MAP 210: Final Exam Study Guide

What is the other name of the trade name of a drug?

Brand or proprietary name

Which of the following refers to the amount of space a drug occupies?

Volume

What is an early sign of tetanus?

Muscle spasms in the jaw, neck, and facial muscles.

Describe a cardiac striated muscle.

Located on the wall of the heart, striated, and involuntary. It is responsible for contraction.

What are individual muscle cells surrounded by?

A connective tissue called endomysium

Which muscle is responsible for movement?

Skeletal striated muscle

Which muscle flexes the foot and is commonly called the calf muscle?

Gastrocnemius

How does the level of carbon dioxide in a person’s blood change when a person hyperventilates?

Decreases

Which of the following lines the nasal cavity and helps remove pathogens?

Cilia

What part of the respiratory tree attaches the alveoli?

Bronchioles

What happens when air leaves the lungs?

The diaphragm relaxes

What is the amount of air that can be forcefully inhaled after a normal inhalation called?

Inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)

Which precordial electrode is placed on the fifth intercostal space, where it intersects an imaginary line drawn straight down the middle of the clavicle?

V4

What represents the time it takes for the ventricles to contract and recover, or repolarize?

QT interval

What refers to the contraction of the ventricles following depolarization?

QRS complex

What can prevent a wandering baseline?

Proper skin preparation and electrode placement

Many contrast media contain what?

Iodine

What is used to diagnose upper GI bleeding?

Angiography

In what procedure does a radiologist instill barium sulfate through the anus into the rectum and then into the colon?

Barium enema

What drugs are made from bacteria and fungi?

Antibiotics

Drugs injected intradermally or transdermally are absorbed through the what?

Skin

What is the conversion of pounds to kilograms?

1 kg = 2.2 pounds

What is a general rule for medication administration?

Check the medication three times

In which medication administration are medications placed in the mouth but do not continue along the GI tract?

Buccal and sublingual

What size needle has the smallest diameter and which has the largest?

The smaller the number, the larger the diameter

A medication that is administered intramuscularly is what?

IM injection

Which method of parenteral medication administration calls for pulling the skin and subcutaneous to the side before inserting the needle at the site?

Z-track method

What would you include when administering a vaginal suppository?

Water-based lubricant

How would you educate a patient with gout?

Patients should eliminate certain foods from their diet, such as meats, fish, beer, and wine.

What nutrient helps bones grow?

Calcium and vitamin D

In which procedure does the X-ray camera rotate completely around the patient on a special table while the computer compiles one cross-sectioned view from each rotation of the camera?

Computed tomography (CT) scan

What diagnostic procedure is an X-ray examination of the internal breast tissue?

Mammography

The study of drugs is called what?

Pharmacology

What is the term for the study of what drugs do to the body?

Pharmacodynamics

What are fontanelles?

“Soft spots” on a baby’s skull; tough membranes that connect the incompletely developed bones.

What type of bone is the humerus?

Long bone

What covers the epiphyses of long bones?

Articular cartilage

What is the purpose of the four valves of the heart?

Prevent the backflow of blood

Where is blood pressure greatest in the arteries?

Within large arteries like the aorta

Which of the following is the innermost layer of the heart which is thin and smooth?

Endocardium

Which valve is between the left atrium and left ventricle?

Mitral valve, otherwise known as the AV and bicuspid valve

What prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the left ventricle?

Aortic valve

What causes a flat line on the ECG tracing?

Loose or disconnected wire

What is the primary pacemaker of the heart?

SA node

The electrical impulses responsible for the cardiac cycle that appear on an electrocardiogram as peaks and valleys are called what?

Deflections

Which precordial electrode is located by counting to the fourth intercostal space to the right on the sternum?

V1