ALTERNATE - Test - Unit 3 - Allied Health

______ is an overproduction of scar tissue often caused by overtraining muscles, or in joints, by old injuries.

fibrosis

_______ is the loss of bone mass from age or mineral/nutritional deficiencies.

degeneration

The study and treatment of the heart's electrical rhythm is NOT called _______.

electrocardiology

_____ means the maximal oxygen uptake into the body.

Vo₂max

An organ in the ear that vibrates in response to sound waves that come into the ear is called ______.

tympanic membrane

A ______ is the part of the nerve cell that receives information.

dendrite

The central area of the nerve cell is called the _____.

soma

The part of the nerve cell that sends information is called the ______.

axon

The process of pulling energy from substances like foods and using that energy to build structures within the body is called ________.

metabolism

______ are specific kind of cells in the nerves only.

neurons

An _______ is a prevalent or widespread; disease that spreads rapidly.

epidemic

An _____ is a machine that helps regulate an erratic heartbeat by reading heart symptoms and administering appropriate electric shock therapy.

AED

A _______ is an instrument that measures amount and rate of air breathed in and out.

spirometer

A machine which gives an electrical impulse to the heart in order to restart it is called a ______.

defibrillator

An _____ is an instrument used to look into the ear canal.

otoscope

An _______ does not need to get any special training.

EKG technician

The brain and spinal cord make up which part of the nervous system?

the central

Which two things can naturally occur from old age?

degeneration of the bones and cilia

Which of the following sets of information are reflected in an audiogram?

the results of hearing tests, such as how much loss there is, at what levels, and in what ranges

The body's balance system is located where?

the inner ear

Monitoring the brain and its activity during surgery is a responsibility/role of the ______.

END career

The EKG technician and the EEG technician ______ function at the same level of education

DO NOT

______ is NOT an allied health career.

Applied kinesiology

The athletic trainer and fitness instructor professions could operate ______.

EKG machines

The audiologist career may require as many as ______ in college.

8 years

______ prevent bone injuries because they help the body to react quickly and/or cushion the bones during movement.

Strong muscles

Kinesiotherapists must complete a _____ program BUT NOT a doctoral program.

bachelor's degree

The career fields of ______ DO NOT have wide overlap in qualification, responsibilities and preparation.

athletic trainer and fitness instructor

A ______ could also work in a hospital's neurology department, conducting EEGs.

polysomnographer

Your body makes sense of balance using data from the ______.

inner ear and the eyes

The ______ may work in a neighborhood retail store.

audiologist

Even though the audiologist earns a doctoral degree, he _____ dispense medicine.

CANNOT

Even though information passes between them, neuron cells ______.

don't actually touch one another.

Your body has many different electrical impulses.

True