Mid-term study notes for AH 311

Which of the following is NOT part of the anatomical​ position?

Fingernails forward

Which plane divides the body into upper and lower parts?

Transverse

Going up the arm from the wrist toward the shoulder is going in which direction.

Proximal

The region of abdomen that includes the waist on the right or left side is called the:

Lumbar region

The majority of the liver is found in what quadrant?

RUQ

A person found lying face down on the sidewalk would be lying in what position?

Prone

In regard to a disease; the word etiology means:

The cause or origin of the disease

A person given palliative care is probably:

Terminally ill.

 A person with a nosocomial infection has an infection that:

Was acquired in the hospital.

The physician changed the medication order because the infection was​ refractory, which means that the infection​ was:

resistant to treatment.

An aponeurosis is a:

sheet of connective tissue that attaches a muscle to another muscle or bone.

When the toes are pointed down to the ground, the movement is called:

plantar flexion.

Which muscle is used to bend at the waist, as in bowing?

rectus abdominis

A muscle that is progressively flexed until it becomes almost immobile​ is:

a contracture.

Bradykinesia is a disorder in​ which:

body movements are abnormally slow.

The upper arm muscle that straightens the lower arm is​ the:

triceps brachii.

A myorrhaphy procedure is done​ for:

a torn muscle after an injury.

A thymectomy procedure is done for what kind of​ problem?

myasthenia gravis

Trigger point injections are a treatment specifically​ for:

fibromyalgia.

The pain and inflammation of tendinitis, bursitis, and strains are easily treated with which drug category?

NSAIDs

The occipital bone is found in​ the:

cranium

The tissue between the frontal and parietal bones of an infant is called a:

fontanel

The CORRECT descending order of the vertebral groups​ is:

cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal

A condition in which uric acid crystals form in soft tissues and joints causing pain​ is:

gout

A swayback is also known​ as:

lordosis

A bone density test is recommended in order to test for:

osteoporosis

When a joint like the ankle is​ unstable, which procedure will permanently stabilize the​ joint?

arthrodesis

The amount that a joint is able to move is known​ as:

ROM

The abbreviation BKA stands​ for:

below the knee amputation.

The abbreviation RA stands for:

rheumatoid arthritis.

Which suffix means the process of using an instrument to examine?

scopy

The prefixes anti- means?

against

Medical words are derived from ancient or older versions of languages such as_______.

Greek, Latin, and English

The combining form pneumon/o- means_______.

lung; air

The combining form ven/o- means

vein

Which basic rule is correct for building medical words?

Join the prefix to the beginning of the combining form.

The suffix -gram means________.

a record or a picture

The meaning of the prefix brady-

slow

What medical words can you build with the prefix peri- the combing form cardi/o- and the suffix -al.

pericardial

If a medical word has a suffix, the suffix is found __________ of the word.

At the end

The natural pacemaker of the heart is​ the:

SA node.

The resting period of the heart between contractions is​ called:

diastole.

When someone has a myocardial​ infarction, what​ happens?

A blocked coronary artery causes necrosis in the heart muscle.

Bradycardia is a type​ of:

arrhythmia.

Congestive heart failure can be described​ as:

A. a weakened heart muscle that cannot pump efficiently.

The blood vessel that carries blood from the head back toward the heart is​ the:

jugular vein.

When you go to the​ doctor's office and the medical assistant takes your​ pulse, where is the pulse usually​ felt?

in the radial artery

The working layer of the heart that does the pumping is​ the:

myocardium.

The mitral valve is located:

between the left atrium and ventricle.

After the blood passes through the pulmonary​ valve, where does the blood​ go?

to the lungs

In the respiratory​ system, the septum is​ found:

in the nasal cavity.

The structures that assist with breathing in and out are​ the:

diaphragm and intercostal muscles.

The cause of difficult breathing with asthma​ is:

bronchospasm with swelling.

Which of the following is an example of​ COPD?

emphysema

Pneumonia is​ actually:

an infection of the lung.

A patient with a pulmonary embolism has:

a blood clot lodged in a pulmonary artery or arteriole.

The abbreviation ABG relates​ to:

a test of arterial blood.

The purpose of the epiglottis is​ to:

cover the larynx during swallowing.

Tuberculosis is a dangerous disease​ because:

it is spread by droplets from coughing.

During endotracheal intubation:

a tube is passed from the mouth/nose into the trachea.