OEC UPDATED TEST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔bandage - ✔✔a strip or roll of gauze or other material used for wrapping or binding a
body part
✔✔occlusive dressing - ✔✔dressing made of Vaseline gauze, aluminum foil, or plastic
wrap that prevents air and liquids from entering or exiting a wound
✔✔hemostatic dressing - ✔✔a surgical gauze/mesh impregnated with a material that
stops arterial and venous bleeding in seconds
✔✔maxilla - ✔✔the bond of the mid face; the cheekbone
✔✔mandible - ✔✔the jaw bone
✔✔orbit - ✔✔the bony socket of the eyeball
✔✔cornea - ✔✔the clear but highly sensitve surface of the eye that refracts light
entering into the visual system
✔✔anisocoria - ✔✔unequal size of the pupils
✔✔lacrimal glands - ✔✔glands that produce tears, which irrigate the surface of the eye
✔✔sternocleidomastoid muscle - ✔✔the powerful muscle at the sides of the neck that
facilitate turning of the head.
✔✔blowout fracture - ✔✔an injury caused by direct trauma to the eye or face that
fractures the bony eye socket; can entrap the muscles that enable normal eye
movement
✔✔epistaxis - ✔✔a fancy term for nosebleed
✔✔external auditory canal - ✔✔the passageway through the outer ear that ends at the
tympanic membrane
✔✔hyphema - ✔✔blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
✔✔subcutaneous emphysema - ✔✔air filled bubbles that are palpable underneath the
skin; indicates an injury to the airway structure
✔✔retinal detachment - ✔✔separation of the retina from the inside of the posterior wall
of the eyeball
, ✔✔dermal poison - ✔✔a toxin absorbed through the skin
✔✔designer drug - ✔✔a drug constructed by a chemist to produce unique and specific
effects
✔✔ingested poison - ✔✔a toxin that enters the body through the mouth
✔✔inhaled poison - ✔✔a toxin that is absorbed through the lungs
✔✔injected poison - ✔✔a toxin injected into a vein or another tissue
✔✔opiate - ✔✔a narcotic drug that is derived from and has the same effect as opium
✔✔poison - ✔✔any substance that is injurious to health or dangerous to life
✔✔substance abuse - ✔✔the intentional misuse of a substance that results in
significant impairment
✔✔toxicological event - ✔✔an event where a patient has been exposed to a harmful
substance or an incident in which the intentional or unintentional use of a substance or
poison either endangers public safety and/or results in a medical emergency
✔✔toxin - ✔✔a noxious or poisonous substance produced by an organ
✔✔withdrawal - ✔✔the physical and mental readjustment that accompanies the
discontinued use of an addictive substance
✔✔peritonitis - ✔✔an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner
wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs
✔✔sensory nerves - ✔✔nerves that send signals to the brain for perception of touch,
pressure, heat, cold, and pain
✔✔visceral nerves - ✔✔a collection of nerves that convey impulses between a part of
the central nervous system and a viscus, such as an internal organ in the chest or
abdomen
✔✔referred pain - ✔✔pain that originates in one part of the body but is felt in another
part of the body
✔✔guarding - ✔✔an involuntary action in which the abdomen becomes rigid upon
examination
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔bandage - ✔✔a strip or roll of gauze or other material used for wrapping or binding a
body part
✔✔occlusive dressing - ✔✔dressing made of Vaseline gauze, aluminum foil, or plastic
wrap that prevents air and liquids from entering or exiting a wound
✔✔hemostatic dressing - ✔✔a surgical gauze/mesh impregnated with a material that
stops arterial and venous bleeding in seconds
✔✔maxilla - ✔✔the bond of the mid face; the cheekbone
✔✔mandible - ✔✔the jaw bone
✔✔orbit - ✔✔the bony socket of the eyeball
✔✔cornea - ✔✔the clear but highly sensitve surface of the eye that refracts light
entering into the visual system
✔✔anisocoria - ✔✔unequal size of the pupils
✔✔lacrimal glands - ✔✔glands that produce tears, which irrigate the surface of the eye
✔✔sternocleidomastoid muscle - ✔✔the powerful muscle at the sides of the neck that
facilitate turning of the head.
✔✔blowout fracture - ✔✔an injury caused by direct trauma to the eye or face that
fractures the bony eye socket; can entrap the muscles that enable normal eye
movement
✔✔epistaxis - ✔✔a fancy term for nosebleed
✔✔external auditory canal - ✔✔the passageway through the outer ear that ends at the
tympanic membrane
✔✔hyphema - ✔✔blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
✔✔subcutaneous emphysema - ✔✔air filled bubbles that are palpable underneath the
skin; indicates an injury to the airway structure
✔✔retinal detachment - ✔✔separation of the retina from the inside of the posterior wall
of the eyeball
, ✔✔dermal poison - ✔✔a toxin absorbed through the skin
✔✔designer drug - ✔✔a drug constructed by a chemist to produce unique and specific
effects
✔✔ingested poison - ✔✔a toxin that enters the body through the mouth
✔✔inhaled poison - ✔✔a toxin that is absorbed through the lungs
✔✔injected poison - ✔✔a toxin injected into a vein or another tissue
✔✔opiate - ✔✔a narcotic drug that is derived from and has the same effect as opium
✔✔poison - ✔✔any substance that is injurious to health or dangerous to life
✔✔substance abuse - ✔✔the intentional misuse of a substance that results in
significant impairment
✔✔toxicological event - ✔✔an event where a patient has been exposed to a harmful
substance or an incident in which the intentional or unintentional use of a substance or
poison either endangers public safety and/or results in a medical emergency
✔✔toxin - ✔✔a noxious or poisonous substance produced by an organ
✔✔withdrawal - ✔✔the physical and mental readjustment that accompanies the
discontinued use of an addictive substance
✔✔peritonitis - ✔✔an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner
wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs
✔✔sensory nerves - ✔✔nerves that send signals to the brain for perception of touch,
pressure, heat, cold, and pain
✔✔visceral nerves - ✔✔a collection of nerves that convey impulses between a part of
the central nervous system and a viscus, such as an internal organ in the chest or
abdomen
✔✔referred pain - ✔✔pain that originates in one part of the body but is felt in another
part of the body
✔✔guarding - ✔✔an involuntary action in which the abdomen becomes rigid upon
examination
