Med Terms Chapter 3 Review questions with accurate
answers
A cake decorator has been having symptoms related to CTS. Her PCP
has ordered her to wear R wrist splint hs. When will you tell the patient
to wear the splint? Ans✓✓✓ at bedtime
a diagnostic testing method that will visualize soft tissue structures
Ans✓✓✓ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
a test that measures the electrical activity of a muscle Ans✓✓✓
electromyogram (EMG)
a test that uses sound waves to diagnose a leiomyoma Ans✓✓✓
sonogram
a test to determine the involuntary response of a muscle Ans✓✓✓ deep
tendon reflexes (DTR)
After a fracture is healed and the cast has been removed from an arm,
the affected arm is generally smaller in size as compared to the
unaffected arm. What term describes the condition of the affected arm?
Ans✓✓✓ atrophy
Cardiac muscle is found in the _____. Ans✓✓✓ heart
, convulsive muscular contraction Ans✓✓✓ spasm
DMD Ans✓✓✓ duchenne muscular dystrophy
hypothermia Ans✓✓✓ dangerously low body temperature
Imagine that a day care worker has been sitting on the floor playing with
the children for an hour. When she stands up, she experiences an
uncomfortable sensation in her feet and lower legs. What term describes
this sensation? Ans✓✓✓ parasthesia
In the case of a stroke, one side of the body is generally affected more
than the other side. If there is total paralysis of one side of the body,
what term describes this condition? Ans✓✓✓ hemiplegia
includes OTC medications Ans✓✓✓ NSAID
inflammation of a muscle Ans✓✓✓ myositis
involuntary muscle found only in the heart Ans✓✓✓ cardiac muscle
involuntary muscle surrounding internal organs Ans✓✓✓ smooth
muscle
answers
A cake decorator has been having symptoms related to CTS. Her PCP
has ordered her to wear R wrist splint hs. When will you tell the patient
to wear the splint? Ans✓✓✓ at bedtime
a diagnostic testing method that will visualize soft tissue structures
Ans✓✓✓ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
a test that measures the electrical activity of a muscle Ans✓✓✓
electromyogram (EMG)
a test that uses sound waves to diagnose a leiomyoma Ans✓✓✓
sonogram
a test to determine the involuntary response of a muscle Ans✓✓✓ deep
tendon reflexes (DTR)
After a fracture is healed and the cast has been removed from an arm,
the affected arm is generally smaller in size as compared to the
unaffected arm. What term describes the condition of the affected arm?
Ans✓✓✓ atrophy
Cardiac muscle is found in the _____. Ans✓✓✓ heart
, convulsive muscular contraction Ans✓✓✓ spasm
DMD Ans✓✓✓ duchenne muscular dystrophy
hypothermia Ans✓✓✓ dangerously low body temperature
Imagine that a day care worker has been sitting on the floor playing with
the children for an hour. When she stands up, she experiences an
uncomfortable sensation in her feet and lower legs. What term describes
this sensation? Ans✓✓✓ parasthesia
In the case of a stroke, one side of the body is generally affected more
than the other side. If there is total paralysis of one side of the body,
what term describes this condition? Ans✓✓✓ hemiplegia
includes OTC medications Ans✓✓✓ NSAID
inflammation of a muscle Ans✓✓✓ myositis
involuntary muscle found only in the heart Ans✓✓✓ cardiac muscle
involuntary muscle surrounding internal organs Ans✓✓✓ smooth
muscle
