Mosby's Textbook for Nursing
Assistants, 7th Edition Test Bank
Questions All Solved Correct 2026
Edition.
abrasion - Answer a partial-thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the
skin
abuse - Answer the willful infliction by one's actions that deprive a person of the goods or
services needed to maintain well-being
abduction - Answer moving a body part away from the mid-line of the body
adduction - Answer moving a body part toward the mid-line of the body
ambulation - Answer act of walking
anaphylaxis - Answer a life-threatening sensitivity to an antigen
anorexia - Answer the loss of appetite
anticoagulant - Answer a medication that prevents or slows down blood clotting
aphasia - Answer a language disorder resulting from brain damage; the inability to use or
understand language
apnea - Answer the lack or absence of breathing
arterial ulcer - Answer an open wound on the lower legs or feet caused by poor arterial
blood flow
artery - Answer a blood vessel that carries blood AWAY from the heart
arthoplasty - Answer the surgical replacement of a joint
asepsis - Answer being free of disease-producing microbes
, aspiration - Answer breathing food, fluid, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
assult - Answer intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without
their consent
assessment - Answer a step in the nursing process to collect information about a person
atrophy - Answer the decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue
battery - Answer touching a person's body without their consent
benign tumor - Answer a tumor that does not spread to other body parts
Biot's respirations - Answer rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30 seconds of
apnea
bony prominence - Answer an area where the bone sticks out or projects from the flat
surface of the body
bradycardia - Answer a slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
capillary - Answer a tiny blood vessel which transports substances into cells
catheter - Answer a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
cerumen - Answer earwax
Cheyne-Stokes respirations - Answer respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and
then become slow and shallow; 10-20 seconds of apnea
colonized - Answer the presence of bacteria on a wound
colostomy - Answer a surgically created opening between the colon and the abdominal wall
Assistants, 7th Edition Test Bank
Questions All Solved Correct 2026
Edition.
abrasion - Answer a partial-thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the
skin
abuse - Answer the willful infliction by one's actions that deprive a person of the goods or
services needed to maintain well-being
abduction - Answer moving a body part away from the mid-line of the body
adduction - Answer moving a body part toward the mid-line of the body
ambulation - Answer act of walking
anaphylaxis - Answer a life-threatening sensitivity to an antigen
anorexia - Answer the loss of appetite
anticoagulant - Answer a medication that prevents or slows down blood clotting
aphasia - Answer a language disorder resulting from brain damage; the inability to use or
understand language
apnea - Answer the lack or absence of breathing
arterial ulcer - Answer an open wound on the lower legs or feet caused by poor arterial
blood flow
artery - Answer a blood vessel that carries blood AWAY from the heart
arthoplasty - Answer the surgical replacement of a joint
asepsis - Answer being free of disease-producing microbes
, aspiration - Answer breathing food, fluid, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
assult - Answer intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without
their consent
assessment - Answer a step in the nursing process to collect information about a person
atrophy - Answer the decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue
battery - Answer touching a person's body without their consent
benign tumor - Answer a tumor that does not spread to other body parts
Biot's respirations - Answer rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30 seconds of
apnea
bony prominence - Answer an area where the bone sticks out or projects from the flat
surface of the body
bradycardia - Answer a slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
capillary - Answer a tiny blood vessel which transports substances into cells
catheter - Answer a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
cerumen - Answer earwax
Cheyne-Stokes respirations - Answer respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and
then become slow and shallow; 10-20 seconds of apnea
colonized - Answer the presence of bacteria on a wound
colostomy - Answer a surgically created opening between the colon and the abdominal wall
