MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY REVIEW
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Psoriasis - Answer-A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red
patches covered with white scales.
Pruritis - Answer-Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve
endings
Herpes - Answer-Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by
herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vessicles.
Myopia - Answer-The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye
because of defects in the refractive media of the eye
Otitis media - Answer-Inflamation of the middle ear marked especillu by pain, fever,
dizziness, and hearing loss.
Glaucoma - Answer-Disease in which pressure inside the eye cuses gradual loss of
vision
Macular degeneration - Answer-Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision
usally affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly
tinnitus - Answer-Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that
only you can hear
Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer - Answer-A sore that people get from lying in bed for a
very long time when they are sick or injured.
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease - Answer-Pulmonary disease that is
characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slwoed
rate of exhalation
Ischemia - Answer-Deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain)
that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
Hodgkins Disease - Answer-A neoplastic disease that is characterized by
progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive
anemia
HIV - Answer-Virus that causes aids
Scoliosis - Answer-A lateral curvature of the spine
, Hemophilia - Answer-Serious disease that causes a person who has been cut or
injured to keep bleeding for a very long time
Kaposi Sarcoma - Answer-Neoplastic disease that occurs especially in individuals
coinfected with HIV and a specific herpesvirus. Affects the skin and mucous
membranes.
Cochlea - Answer-the part of the inner ear that contains the ending of the nerve that
carries information about sound to the brain
Modality - Answer-Therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy
Radiation - Answer-the use of controlled amounts of this for the treatment of
diseases
Metastasis - Answer-The spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells)
from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body
Remission - Answer-A period of time during a serious illness when the patients
health improves
WBC differential - Answer-Determine the number of white blood cells and the
percentage of each type of white blood cell in person's blood.
Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red
blood cells.
Albumin Level - Answer-Main protein in human blood and the key to regulating
osmotic pressure of blood.
Alopecia - Answer-Hair loss
Diaphoresis - Answer-Sweating
Erythema - Answer-Redness of the skin or mucous membranes
Mucositis - Answer-Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the
digestive tract
Fibrosis - Answer-Condition marked by increase of interstitial fibrous tissue
Cyanosis - Answer-Bluish discoloration
Anaphylaxis - Answer-Severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Cushing Syndrome - Answer-Extemely complex hormonal condition that involves
many areas of the body.
Graves Disease - Answer-Autoimmune disease in which the overactivity of thyroid
gland causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Psoriasis - Answer-A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red
patches covered with white scales.
Pruritis - Answer-Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve
endings
Herpes - Answer-Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by
herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vessicles.
Myopia - Answer-The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye
because of defects in the refractive media of the eye
Otitis media - Answer-Inflamation of the middle ear marked especillu by pain, fever,
dizziness, and hearing loss.
Glaucoma - Answer-Disease in which pressure inside the eye cuses gradual loss of
vision
Macular degeneration - Answer-Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision
usally affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly
tinnitus - Answer-Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that
only you can hear
Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer - Answer-A sore that people get from lying in bed for a
very long time when they are sick or injured.
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease - Answer-Pulmonary disease that is
characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slwoed
rate of exhalation
Ischemia - Answer-Deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain)
that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
Hodgkins Disease - Answer-A neoplastic disease that is characterized by
progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive
anemia
HIV - Answer-Virus that causes aids
Scoliosis - Answer-A lateral curvature of the spine
, Hemophilia - Answer-Serious disease that causes a person who has been cut or
injured to keep bleeding for a very long time
Kaposi Sarcoma - Answer-Neoplastic disease that occurs especially in individuals
coinfected with HIV and a specific herpesvirus. Affects the skin and mucous
membranes.
Cochlea - Answer-the part of the inner ear that contains the ending of the nerve that
carries information about sound to the brain
Modality - Answer-Therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy
Radiation - Answer-the use of controlled amounts of this for the treatment of
diseases
Metastasis - Answer-The spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells)
from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body
Remission - Answer-A period of time during a serious illness when the patients
health improves
WBC differential - Answer-Determine the number of white blood cells and the
percentage of each type of white blood cell in person's blood.
Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red
blood cells.
Albumin Level - Answer-Main protein in human blood and the key to regulating
osmotic pressure of blood.
Alopecia - Answer-Hair loss
Diaphoresis - Answer-Sweating
Erythema - Answer-Redness of the skin or mucous membranes
Mucositis - Answer-Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the
digestive tract
Fibrosis - Answer-Condition marked by increase of interstitial fibrous tissue
Cyanosis - Answer-Bluish discoloration
Anaphylaxis - Answer-Severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Cushing Syndrome - Answer-Extemely complex hormonal condition that involves
many areas of the body.
Graves Disease - Answer-Autoimmune disease in which the overactivity of thyroid
gland causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
