Vituity Scribe Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Vituity Scribe Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers

Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER- Movement of a body part away from the midline


Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER- Movement of a body part toward the midline


Anatomical Position - CORRECT ANSWER- The erect position of the body with arms at the
side and palms of the hands facing forward.


Anterior (Ventral) - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the front


Bilateral - CORRECT ANSWER- Paired structures having right and left members


Contralateral - CORRECT ANSWER- Occurring on the opposite side of the body


Deep - CORRECT ANSWER- Farther from the surface


Depressor - CORRECT ANSWER- A muscle whose contraction pulls down the part of the
body to which it is attached.


Distal - CORRECT ANSWER- Farther from the trunk or site of attachment


Dorsal - CORRECT ANSWER- Situated toward the back of the body; also back of hand and
top of foot


Dorsiflexion - CORRECT ANSWER- Backward flexion or bending (hand/foot)


Extension - CORRECT ANSWER- The straightening of a body part

,External - CORRECT ANSWER- Situated outside; exterior (refers to wall of cavity or
hollow form)


Evert - CORRECT ANSWER- To turn outward


Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER- Bending or angulation of a body part


Frontal (Coronal) - CORRECT ANSWER- Vertical planes that pass through the body at right
angles to the median plane; divide the body into anterior and posterior parts


Inferior - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the feet


Internal - CORRECT ANSWER- Inside (refers to wall of cavity or hollow form)


Invert - CORRECT ANSWER- To turn inward


Ipsilateral - CORRECT ANSWER- Occurring on the same side of the body


Lateral - CORRECT ANSWER- Farther from the median plane


Levator - CORRECT ANSWER- A muscle whose contraction raises the part of the body to
which it is attached.


Medial - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the median plane


Midline - CORRECT ANSWER- Divides body into a right and left side


Palmar - CORRECT ANSWER- Palmar surface of hand


**Plantar - CORRECT ANSWER- Sole side of foot

,**Plantar Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER- Foot movement when toes flex down (pointing
your toes)


Posterior - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the back


Pronator - CORRECT ANSWER- Medial rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm
faces posteriorly


Prone - CORRECT ANSWER- Body lying face down (chest down and back up)


Proximal - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the trunk or site of attachment


**Supine - CORRECT ANSWER- Body lying face up (chest up and back down)


Superior - CORRECT ANSWER- Nearer to the head


Transverse (Horizontal) - CORRECT ANSWER- Horizontal planes that pass through the
body at right angles to long axis; divides body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) parts.


Volar - CORRECT ANSWER- Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot


**Afebrile - CORRECT ANSWER- without fever


Ambulation - CORRECT ANSWER- to walk (with a cane/walker)


Aneurysm - CORRECT ANSWER- An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused
by a weakening of the artery wall.


Antiemetic - CORRECT ANSWER- medication used to relieve nausea and vomiting


Antipyretics - CORRECT ANSWER- medication used to reduce fever

, Arrhythmia - CORRECT ANSWER- An abnormal heart rhythm (AKA cardiac dysrhythmia)


Artery - CORRECT ANSWER- A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the
heart.


Arthralgia - CORRECT ANSWER- pain in a joint


Articulation - CORRECT ANSWER- connection between bones


Atelectasis - CORRECT ANSWER- partial or total collapse of the lungs


Avulsion - CORRECT ANSWER- The action of pulling or tearing away (as in a skin
avulsion)


Axilla - CORRECT ANSWER- Armpit


Benign - CORRECT ANSWER- a tumor that is not dangerous and does not spread


Bruit - CORRECT ANSWER- An abnormal murmur or sound heard through a stethoscope


Cardiomegaly - CORRECT ANSWER- Abnormal enlargement of the heart


Cephalgia - CORRECT ANSWER- A headache


Cerumen - CORRECT ANSWER- Earwax


Debridement - CORRECT ANSWER- removal of foreign matter or dead tissue from a wound


Dentition - CORRECT ANSWER- the teeth in situ or in the dental arch


**Diaphoresis - CORRECT ANSWER- excessive sweating