HLTH 3400 EXAM 1 UVU STUDY GUIDE | HEALTH SCIENCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | COMPLETE REVIEW
Thyroid Cancer - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is classified as an ex of a neoplastic disease:
-Thyroid cancer
-A common cold
- Diabetes
- COVID-19
Prognosis - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is a physician's opinion concerning the eventual
outcome of a disease in a pt?
-Diagnosis
-Prognosis
-etiology
-Pathology
Prodrome - ANS ✔✔Which of the following stages of infectious diseases is manifested by when
general symptoms appear?
True - ANS ✔✔In a differential diagnosis, the practitioner must consider a number of disease
that are characterized by the patients symptoms.
False - ANS ✔✔Prescribing antibiotics to a patient with an ear infection is an example of
symptomatic treatment?
Computed Tomographic Scan - ANS ✔✔An x-ray technique producing detailed cross sectional
images of the body by means of x-ray tube and detectors connected to a
, Ultrasound - ANS ✔✔A technique for mapping the reflected echos produced by high frequency
sound ways transmitted into the body
Disease - ANS ✔✔The inability of the body to adapt and return to homeostasis
Congenital disease - ANS ✔✔a disease acquired at birth
Histologic Examination - ANS ✔✔A biopsy
Reduced blood flow to tissues because of vasoconstriction of capillaries in the area of
inflammation - ANS ✔✔A pt has a swollen ear caused by a bacterial infection. Which of the
following is NOT a feature of the inflammatory process?
-Congestion of tissues because of dilation of capillaries
-leakage of fluid through permeable capillaries into the loose connective tissue of ear
-Redness of skin because of increased blood flow through inflamed tissues.
Blood vessels expand and become more permeable - ANS ✔✔What happens when the
vasodilator histamine is released by mast cells?
An infection or an inflammatory process is occurring in that tissue or organ - ANS ✔✔What does
the ending -itis indicate when it is affixed to the name of an organ or tissue (e.g. hepatitis)
True - ANS ✔✔Mediators of inflammation are biologically active compounds derived from the
cells or blood plasma
purulent exudate - ANS ✔✔neutrophil-rich exudate, also called PUS
Lymphangitis - ANS ✔✔inflammation of lymph vessels, draining a site of infection
ANSWERS | COMPLETE REVIEW
Thyroid Cancer - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is classified as an ex of a neoplastic disease:
-Thyroid cancer
-A common cold
- Diabetes
- COVID-19
Prognosis - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is a physician's opinion concerning the eventual
outcome of a disease in a pt?
-Diagnosis
-Prognosis
-etiology
-Pathology
Prodrome - ANS ✔✔Which of the following stages of infectious diseases is manifested by when
general symptoms appear?
True - ANS ✔✔In a differential diagnosis, the practitioner must consider a number of disease
that are characterized by the patients symptoms.
False - ANS ✔✔Prescribing antibiotics to a patient with an ear infection is an example of
symptomatic treatment?
Computed Tomographic Scan - ANS ✔✔An x-ray technique producing detailed cross sectional
images of the body by means of x-ray tube and detectors connected to a
, Ultrasound - ANS ✔✔A technique for mapping the reflected echos produced by high frequency
sound ways transmitted into the body
Disease - ANS ✔✔The inability of the body to adapt and return to homeostasis
Congenital disease - ANS ✔✔a disease acquired at birth
Histologic Examination - ANS ✔✔A biopsy
Reduced blood flow to tissues because of vasoconstriction of capillaries in the area of
inflammation - ANS ✔✔A pt has a swollen ear caused by a bacterial infection. Which of the
following is NOT a feature of the inflammatory process?
-Congestion of tissues because of dilation of capillaries
-leakage of fluid through permeable capillaries into the loose connective tissue of ear
-Redness of skin because of increased blood flow through inflamed tissues.
Blood vessels expand and become more permeable - ANS ✔✔What happens when the
vasodilator histamine is released by mast cells?
An infection or an inflammatory process is occurring in that tissue or organ - ANS ✔✔What does
the ending -itis indicate when it is affixed to the name of an organ or tissue (e.g. hepatitis)
True - ANS ✔✔Mediators of inflammation are biologically active compounds derived from the
cells or blood plasma
purulent exudate - ANS ✔✔neutrophil-rich exudate, also called PUS
Lymphangitis - ANS ✔✔inflammation of lymph vessels, draining a site of infection
