ScribeAmerica Initial Exam Study Guide
Questions with Answers 2022/2023
Anterior - Answer -Located towards the front of the body
Abscess - Answer -Collection of pus underneath the skin
Antipyretic - Answer -Medication used to reduce a fever
Acute - Answer -New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Afebrile - Answer -Without a fever (Temperature of less than 100.4)
Abrasion - Answer -Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Appendicitis - Answer -Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation - Answer -Listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs)
Benign - Answer -Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - Answer -Slow heart-rate (HR<60bpm)
Bronchitis - Answer -Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)
Bronchiolitis - Answer -Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the lungs)
Catheter Tube - Answer -Inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or
withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open
Chronic - Answer -Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Cellulitis - Answer -Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - Answer -Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - Answer -Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
Diaphoresis - Answer -Sweating
Diffuse - Answer -Spread out (not localized)
Distal - Answer -Farther from the trunk of the body
, Dyspnea - Answer -Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - Answer -Painful urination
Ecchymosis - Answer -A bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - Answer -Surgical removal (e.g. tonsillectomy)
Edema - Answer -Swelling
Emesis - Answer -Vomiting
Epilepsy - Answer -Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - Answer -Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - Answer -Redness/Red
Exudates (tonsillar) - Answer -Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - Answer -The state of having a fever (Temperature of more than 100.4)
Grossly - Answer -Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - Answer -Gross amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - Answer -Blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - Answer -Coughing up gross amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - Answer -Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly - Answer -Enlarged liver
Hernia - Answer -Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally
contains it
Hyperlipidemia - Answer -High cholesterol
Hypertension - Answer -High blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer -Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - Answer -Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood
Questions with Answers 2022/2023
Anterior - Answer -Located towards the front of the body
Abscess - Answer -Collection of pus underneath the skin
Antipyretic - Answer -Medication used to reduce a fever
Acute - Answer -New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Afebrile - Answer -Without a fever (Temperature of less than 100.4)
Abrasion - Answer -Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Appendicitis - Answer -Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation - Answer -Listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs)
Benign - Answer -Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - Answer -Slow heart-rate (HR<60bpm)
Bronchitis - Answer -Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)
Bronchiolitis - Answer -Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the lungs)
Catheter Tube - Answer -Inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or
withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open
Chronic - Answer -Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Cellulitis - Answer -Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - Answer -Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - Answer -Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
Diaphoresis - Answer -Sweating
Diffuse - Answer -Spread out (not localized)
Distal - Answer -Farther from the trunk of the body
, Dyspnea - Answer -Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - Answer -Painful urination
Ecchymosis - Answer -A bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - Answer -Surgical removal (e.g. tonsillectomy)
Edema - Answer -Swelling
Emesis - Answer -Vomiting
Epilepsy - Answer -Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - Answer -Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - Answer -Redness/Red
Exudates (tonsillar) - Answer -Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - Answer -The state of having a fever (Temperature of more than 100.4)
Grossly - Answer -Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - Answer -Gross amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - Answer -Blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - Answer -Coughing up gross amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - Answer -Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly - Answer -Enlarged liver
Hernia - Answer -Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally
contains it
Hyperlipidemia - Answer -High cholesterol
Hypertension - Answer -High blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer -Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - Answer -Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood
