NCCAOM Boards: Biomedicine Exam Questions with Verified Answers

NCCAOM Boards: Biomedicine Exam
Questions with Verified Answers

acid-suppressing drugs & antacids
digoxin
HRT (estrogens)
oral contraceptives
oral hypoglycemics - ANSWER-B complex

antipsychotics - ANSWER-vitamin B2, vitamin C

antibiotics
antidepressants
diuretics
HRT (estrogens)
oral contraceptives - ANSWER-vitamin B9

antiepileptics
antibiotics - ANSWER-vitamin B12

acid-suppressing drugs & antacids
antibiotics
antiepileptics
corticosteroids
anticonvulsants - ANSWER-vitamin D

acid-suppressing drugs & antacids
antihypertensives - ANSWER-iron

acid-suppressing drugs & antacids
ACE inhibitors
diuretics - ANSWER-zinc

upper border of liver - ANSWER-5th or 6th ICS

lower border of liver (laterally) - ANSWER-10th or 11th rib

lower border of liver (medially) - ANSWER-xiphoid process

right kidney - ANSWER-T12 to L3

left kidney - ANSWER-T11 to L2

which kidney is higher--right or left? - ANSWER-left

lower border of lungs (front) - ANSWER-6th ICS

,lower border of lungs (axillary) - ANSWER-8th ICS

lower border of lungs (back) - ANSWER-10th ICS

spleen - ANSWER-9th to 11th rib (left side of body)

scapula level with _____ thru _____ - ANSWER-T3, T7

spinal cords ends at - ANSWER-L1/L2

12th rib connects to what vertebrae? - ANSWER-T12

inguinal groove -- medial to lateral - ANSWER-vein, artery, nerve

sections of small intestine - ANSWER-duodenum, jejunum, ileum

cognitive motor control
memory, sensory awareness, speech, taste, vision - ANSWER-cerebrum

coordination and integration of motor skills, balance (ataxia)
motor learning, motor control (muscle contractions and force production), voluntary
movements - ANSWER-cerebellum

information processing back to cerebrum
regulation of motor functions
sleep and wake states - ANSWER-thalamus

control of emotions
blood pressure regulation
thirst
heart rate
sleep cycles (circadian rhythms)
regulation of body temperature
water balance - ANSWER-hypothalamus

control of respiratory and heart rates
peripheral blood flow - ANSWER-brain stem

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: beginning of esophagus and trachea -
ANSWER-C6

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: highest point of thoracic duct (lymph drainage) -
ANSWER-C7

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: apex of lungs - ANSWER-T1

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: arch of aorta - ANSWER-T4

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: inferior angle of scapula - ANSWER-T7

, VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: xiphoid -- sternal angle - ANSWER-T9

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: esophageal hiatus in diaphragm - ANSWER-
T10

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: end of spinal cord, testicular or ovarian artery -
ANSWER-L2

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: inferior mesenteric artery - ANSWER-L3

VERTICAL ANATOMICAL LEVELS: iliac crest, umbilicus - ANSWER-L4

conduct impulses -- the "wiring" of the nervous system's information circuits -
ANSWER-neurons

contains nucleus, cytoplasm, and organelles - ANSWER-soma (cell body)

branches from the cell bodies
receive stimuli that initiate nerve signals - ANSWER-dendrites

conducts impulses away from cell body - ANSWER-axon

peptide and transmitter of many central neurons (dorsal root ganglia and basal
ganglia)
transmits pain - ANSWER-Substance P

act like opiates to block pain - ANSWER-endorphins, enkephalins

Alzheimer's Disease treatment
a) cholinergic enhancers (aricept - donepezil), tricyclic antidepressants (remeron -
mirtazapine), provigil, NSAIDs, memantine, gingko biloba
b) levodopa, anticholinergics
c) interferon, corticosteroids, plasmapheresis, lioresal - baclofen, tizanidine -
zanaflex, benzodizepines, antidepressants, amantadine
d) carbamazepine, phenytoin, amitriptyline
e) corticosteroids - ANSWER-A

Parkinson's disease treatment
a) cholinergic enhancers (aricept - donepezil), tricyclic antidepressants (remeron -
mirtazapine), provigil, NSAIDs, memantine, gingko biloba
b) levodopa, anticholinergics
c) interferon, corticosteroids, plasmapheresis, lioresal - baclofen, tizanidine -
zanaflex, benzodizepines, antidepressants, amantadine
d) carbamazepine, phenytoin, amitriptyline
e) corticosteroids - ANSWER-B

Multiple Sclerosis treatment
a) cholinergic enhancers (aricept - donepezil), tricyclic antidepressants (remeron -
mirtazapine), provigil, NSAIDs, memantine, gingko biloba