NBCE - PART 2 – ACS COMBINED
SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Carbon Tetrachloride - Answer-formerly widely used in fire extinguishers
precursors to refrigerants and a cleaning agent.
colorless liquid witha sweet smell that can be detected at low levels
Chloroform - Answer-clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether.
once used as analgesic and for cough remedy
very toxic to kidney and liver
Chlorpromazine - Answer-drug used to treat Schizo and other psychotic disorders
Cholinesterase inhibitor - Answer-an organophosphate
Colchicine - Answer-used to treat ACUTE symptomatic gout
Cyanide - Answer-has the taste of cherry seeds or almonds
EDTA - Answer-best substance to remove lead from blood chelation therapy
emetic - Answer-substance that makes you vomit
Epi - Answer-used in treatment for anaphylactic shock
Expectorant - Answer-alleviates coughing
an antitussin
Gastric lavage - Answer-pumping your stomach
Haldol - Answer-used to treat motor and verbal tics and psychotic disorders
Lead poisoning - Answer-blue gums, produces basophilic stippling of the RBC's
MC in ppl who work in battery factories with lead paint
affects CNS
Lithium - Answer-drug used to treat bi-polarity and produces tremors
NSAID - Answer-anti-inflammatory, analgesic, Feldene
,Prozac - Answer-used to treat depression, eating disorders, panic attacks and OCD
Reserpine - Answer-antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug that is used to control high
BP and for the relief of psychotic symptoms
rarely used today
Salicylates - Answer-Aspirin:
Causes bleeding, inhibits prostaglandins, assoc with deafness and Reye's syndrome
Seconal - Answer-brand name of drug with active ingredient called Secobarbital
Seconal - Answer-Barbiturate that is classified as a sedative-hypnotic, acts as a
depressant and makes you feel sleepy
used to treat insomnia, reduce anxiety, or calm someone before surgury
Chloral Hydrate - Answer-used for short term treatment of insomnia
Syrup of Ipecac - Answer-induces vomiting
Tranquilizers - Answer-predisposes the elderly to falls
Tricyclic - Answer-anti-depressants
Tyramine - Answer-Causes hypertension in those taking MAO inhibitors and is found in
wine and cheese
Warfarin - Answer-An anticoagulant/vitamin K antagonist
increases clotting time
AKA blood thinner
Siderosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of iron dust
Anthrocosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of coal dust
Byssinosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of cotton dust
Silicosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of glass, sand, stone dust particles (pottery)
Antipyretic - Answer-Reduces fever
Alpha Fetoprotein - Answer-measure in pregnant women using maternal blood of
amniotic fluid
Increased - neural tube defect
Decreased = down syndrome
, Amniocententesis - Answer-Done for the health of the fetus, chromosomes, lung
maturity
Breast Milk - Answer-deficient in vit. D and iron
Colostrum - Answer-first breast milk through day 3-4
Dilation of the cervix - Answer-the expansion or stretching of the cervix during labor
10cm = fully dilated
Dysmenorrhea - Answer-painful menses
1: increased prostaglandins
2: from pathology (endometreosis)
Dystocia - Answer-abnormal, prolonged, painful labor
effacement - Answer-thinning of the cervix
engagement - Answer-decent of the fetal skull to the level of the ischial spines
Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Answer-Excessive nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
Laparoscopy - Answer-MC surgical procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of
endometriosis
Kightening - Answer-baby drops into pelvic 2 weeks before delivery and produces lower
ab pain
Linea Nigra - Answer-Dark streak line down the middle of the abdomen seen during
pregnancy
Lochia - Answer-vaginal discharge after delivery and throughout the puerperium
1st: Red
2nd: Yellow
3rd: White
Menarche - Answer-1st menstrual cycle
Mittelschmerz - Answer-pain in the abdomen at ovulation
Primpara - Answer-1st pregnancy with a viable infant
post-partum infection - Answer-Problem assoc with C-section
Puerperium - Answer-period of time after the delivery of the placenta to the complete
INVOLUTION OF THE ORGANS
SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Carbon Tetrachloride - Answer-formerly widely used in fire extinguishers
precursors to refrigerants and a cleaning agent.
