MEAS 238 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Afebrile - Correct Answers -one who does have a fever
Antipyretic - Correct Answers -reduces fever
Axilla - Correct Answers -the armpit
Celsius scale - Correct Answers -The temperature scale on which water freezes at 0
degrees and boils at 100 degrees
Conduction - Correct Answers -the transfer of energy, such as heat, from one object to
another by direct contact.
Convection - Correct Answers -the transfer of energy, such as heat through air currents.
crisis (pertaining to fever) - Correct Answers -a sudden falling of an elevated body
temperature to normal
disinfectant - Correct Answers -An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms
but not their spores. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects.
Fahrenheit scale - Correct Answers -The temperature scale on which water freezes at
32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
Febrile - Correct Answers -pertaining to fever
fever - Correct Answers -A body temperature that is above normal; synonym for pyrexia
frenulum linguae - Correct Answers -the midline fold that connects the undersurface of
the tongue with the floor of the mouth
Hyperpyrexia - Correct Answers -an extremely high fever
Tachycardia - Correct Answers -abnormally fast heart beat more than 100 beats a
minute
CORRECT ANSWERS
Afebrile - Correct Answers -one who does have a fever
Antipyretic - Correct Answers -reduces fever
Axilla - Correct Answers -the armpit
Celsius scale - Correct Answers -The temperature scale on which water freezes at 0
degrees and boils at 100 degrees
Conduction - Correct Answers -the transfer of energy, such as heat, from one object to
another by direct contact.
Convection - Correct Answers -the transfer of energy, such as heat through air currents.
crisis (pertaining to fever) - Correct Answers -a sudden falling of an elevated body
temperature to normal
disinfectant - Correct Answers -An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms
but not their spores. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects.
Fahrenheit scale - Correct Answers -The temperature scale on which water freezes at
32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
Febrile - Correct Answers -pertaining to fever
fever - Correct Answers -A body temperature that is above normal; synonym for pyrexia
frenulum linguae - Correct Answers -the midline fold that connects the undersurface of
the tongue with the floor of the mouth
Hyperpyrexia - Correct Answers -an extremely high fever
Tachycardia - Correct Answers -abnormally fast heart beat more than 100 beats a
minute
