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CHAPTER 1

Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question .
1. Gross Anatomy is also known as
a. Microscopic Anatomy
b. Pathologic Anatomy
c. Macroscopic Anatomy
d. Diagnostic Anatomy
2. An example of Gross Anatomy would be .
a. Viewing an x-ray
b. Using a microscope
c. Performing a complete cellular blood count
d. Determining the etiology of a disease
3. The study of Physiology deals with .
a. Disease
b. Genetics
c. Structures
d. Functions
4. The potential outcome of a disease is the .
a. Etiology
b. Diagnosis
c. Prognosis
d. Treatment
5. The study of disease is known as .
a. Neurology
b. Pathophysiology
c. Microbiology
d. Cytology
6. The three basic parts of a medical term include .
a. Prefix, word root, suffix
b. Suffix, base, meaning
c. Prefix, stem, ending
d. Base, word root, stem


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,7. What system is known as the mathematical language of Anatomy
and Physiology?
a. Abbreviation system
b. Metric system
c. English system
d. Customary system
8. Which of the following is not a vital sign?
a. Heart Rate
b. Temperature
c. Pain
d. Respiratory rate
9. When the physician has documented several signs and
symptoms, he will be able to make a(n) .
a. Prognosis
b. Etiology
c. Cytology
d. Diagnosis
10. A recording of the electrical activity of a skeletal muscle is a(n)
.
a. electrocardiogram
b. electromyogram
c. mamogram
d. mammogram
11. The adjustments that maintain a stable environment within the
body are known as .
a. Homeostasis
b. Metabolism
c. Syndrome
d. Pathology
12. Taking an MRI of the knee is considered gross anatomy because it
is .
a. Difficult
b. Visually unpleasant
c. Has 144 steps
d. Is large scale
13. The body uses feedback loops to maintain homeostasis. The
response that opposes an action is known as a(n) .
a. Depressing feedback loop
b. Negative feedback loop
c. Positive feedback loop
d. Affirmative feedback loop
14. Positive feedback is necessary in which of the following
situations?
a. Blood pressure
b. Coughing

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, c. Bleeding
d. Childbirth
15. Vital signs include all of the following except .
a. Coloring
b. Heart rate
c. Respirations
d. Temperature
16. RBC is the abbreviation for .
a. Really bad cut
b. Red and blue circulation
c. Red blood cells
d. Ruptured blood clot
17. The indicators that are essential for human life include all of the
following except .
a. Coloring
b. Heart rate
c. Respirations
d. Temperature
18. Which is not a definition for disease?
a. Not at ease
b. A condition in which the body fails to function normally
c. Anything that is a normal structure or function
d. Anything that upsets normal structure or function
19. The term tachycardia means .
a. Fast heart rate
b. Slow heart rate
c. Rhythmic heart rate
d. Study of the heart rate
20. Which is not a symptom of metabolic syndrome?
a. High triglycerides
b. Low HDL level
c. High blood pressure
d. Vomiting and diarrhea
21. A sign that could be an indication of diabetes is breath that smells
like .
a. Fruity flavored chewing gum
b. Clay or starchy paste
c. Sweat
d. Maple
22. The prefix hyper means .
a. Small
b. Above normal
c. Below normal
d. Within
23. The suffix oma means .

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, a. Cutting into
b. Enlargement of
c. Surgically forming an opening
d. Tumor
24. The suffix algia means .
a. Inflammation
b. Cell
c. Pertaining to
d. Pain
25. The abbreviation for a stroke is and the letters stand for
.
a. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
b. CAD, coronary artery disease
c. CVA, cerebrovascular accident
d. CVA, cardiovascular accident
26. Most fevers are the body’s way of .
a. Killing all pathogens
b. Breaking up the cells of the pathogens
c. Making an inhospitable environment for pathogens to survive
d. Preventing pathogens from reproducing
27. Sweating at night may indicate .
a. Tuberculosis
b. Hodgkin’s disease
c. Riboflavin deficiency
d. Skin cancer
28. According to the rules of medical terminology, hepatitis is defined
as .
a. Liver failure
b. Inflammation of the liver
c. Cirrhosis
d. Blood clotting
29. The abbreviation used for twice a day is .
a. TAD
b. TID
c. p.r.n
d. BID
30. Volumes expressed as ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, pecks,
bushels, or cubic feet are examples of the .
a. Metric system
b. English system
c. Scientific notation
d. International system
31. The diagnostic procedure is begun by first determining the
.
a. Prognosis

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, b. Syndrome
c. Chief complaint
d. Laboratory tests
32. is the branch of medicine that studies the characteristics,
causes, and effects of disease.
a. Anatomy
b. Physiology
c. Pathology
d. Ornithology
33. The term osteoma can be defined as .
a. Cutting of the skin
b. Tumor of the bone
c. Tumor of the eye
d. Cutting into the eye
34. The normal heart rate for an adult is beats per minute.
a. 10–30
b. 70–120
c. 90–170
d. 60–100
35. The is the prediction of the outcome of a disease.
a. Prognosis
b. Diagnosis
c. Acute determination
d. Syndrome
36. Disease-producing microorganisms that invade the body are
known as .
a. Neogenic
b. Aerobic
c. Cytophrenic
d. Pathogenic
37. A condition in which the body fails to function normally is .
a. Disease
b. Physiology
c. Nosocomial
d. Epidemiology
38. The cause of a disease is called its .
a. Disease
b. Pathology
c. Nosocomial
d. Etiology
39. A specific group of signs and symptoms that are related to a
specific disease is known by which of the following names?
a. Diagnosis
b. Chief complaint
c. Syndrome

