The root word ANDR/O refers to – males

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Question 1
The root word ANDR/O refers to
A. males
B. females
C. both males and females
D. neither males or females

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Question 2
A patient with esophageal atresia would have trouble
A. urinating
B. walking
C. breathing
D. swallowing
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Question 3
The surgical repair of the lips is called
A. cheilosis
B. cheilorrhaphy
C. cheiloplasty
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Question 4
Which of the following are central endocrine glands?
A. adrenals
B. hypothalamus and pituitary
C. pineal and pancreas
D. thyroid and parathyroids
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Question 5
The prefix _____- means normal or good.
A. EU
B. ultra
C. peri
D. pro
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Question 6
A patient reports a pinkish color to the urine which you suspect to be blood, what would this be called?
A. hematuria
B. nocturia
C. oliguria
D. pyuria
E. proteinuria
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Question 7
The term anoxia is used regarding a problem with which system?
A. immune
B. lymph
C. vascular
D. respiratory
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Question 8
Hyponatremia means deficient amounts of ____________________ in the blood.
A. white blood cells
B. sodium
C. potassium
D. red blood cells
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Question 9
A patient with chronic cystitis is scheduled for a procedure to visually examine the bladder. Which is the name of the instrument that would be used?
A. cystoscopy
B. bladderoscopy
C. cystoscope
D. uroscope
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Question 10
What occurs in the body of a patient with an autoimmune disease?
A. There is destruction of their own cells by the immune system.
B. There is immunity to a variety of different pathological organisms.
C. There is fluid lying between the tissue spaces.
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Question 11
Increased intraocular pressure is an indication of
A. cataracts
B. macular degeneration
C. an error of refraction
D. glaucoma
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Question 12
RBCs live approximately how long?
A. 120 days
B. 30 days
C. 180 days
D. 60 days
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Question 13
When an infection causes a solid mass in the lungs, it is called an area of ____________________.
A. consolidation
B. enlargement
C. prodrome
D. irradication
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Question 14
Which of the following will be the higher number when taking a blood pressure?
A. it can vary between readings
B. diastolic pressure
C. systolic pressure
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Question 15
Vertigo means ____________________.
A. dermatitis
B. dizziness
C. visceral
D. vertebrae
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Question 16
The suffix -PAUSE means ____________________.
A. short
B. cessation
C. sporatic
D. intermittent
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Question 17
BPH is ____________________, a condition found in men.
A. benign prostatic hypertrophy
B. benign penile hypercapnia
C. blood pressure hyperflexion
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Question 18
What would you know about the care of a patient who is having a lobectomy?
A. The patient has inflammation of the bronchioles.
B. The patient will be having surgery.
C. The patient will be treated with medications for this condition.
D. The patient has a malignant condition.
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Question 19
If a patient has a diagnosis of erythremia, this means there are
A. excessive levels of bilirubin in the blood
B. a lack of RBCs
C. an abnormal increase in the number of RBCs
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Question 20
_______ is a normal thyroid gland
A. thyrotomy
B. euthyroid
C. hyperthyroidism
D. thyroiditis
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Question 21
Which of the following terms is used to define when the menstrual cycle first begins?
A. menstrual cycle
B. menses
C. climacteric
D. menarche
E. menopause
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Question 22
An _____________ may be performed on a patient who needs surgical repair of stenosed (narrowed) blood vessels.
A. angioplasty
B. angiospasm
C. aortotomy
D. angiography
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Question 23
Which symptom would most likely be seen in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus?
A. glycolysis
B. hypoglycemia
C. glycogenolysis
D. hyperglycemia
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Question 24
An accumulation of fluid in the renal pelvis due to the obstruction of the normal urinary pathway is known as
A. nephroptosis
B. meatotomy
C. nephrolithiasis
D. hydronephrosis
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Question 25
A CBC on a patient with leukemia would show
A. a decrease in RBCs
B. an increase in RBCs
C. a decrease in WBCs
D. an increase in WBCs
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Question 26
The root word LIPID/O means
A. unequal
B. variation; irregular
C. fat
D. normal
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Question 27
__________ disease is a form of inflammatory bowel disease.
A. Aphonia
B. Meniere’s
C. Leukocytosis
D. Crohn’s
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Question 28
A patient with a thyrotomy would have
A. an inflammation of the thyroid gland
B. excessive secretion of the thyroid hormone
C. normal thyroid gland
D. an incision into the thyroid
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Question 29
The root word SCLER/O means
A. hold back
B. clot
C. sound
D. hardening
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Question 30
Menstruation is best defined as
A. when a female becomes an adult
B. when the thickened lining of the uterus is sloughed off when there is no implantation
C. a cycle every female experiences from ages 12 to 50 years of age
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Question 31
The abbreviation for gastroesophageal reflux disorder is ____________________.