colorless liquid witha sweet smell that can be detected at low levels
Chloroform - Answer-clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether.
once used as analgesic and for cough remedy
very toxic to kidney and liver
Chlorpromazine - Answer-drug used to treat Schizo and other psychotic disorders
Cholinesterase inhibitor - Answer-an organophosphate
Colchicine - Answer-used to treat ACUTE symptomatic gout
Cyanide - Answer-has the taste of cherry seeds or almonds
EDTA - Answer-best substance to remove lead from blood chelation therapy
emetic - Answer-substance that makes you vomit
Epi - Answer-used in treatment for anaphylactic shock
Expectorant - Answer-alleviates coughing
an antitussin
Gastric lavage - Answer-pumping your stomach
Haldol - Answer-used to treat motor and verbal tics and psychotic disorders
Lead poisoning - Answer-blue gums, produces basophilic stippling of the RBC's
MC in ppl who work in battery factories with lead paint
affects CNS
Lithium - Answer-drug used to treat bi-polarity and produces tremors
NSAID - Answer-anti-inflammatory, analgesic, Feldene
,Prozac - Answer-used to treat depression, eating disorders, panic attacks and OCD
Reserpine - Answer-antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug that is used to control high
BP and for the relief of psychotic symptoms
rarely used today
Salicylates - Answer-Aspirin:
Causes bleeding, inhibits prostaglandins, assoc with deafness and Reye's syndrome
Seconal - Answer-brand name of drug with active ingredient called Secobarbital
Seconal - Answer-Barbiturate that is classified as a sedative-hypnotic, acts as a
depressant and makes you feel sleepy
used to treat insomnia, reduce anxiety, or calm someone before surgury
Chloral Hydrate - Answer-used for short term treatment of insomnia
Syrup of Ipecac - Answer-induces vomiting
Tranquilizers - Answer-predisposes the elderly to falls
Tricyclic - Answer-anti-depressants
Tyramine - Answer-Causes hypertension in those taking MAO inhibitors and is found in
wine and cheese
Warfarin - Answer-An anticoagulant/vitamin K antagonist
increases clotting time
AKA blood thinner
Siderosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of iron dust
Anthrocosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of coal dust
Byssinosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of cotton dust
Silicosis - Answer-caused by inhalation of glass, sand, stone dust particles (pottery)
Antipyretic - Answer-Reduces fever
Alpha Fetoprotein - Answer-measure in pregnant women using maternal blood of
amniotic fluid
Increased - neural tube defect
Decreased = down syndrome
, Amniocententesis - Answer-Done for the health of the fetus, chromosomes, lung
maturity
Breast Milk - Answer-deficient in vit. D and iron
Colostrum - Answer-first breast milk through day 3-4
Dilation of the cervix - Answer-the expansion or stretching of the cervix during labor
10cm = fully dilated
Dysmenorrhea - Answer-painful menses
1: increased prostaglandins
2: from pathology (endometreosis)
Dystocia - Answer-abnormal, prolonged, painful labor
effacement - Answer-thinning of the cervix
engagement - Answer-decent of the fetal skull to the level of the ischial spines
Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Answer-Excessive nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
Laparoscopy - Answer-MC surgical procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of
endometriosis
Kightening - Answer-baby drops into pelvic 2 weeks before delivery and produces lower
ab pain
Linea Nigra - Answer-Dark streak line down the middle of the abdomen seen during
pregnancy
Lochia - Answer-vaginal discharge after delivery and throughout the puerperium
1st: Red
2nd: Yellow
3rd: White
Menarche - Answer-1st menstrual cycle
Mittelschmerz - Answer-pain in the abdomen at ovulation
Primpara - Answer-1st pregnancy with a viable infant
post-partum infection - Answer-Problem assoc with C-section
Puerperium - Answer-period of time after the delivery of the placenta to the complete
INVOLUTION OF THE ORGANS
