Cochlea.
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show | Antibiotics.
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What is the function of the lacrimal glands? | show 🗑
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In which order is the correct pathway of vision? | show 🗑
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Smell accounts for what percent of taste? | show 🗑
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show | Protection.
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What carries sound impulses to the brain? | show 🗑
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What is the function of the ridges produced by papillae? | show 🗑
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Daria has gingivitis. She should see a: | show 🗑
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Lee developed a skin rash with severe itching. She went to a dermatologist who scraped the rash and looked under a microscope, finding tiny mites. What does Lee have? | show 🗑
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Leslie cut on the tip of her finger. This location in relation to her hand is described as being: | show 🗑
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show | Melanocytes.
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What statement about malignant melanoma is true? | show 🗑
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show | Myalgia.
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show | A wart.
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show | Urticaria.
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Jojo was burned in a house fire. His doctor estimates his burns at 18%. How did the doctor determine the percentage? | show 🗑
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Someone with bladder cancer would likely have which of the following symptoms? | show 🗑
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show | Spinal cord.
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What region is located between the hypochondriac regions? | show 🗑
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show | Parietal membrane.
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What type of serous membrane lines the abdominal cavity? | show 🗑
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A patient has a lump in the breast. What procedure might be used to examine the patient? | show 🗑
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What body system contains the brain, nerves and spinal cord? | show 🗑
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The hollow tube in which the hair grows is called the: | show 🗑
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show | Dermis.
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show | Papillae.
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Charmaine has a bladder infection. What symptom would she likely have? | show 🗑
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When topical medication is applied to the skin, which function of the skin is being utilized? | show 🗑
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Sebaceous glands secrete an oil for hair and skin called: | show 🗑
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What type of skin cancer is the most common and least malignant? | show 🗑
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Which surgical procedure may be performed on someone with breast cancer? | show 🗑
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The function of the skin include protection, absorption and: | show 🗑
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What muscle causes the skin to pucker around a hair when exposed to a sudden chill? | show 🗑
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Exposure of the skin to ultraviolet light causes a darkening of the skin and: | show 🗑
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What lower arm bone is located on thumb side of the hand? | show 🗑
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show | Tongue.
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show | Hemopoiesis.
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The word root "gingiva" means: | show 🗑
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The suffix "toxic" means: | show 🗑
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A benign tumor made up of fat cells is a/an: | show 🗑
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show | Right and left sides.
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show | Circulatory system.
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show | Axila.
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show | Shaft.
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show | Sudoriferous glands.
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show | Epidermis.
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The outermost layer of the epidermis is the: | show 🗑
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show | Melanin.
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Who would be a candidate for Rho Gam? | show 🗑
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show | Deficiency.
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The word root "leuko" means: | show 🗑
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show | -Ectomy.
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The medical word root for "red" is: | show 🗑
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show | Respiratory.
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show | Sternocleidomastoid.
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What statement about prothrombin is true? | show 🗑
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Someone who is born without melanin has: | show 🗑
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show | Scraped it on something.
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Carmen is a very thin dancer, who goes to a doctor for a physical exam. Which of the following comments by Carmen would lead the doctor to believe she may have an eating disorder? | show 🗑
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Sometimes, people with eating disorders follow their food consumption with purging. What is purging? | show 🗑
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Robert is jaundiced. Which of the following disorders could have caused his jaundice? | show 🗑
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show | To show the importance of exercise.
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A Scientific Advisory Committee, appointed by the US Government, lists seven dietary guidelines. Which of the following is one of the recommendations? | show 🗑
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Every time a newborn baby is fed he has projectile vomiting. After taking x-rays, doctors schedule the baby for surgery. What is the diagnosis? | show 🗑
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Kristie has been suffering with a bout of gastroenteritis for about 24 hours. What would Kristie need when she is admitted to the hospital? | show 🗑
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show | Colitis.
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|
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show | Colostomy.
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|
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show | Gallbladder.