A. GRD
B. GSRFD
C. GSRD
D. GERD
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Question 32
________ leads to the need for reading glasses.
A. presbyopia
B. retinopathy
C. uveitis
D. emmetropia
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Question 33
Tinnitus means ____________________
A. ringing in the ears
B. tinny ears
C. elongated tendon
D. inflammed tendon
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Question 34
__________ is diminished hearing due to old age.
A. otorrhea
B. otalgia
C. presbycusis
D. conjunctiva
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Question 35
The root word LYMPHADEN/O means
A. lymph nodes
B. lymph
C. lymph vessels
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Question 36
Which of the following may be performed to assist in the delivery of the fetus?
A. episiotomy
B. culdocentesis
C. galactorrhea
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Question 37
The root word CHOLANGI/O means
A. common bile duct
B. gallbladder
C. colon
D. bile duct; bile vessel
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Question 38
A patient who is scheduled for a thoracocentesis will have what done?
A. a cut into the chest
B. surgical reconstruction of the thorax
C. a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural cavity
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Question 39
Being without teeth or having had teeth but having lost them to tooth decay is called ____________________.
A. gingivitis
B. peritonitis
C. dentures
D. edentulous
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Question 40
When referring to both ears, which is the correct abbreviation?
A. AC
B. AS
C. AD
D. AU
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Question 41
Colporrhaphy means
A. process of cutting the vulva
B. process of visually examining the vagina
C. suture of the vagina
D. inflammation of the cervix
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Question 42
A person with Type O blood can receive a transfusion of which type of blood?
A. Type A, B, AB and O
B. Type A
C. Type AB
D. Type B
E. Type O
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Question 43
The suffix for accumulation of fluid is ____________________.
A. capnia
B. edema
C. bronchi
D. interstitial
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Question 44
A ___________ is a laboratory test that determines the percentage of erythrocytes in a blood sample.
A. arteriole
B. hematocrit
C. arteriography
D. angiography
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Question 45
Hemorrhaging from the ovary is called
A. oophorrhagia
B. metroptosis
C. oocyte
D. metrorrhagia
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Question 46
The prefix SECUNDI- means
A. second
B. first
C. sharp
D. none
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Question 47
A patient has a nasogastric tube inserted. What would you expect to find when entering their room?
A. you would not be able to see anything externally
B. a tube inserted into the nose and extending into the stomach
C. a tube inserted into the stomach through the abdominal wall
D. a tube inserted into the trachea to assist with breathing
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Question 48
What is it called when a patient has an opening created through the neck and into the trachea into which a tube is inserted to assist breathing?
A. tracheostomy
B. tracheotomy
C. endotracheal
D. tonsillotome
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Question 49
A patient with bronchiectasis would have
A. inflammation of the bronchus
B. dilatation of the bronchus
C. sudden, involuntary contractions of the bronchus
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Question 50
The root word CONSTRICT/O means
A. fatty debris; fatty plaque
B. to expand
C. to draw together
D. vessel
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Question 51
Hyperchromia means
A. underpigmented red blood cells
B. white blood cell
C. excessively pigmented red blood cells
D. red blood cell
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Question 52
Which of the following is true about the gallbladder?
A. It secretes insulin and glucagon.
B. It stores bile.
C. It manufactures bile.
D. It secretes pancreatic juice.
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Question 53
The word aphonia means ___________________.
A. loss of gate
B. loss of voice
C. loss of hearing
D. loss of taste
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Question 54
The suffix -DIPSIA means ____________________.
