Clinical Coding Theory Questions and
Correct Answers.
What is largest gland in the body - correct answer Liver
How many phalanges are in the foot? - correct answer 14
Which hormone promotes gestation during the menstrual cycle? - correct answer Progesterone
Name the small sac in which bile made from the liver is stored until needed in the duodenum
for fat digestion? - correct answer Gall Bladder
What type of metabolism is urea the final product of? - correct answer Protein
What is the collective term for the external female genitalia? - correct answer Vulva
The pituitary gland can be referred to as the "master" gland and what other name? - correct
answer Hypophyseal Gland
Name the male germ Cell that unites with the female egg during fertilization - correct answer
Spermatazoon
What cells in the cochlea are considered the true organs of hearing? - correct answer Organ of
Corti
What is the name given to the smallest veins? - correct answer Venules
,What gland secretes the oily fluid, sebum? - correct answer Sebaceous Gland
What is the name of a form of sugar that it is a product of starch metabolism in the body? -
correct answer Glucose
What lines the majority of the inner surface of the sclera and absorbs light after it has passed
through the retina? - correct answer Choroid
What is the name for the intermixing of molecules of a liquid or gas so that they are equally
concentrated? - correct answer Diffusion
What substance is contained in the medullary canal of long bones and in cancellous tissue of all
bone types? - correct answer Bone Marrow
What element is stored in the thyroid gland and is necessary for the production of thyroid
hormones? - correct answer Iodine
Name the tubes found within the inner ear that provide information about the position of the
head in space, contributing to the maintenance of equilibrium and balance - correct answer
Semicircular canals
What odourless, colourless gas excreted by the lungs is produced in tissue cells as a by-product
of metabolism? - correct answer Carbon Dioxide
What is the name of the period of 42 days following birth? - correct answer Puerperium
Provide the name of the external opening of the urethra - correct answer Meatus
, What system of ducts and glands secrete and conduct tears? - correct answer Lacrimal
Rings of what type of tissue are found embedded in the muscular walls of the trachea? - correct
answer Cartilage
Name the FIRST of the three ossicles in the middle ear? - correct answer Malleus
Name the longest bone in the body - correct answer Femur
Hairs grow from the base of which structures? - correct answer Follicles
Where are olfactory receptors located? - correct answer Nose
In which bone are the upper teeth located? - correct answer Maxilla
Which area of the brain shares concern for the respiratory function with the pons varolii? -
correct answer Medulla Oblongata
The spleen is part of which body system? - correct answer Lymphatic system
What is an ovum? - correct answer Egg cell
How many layers of tissue make up the pericardium? - correct answer Two
What is the medical term for the contraction stage of the cardiac cycle? - correct answer Systole
Correct Answers.
What is largest gland in the body - correct answer Liver
How many phalanges are in the foot? - correct answer 14
Which hormone promotes gestation during the menstrual cycle? - correct answer Progesterone
Name the small sac in which bile made from the liver is stored until needed in the duodenum
for fat digestion? - correct answer Gall Bladder
What type of metabolism is urea the final product of? - correct answer Protein
What is the collective term for the external female genitalia? - correct answer Vulva
The pituitary gland can be referred to as the "master" gland and what other name? - correct
answer Hypophyseal Gland
Name the male germ Cell that unites with the female egg during fertilization - correct answer
Spermatazoon
What cells in the cochlea are considered the true organs of hearing? - correct answer Organ of
Corti
What is the name given to the smallest veins? - correct answer Venules
,What gland secretes the oily fluid, sebum? - correct answer Sebaceous Gland
What is the name of a form of sugar that it is a product of starch metabolism in the body? -
correct answer Glucose
What lines the majority of the inner surface of the sclera and absorbs light after it has passed
through the retina? - correct answer Choroid
What is the name for the intermixing of molecules of a liquid or gas so that they are equally
concentrated? - correct answer Diffusion
What substance is contained in the medullary canal of long bones and in cancellous tissue of all
bone types? - correct answer Bone Marrow
What element is stored in the thyroid gland and is necessary for the production of thyroid
hormones? - correct answer Iodine
Name the tubes found within the inner ear that provide information about the position of the
head in space, contributing to the maintenance of equilibrium and balance - correct answer
Semicircular canals
What odourless, colourless gas excreted by the lungs is produced in tissue cells as a by-product
of metabolism? - correct answer Carbon Dioxide
What is the name of the period of 42 days following birth? - correct answer Puerperium
Provide the name of the external opening of the urethra - correct answer Meatus
, What system of ducts and glands secrete and conduct tears? - correct answer Lacrimal
Rings of what type of tissue are found embedded in the muscular walls of the trachea? - correct
answer Cartilage
Name the FIRST of the three ossicles in the middle ear? - correct answer Malleus
Name the longest bone in the body - correct answer Femur
Hairs grow from the base of which structures? - correct answer Follicles
Where are olfactory receptors located? - correct answer Nose
In which bone are the upper teeth located? - correct answer Maxilla
Which area of the brain shares concern for the respiratory function with the pons varolii? -
correct answer Medulla Oblongata
The spleen is part of which body system? - correct answer Lymphatic system
What is an ovum? - correct answer Egg cell
How many layers of tissue make up the pericardium? - correct answer Two
What is the medical term for the contraction stage of the cardiac cycle? - correct answer Systole