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|
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The muscle between the esophagus and stomach that keeps food from going back up into the esophagus is the: | show 🗑
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The process in which broken down food moves from the intestine into the blood and lymph is called: | show 🗑
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The medical term that means inflammation of the mucous membrane lining of the stomach and intestines is: | show 🗑
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When small quantities of stomach acid are regurgitated into the esophagus, the resulting condition is called: | show 🗑
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Eating proper foods such as cereals, fruits, vegetables and drinking plenty of fluids can help avoid which of the following conditions? | show 🗑
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show | Calorie.
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|
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When food labels list a percent of daily requirements for a nutrient, what calorie diet is the percent based on? | show 🗑
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show | 15%.
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|
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show | Fear of weight gain.
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|
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show | Fats and oils.
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|
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Small stones may pass on their own but large ones must be surgically removed in what condition? | show 🗑
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show | An ulcer.
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|
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Janice had a ruptured appendix. Bacteria from the appendix spread to the abdominal cavity causing: | show 🗑
|
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show | Jejunum.
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|
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What feather-shaped organ secretes enzymes to digest food? | show 🗑
|
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show | Hard palate.
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|
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The external opening of the large intestines is: | show 🗑
|
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show | Esophagus.
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|
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The glands which secrete a watery fluid in the mouth are called: | show 🗑
|
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The organ that is divided into 3 sections and is approximately 20 feet long is the: | show 🗑
|
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The blind sac attached to the cecum and having no known function is known as the: | show 🗑
|
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show | Emulsify saturated fats.
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|
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The muscular organ that aids with chewing and swallowing of food is the: | show 🗑
|
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Which enzyme causes the INITIAL chemical breakdown of carbohydrates? | show 🗑
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show | Chyme.
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|
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show | Duodenum.
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|
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The wavelike motions of the intestines that move food along the digestive tract are called: | show 🗑
|
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The medical term that means surgical removal of the gallbladder is: | show 🗑
|
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show | Cirrhosis.
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|
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show | Cholesterol.
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|
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show | Calcium.
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|
||||
Proteins that contain all of the essential amino acids are called: | show 🗑
|
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show | Excessive intake of calories in proportion to expenditure.
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|
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show | Young adult females.
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|
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What disorder is characterized by episodic binge eating followed by purging behavior? | show 🗑
|
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Which athletes are most likely to develop anorexia nervosa? | show 🗑
|
||||
In addition to severe weight loss, a female with anorexia nervosa USUALLY has: | show 🗑
|
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show | 12 noon.
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|
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A condition in which a sore or a lesion forms in the mucosal lining of the stomach is called: | show 🗑
|
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It is recommended that all healthcare workers be vaccinated for which of the following diseases? | show 🗑
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What nutrient is the main source of energy for the body? | show 🗑
|
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show | Water.
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|
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show | Roughage.
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|
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show | Calcium and fluorine.
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|
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show | Grains.
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|
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Mandated nutrition labeling for most food is regulated by the: | show 🗑
|
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The 2005 Food Guide Pyramid recommends you consume what food group the least? | show 🗑
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A person on a low cholesterol diet would eat plenty of: | show 🗑
|
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If a person is on a liquid diet, he or she could consume: | show 🗑
|
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In addition to severe weight loss, a female with anorexia nervosa often has: | show 🗑
|
||||
What statement BEST describes a method of heartburn prevention? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | 60-80 years old.
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|
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Acute or chronic inflammation of the stomach lining is: | show 🗑
|
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A health care worker who is struck with a contaminated needle is at risk of developing: | show 🗑
|
||||
What is the purpose of peristalsis? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Liver.
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|
||||
show | Virus.
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|
||||
Fiber is important in maintaining: | show 🗑
|
||||
What do the initials "RDA" stand for? | show 🗑
|
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The largest organ in the body is the: | show 🗑
|
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show | Amino acids.
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|
||||
show | An increase in muscle mass.
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|
||||
Menopause normally occurs between the ages of forty-five to fifty-five, but can be induced prematurely by removal of the: | show 🗑
|
||||
What diagnostic procedure would a physician order for a patient who detects a lump in the breast? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Seminiferous tubules.