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, d. Relapse
40. AtpatienttwithtSyndrometXtcantexhibittwhichtoftthetfollowingtco
mmontconditions?
a. Hightbloodtsugartlevels,tlowtbloodtpressure,thightbloodtleveltoft
HDL
b. Hightbloodtsugartlevels,thightbloodtpressure,thighttri
glycerides
c. Lowtbloodtsugartlevels,tlowtbloodtpressure,thighttriglycerides
d. Lowtbloodtsugartlevels,thightbloodtpressure,tlowtbloodtleveltoft
HDL
41. Atpatienttwhothastmetabolictsyndrometistattantincreasedtrisktfortallt
oftthetfollowingtexceptt .
a. Diabetes
b. Hearttattack
c. Horner’stSyndrome
d. Stroke
42.
istthetphysiologicaltprocesstthattmonitorstandtmaintainst ats
tabletinternaltenvironmenttortequilibrium.
a. Homeostasis
b. Negativet feedbackt loop
c. Positivetfeedbacktloop
d. Metabolism
43.
istatmechanismtintourtbodytthattcontinuallytsensestthetin
ternaltandtexternaltenvironmenttandtthetbodytmakestadjustmen
tsttotmaintainthomeostasis.
a. Homeostasis
b. Negativet feedbackt loop
c. Positivetfeedbacktloop
d. Metabolism
44.
istknowntastat“vicioustcycle.”tIntmosttcases,tthististharm
fultiftthetvicioustcycletcannottbetbroken;tsometimestittistnecessa
rytfortatprocessttotrunttotcompletion.
a. Homeostasis
b. Negativet feedbackt loop
c. Positivetfeedbacktloop
d. Metabolism
45. Whichtoftthetfollowingtaretexamplestoftatsign?
a. Temperature
b. Pulse
c. Pain
d. atandtb
46. Allt oft thet followingt aret symptomst exceptt .

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, a. Pain
b. Respiratoryt rate
c. Dizziness




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, d. Itchiness

Short Answer
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3. istthetstudytoftstructure.
4. istthetstudytofthowtstructurestwork.
5. Thet studytoft diseaset ist calledtpathologyt ort .
6. Thetwordtroottintpericarditistist .
7. Atrecordtoftthetbreasttista(n)t .
8. aretthetcombiningtformstfortnose.
9. Thetprocesstoftrecordingtthetelectricaltactivitytoftthethearttista(
an)t t(Dotnottusetabbreviation).

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12. Onet whot studiest nervest ist a(n)t .
13. At groupt oft signst andt symptomst ist knownt ast a(n)t .
14. Iftbloodtsugartfalls,tthetbodytusestnegativetfeedbacktto
bloodtsugar.
15. Thetidealtnormaltvaluetoftatvariabletistknowntastthe
.
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deficiencytintthetbody.
18. Iftatpatientthasthadtat“nosetjob”tyoutwouldtsaytintmedicalttermstthat
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itist(whichtmeanstinflammation)tmakestthetmedicalttermt gastritis.
20. Changest int objectivetmeasurablet valuest sucht ast temperaturet(
)tandtsubjectivetpatienttperceptionst(symptoms)tcantin
dicatetdiseasetistpresent.
21. Thetsuffixttomytmeanst into.
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udiestcells.”

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, 25. Thetareatoftbiologytthattfocusestontthetfunctiontandtvitaltprocessest o
ftthet varioust structurest makingt uptthethumant bodyt is
.
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29. Thetarterytfoundtneartthetelbowtistcalledtthet artery.
30. Thetaveraget
tbodyttemperature tintcentigrade tistthirtyts

eventdegrees.
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32. Thet abbreviationt fort immediatelyt ist .
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dtnon-breathingtpatienttist .
35. ACLStstandstfort
36. Thet studyt oft tissuet samplest ist knownt ast .

True/False
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1. Anatomyt int Greekt meanst tot cuttapart.
t

t2. -
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ody.
t3. Macrotmeanstsmall.
t4. -AtbacterialtinfectiontistthetprognosistfortatStaphtinfection.
t5. -
Negativetfeedbacktistbadtfortthetbodytbecausetittincreasestatchanget
awaytfromtnormal.
t6. Tachycardiat meanst at slowt heartt rate.
t7. Glyc/otistthetcombiningtformtfortsugar.
t8. Leuk/otistthetcombiningtformtfortcell.
t9. Hyp/ot meanst abovet normal.
10.t -
Antappendectomytmeanstthetsurgicaltremovaltoftthetappend
ix.
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12.t Attelescopetviewstsmalltobjects.
13.t -Cuttingtintotatveintistcalledtphlebotomy.
14.t -
Diseasetistatconditiontintwhichtthetbodytfailsttotfunctiontnormall
y.

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