A. enlarged
B. tipsy
C. diminished
D. thirst
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Question 55
A benign tumor of a gland is called
A. glandoma
B. acromegaly
C. adenoma
D. hyperkalemia
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Question 56
The term meaning removal of the stapes is
A. tympanoplasty
B. stapedectomy
C. myringoplasty
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Question 57
A surgical puncture to withdraw or aspirate fluid from the amniotic sac for analysis is called
A. dystocia
B. hyperemesis gravidarum
C. amniocentesis
D. pseudocyesis
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Question 58
A patient states she gets her menstrual cycle approximately every 4 weeks, but that she bleeds heavily for 5 to 8 days before it stops. Which of the following terms is best used to describe this problem?
A. menometrorrhagia
B. menorrhagia
C. dysmenorrhea
D. oligomenorrhea
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Question 59
What does the abbreviation AIDS mean?
A. acquired immune deficiency syndrome
B. activated immunodeficiency syndrome
C. acquired autoimmunity sign
D. human immunodeficiency virus
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Question 60
_______________ is chest pain.
A. hypoxia
B. thoracodynia
C. pleuralgia
D. angiospasm
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Question 61
Another name for the throat is
A. oropharynx
B. laryngopharynx
C. nasopharynx
D. pharynx
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Question 62
Bradycardia means
A. normal heartbeat
B. fast heartbeat
C. slow heartbeat
D. irregular heartbeat
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Question 63
A reticulocyte count would measure
A. the number of immature monocytes
B. the number of immature blood cells
C. the number of young red blood cells
D. the number of immature lymphocytes
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Question 64
If a patient has otitis media, what would you expect?
A. this is a normal finding
B. an infection of the eye
C. a redness of the outer ear canal
D. an infection of the middle ear
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Question 65
A patient complains of a discharge from the nose. What is the correct term for this?
A. pansinusitis
B. rhinitis
C. rhinorrhea
D. rhinoplasty
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Question 66
Which of the following would render a male unable to fertilize an embryo?
A. aspermatogenesis
B. oligospermia
C. prostatectomy
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Question 67
The root word KERAT/O means
A. pupil
B. ciliary body
C. tears
D. cornea
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Question 68
What is the best definition for a thrombus?
A. inflammation of a vein with clot formation
B. a blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel
C. abnormal condition of clots in a vein
D. a plug of clotted blood transported through the bloodstream by the blood current
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Question 69
A patient is diagnosed with an accumulation of excess fluid in the lungs. What is this called?
A. pneumopleuritis
B. pneumonia
C. pulmonary edema
D. pneumoconiosis
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Question 70
The term for undescended testicles is
A. orchidopexy
B. orchitis
C. cryptorchidism
D. epididymitis
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Question 71
Another name for stroke is
A. cerebrovascular accident
B. extravasation
C. myocardial infarction
D. angina pectoris
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Question 72
Making an incision into the aorta would be called
A. aortotomy
B. atheroma
C. arteriography
D. transaortic
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Question 73
The abbreviation O.D. means
A. left eye
B. both eyes
C. right eye
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Question 74
______ is a life-threatening condition.
A. dyspnea
B. bradypnea
C. eupnea
D. apnea
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Question 75
The root word AUR/O means
A. hearing
B. tympanic membrane or eardum
C. ear
D. ossicles
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Question 76
The larynx is also called a
A. throat
B. windpipe
C. voice box
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Question 77
Tachypnea means ________________ breathing
A. irratic
B. shallow
C. heavy
D. fast
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Question 78
A patient is unable to urinate and a tube is inserted into the bladder to drain the urine, this would be called
A. catheterization
B. extracorporeal
C. calicectasis
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Question 79
Lithotripsy may be used to treat which condition?
A. incontinence
B. urinary tract infection
C. kidney stones
D. cystitis
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Question 80
The condition characterized by a deficiency of all pituitary hormones is
A. panhypopituitarism
B. pancreatogenic
C. hyperparathyroidism
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Question 81
Choroiditis means
A. inflammation of the choroid and retina
B. inflammation of the conjunctiva
C. inflammation of the choroid
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Question 82
The creation of a new opening between the ileum and the abdominal wall is called a/an ____________________.
A. hernia
B. appendectomy
C. suture
D. ileostomy
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Question 83
Myopia is also referred to as
A. dimness of vision
B. double vision
C. farsightedness
D. nearsightedness
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Question 84
_____________ is an inflammation of the walls of the heart.
A. pancarditis
B. extravasation
C. pericarditis
D. angiectasis
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Question 85
The suffix -GENESIS means _______________.
A. grow
B. regenerate