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|
||||
What is laproscopy? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Endometriosis.
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|
||||
show | Antifungal medication.
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|
||||
What ducts connect the vas deferens with the urethra? | show 🗑
|
||||
What structure connects the testes with the ductus deferens? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Prosstate gland.
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|
||||
The external organs of the male reproductive system are the: | show 🗑
|
||||
What structure serves as a storage site for sperm and as the excretory duct of the testis? | show 🗑
|
||||
Fluid from the prostate gland aids in the expulsion of semen and: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Urethra.
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|
||||
The female reproductive system which serves as a passageway for ova to the uterus is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
A muscular tube leading from the cervix to the outside of the body is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Labia.
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|
||||
show | Fundus.
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|
||||
The normal periodic discharge of the endometrial lining in a female is known as: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Cervix.
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|
||||
The female reproductive organ responsible for producing estrogen is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Estrogen and progesterone.
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|
||||
show | Pap smear.
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|
||||
show | Mastitis.
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|
||||
The sterilization procedure for women is called a/an: | show 🗑
|
||||
The prostate gland is approximately the size of a/an: | show 🗑
|
||||
Of the following male reproductive structures, which is normally the largest? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Prostate gland.
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|
||||
show | Vagina.
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|
||||
The scientific name for the beginnning of the menses is: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Spontaneous abortion.
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|
||||
show | Vasectomy.
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|
||||
show | Circumcision.
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|
||||
show | Polyuria.
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|
||||
For what STD may a pregnant woman need a C-section to prevent infection of the new born? | show 🗑
|
||||
What is the medical term for inflammation of the testes? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Testes.
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|
||||
show | Prepuce.
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|
||||
What are the male gametes? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Testes.
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|
||||
The male hormone produced by the testes is: | show 🗑
|
||||
Sperm are stored in the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | In the abdomen.
🗑
|
||||
Mammary glands are located in the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Myometrium.
🗑
|
||||
The inner mucous layer of the uterus is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Uterus.
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|
||||
show | Cervix.
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|
||||
show | Fallopian tubes.
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|
||||
The average length of the menstrual cycle is: | show 🗑
|
||||
The female gamete is produced in the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Discharge of sperm.
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|
||||
show | 9 months.
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|
||||
show | When the sperm penetrates the ovum.
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|
||||
show | Dysmenorrhea.
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|
||||
What is the path of the formation of urine? | show 🗑
|
||||
If the kidneys are not functioning properly, what would occur? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Reabsorption.
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|
||||
show | A semipermeable membrane.
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|
||||
The elastic muscular organ that is capable of great expansion and is part of the urinary system is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
Doug is getting old and sometimes he unintentionally wets his pants. The medical term for this is: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | ADH and aldosterone.
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|
||||
show | Cystitis.
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|
||||
show | Remove waste products from the body.
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|
||||
show | Kidney transplant.
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|
||||
show | Nephron.
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|
||||
show | Ureters.
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|
||||
show | Glomerulus.
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|
||||
The opening of the urethra to the outside of the body is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Bowman's Capsule.
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|
||||
The tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body is the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Water.
🗑
|
||||
What is the main complication of a kidney transplant? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Obliguria.
🗑
|
||||
show | Severe pain, chills, hematuria.
🗑
|
||||
Kidney trauma can cause red blood cells to be present in the urine. This is known as: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Pyramids.
🗑
|
||||
show | Nephrons.
🗑
|
||||
show | Renal calculi.
🗑
|
||||
show | Polyuria.
🗑
|
||||
Which of the following conditions is most common in small children? | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Filter substances from the blood.
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|
||||
show | Store and aid the elimination of urine.
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|
||||
Filtration in the kidney occurs in the: | show 🗑
|
||||
Urine formation begins with: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Shockwaves.
🗑
|
||||
show | Kidney failure.
🗑
|
||||
show | E Coli.
🗑
|
||||
The urinary bladder is located in the: | show 🗑
|
||||
show | Medulla.
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