Questions And Answers 2025
patent' means - Answer - open
"bruit" - Answer - abnormal sound/murmur heard on auscultation
201-Thallium - Answer - radioisotope
A female patient complains of SOB and has swollen ankles. Her Hct = 18.0%, Hgb = 5.5 gm/dl; DIFF shows
megaloblasts and macrocytes; vitamin B12 is low.
Normal ranges:WBC = 4500-11,000/mm3 or uL Segs (polys) = 54-62%Lymphs = 20-40%Eos = 1-3%Baso =
0-1%Mono = 3-7%
Platelet count = 150,000-350,000/mm3 or uL Hct = M: 40-50%
F: 37-47%
Hgb = M:14-16 g/dL F: 12-14 g/dL - Answer - perncious anemia
achondroplasia - Answer - defective cartilage formation that affects bone growth
achondroplasia - Answer - inherited condition in which bones of the arms and legs fail to grow normally
because of defect in cartilage and bone formation
acromegaly - Answer - hyper secretion of GH after puberty, leading to enlargement of extremities
acromion - Answer - outward extension of shoulder bone
ACTH - Answer - hormone stimulates adrenal cortex to secrete hormones
,ADH - Answer - hormone stimulates water reabsorption by kidney tubules and decreased urine output;
know as vasopressin
adrenal cortex - Answer - secretes cortisol
adrenal cortex secretes - Answer - mineralcorticoids, glucorticoids, and gonadocorticoids
albinism - Answer - absence of pigment in skin
albumin - Answer - blood protein that maintains the proper proportions and concentration of water in
blood
alopecia - Answer - side effect of chemotherapy or radiatherapy (hair loss)
alveoli - Answer - plural of alveolus
alveolus - Answer - air sac at the distal end of the bronchiole; termed pulmonary parenchyma because it
performs work of respiratory system (exchange gases)
ampicillin - Answer - drug generic name
analgesics - Answer - drug group that relieves pain, ranging in relief of mild to severe pain of which some
may be narcotics
anaphylaxis - Answer - form of an exaggerated or unusual hypersensitivity; form of backward protection
anaphylaxis - Answer - type of hypersensitivity reaction
aneurysm - Answer - local widening of an artery
, angiogenesis - Answer - formation of new blood vessels
angioplasty - Answer - surgical repair of blood vessel
anhidrosis - Answer - condition of no sweating
anticonvulsants - Answer - drugs used to treat epilepsy
antihistamines - Answer - drugs that block release of substance that causes allergic reactions
antypyretics - Answer - treat fever
aplastic anemia - Answer - failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in bone
marrow
apoptosis - Answer - programmed death in cell, spontaneous disintegration of normal cell
arteriography - Answer - process of recording (taking an x-ray of) an artery
arthrodesis - Answer - procedure when bones are fused across the joint space by surgery
arthroplasty - Answer - surgical repair of joint
astigmatism - Answer - defective curvature of cornea or lens
atelectasis - Answer - collapsed lung or partial collapse of lung
atopy - Answer - hypersensitivity or allergic state