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A record or tracing of the electrical impulses of the heart is called an:
  
  
  
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You ask your patient to bring his arms out to the side as if he is making a T. What term best describes this movement?
  
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You are working with a patient in the intensive care unit. Her heart rate is 40 beats/min. This is documented as:
  
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A 54-year-old women had an _____ to check for seizure activity in her brain.
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Following a rotator cuff tear, your patient has weakness in one arm. His weakness is:
  
  
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A term that means the production or origin of cancer is:
  
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Aphonia is:
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A 42-year-old man has strength that is the same in both legs. The term that best describes this is:
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  belonging to or occurring on the same side of the body.
  adjective )  relating to or denoting the side of the body opposite to that on which a particular structure or condition occurs.
"the symptom develops in the hand contralateral to the lesion"
  
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Unusual sensitivity of the eyes to light is:
  
  
  
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Which disease of the central nervous system occurs when there are many hardened plaques on the myelin sheaths?
  
  
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Abnormal preoccupation with fire is:
  
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Destruction of red blood cells that results in liberation of hemoglobin is:
  
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You have a patient who brings her legs toward the middle of the body. Which term best describes this movement?
  
  
  
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Tachycardia means:
  
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A term that means a malignant, pigmented tumor is:
  
  
  
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A newborn has a condition that is causing his skin to appear yellow. This is referred to as:
  
  
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Cephalometry is:
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A patient reports she took an amount of a pain reliever that far exceeds the recommended amount. This is referred to as:
  
  
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Difficult speech is referred to as __.
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A term that describes normal thyroid function is:
  
  
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Examination of cells is called:
  
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Following a total knee replacement, your patient was anemic, requiring a blood transfusion due to low red pigment in the cells. The pigment in the cells is:
  
  
  
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Optical means:
  
  
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Inflammation of the skin caused by a fungus is:
  
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The study of fungi is:
  
  
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A term for a white blood cell is:
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A term means without fever is __.
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A lipoma is:
  
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Cryptorchidism means:
  
  
  
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The term for an instrument used to record the electrical impulses of the brain is:
  
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A patient requires an injection under the skin. Which of the terms best describes this?
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A record produced in electrocardiography is a(n) __.
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__ means double vision.
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Abnormal slowness of speech is called:
  
  
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Severe weakness in the arms, trunk, and legs in a patient with a spinal cord injury is recorded as:
  
  
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A method of viewing the x-ray image directly in real time is:
  
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__ means impenetrable to radiation.
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Substances that do not permit the passage of x-rays are described as:
  
  
  
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An adjective that describes a disease showing little change or slow progression is:
  
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A general term for a procedure that requires entry of a body cavity or interruption of normal body function is:
  
  
  
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Feeling the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts with the hands is:
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While reviewing a chart, you note that the patient has had an ultrasound. Which of the following terms best describes this type of testing?
  
  
  
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A term that means pertaining to a procedure that uses an illuminated instrument for the visualization of the interior of a body cavity or organ is:
  
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The predicted outcome of a disease is referred to as the __.
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In measurements of blood pressure, the higher reading is the _____ pressure.
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Listening for sounds within the body with a stethoscope is called __.
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Substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays are described as:
  
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Disappearance of the characteristics of malignant tissue is known as __.
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The combination of tomography and radioactive substances to produce enhanced images is called:
  
  
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__ is the treatment of diseases with drugs or medicines.
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The pressure exerted by the circulating blood on the walls of arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart is called:
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A term for objective evidence of disease is:
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The term that means the introduction of a catheter is:
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A diagnostic imaging modality that produces a detailed image of a cross section of tissue similar to what one would see if the body or body part were cut into sections is:
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The term for a drug that relieves pain is:
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Treatment of disease by chemical agents is:
  
  
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Having a short and relatively severe course is described by the term:
  
  
  
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In an x-ray image, metals such as lead or steel appear:
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Hypothermia can be detected using:
  
  
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__ means pertaining to therapy.
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The use of radiopaque materials to make internal organs visible is called:
  
  
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Palpating the number of times the heart beats/min is referred to as the:
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A 32-year-old woman is having a 20-week ultrasound during her first pregnancy. Which term relates to this procedure?
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The number of breaths/min is the:
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Subjective evidence as perceived by the patient is a:
  
  
  
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Using heat to relieve pain or to speed healing is called:
  
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The examiner’s observing and listening to the patient’s speech during the physical examination is called:
  
  
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The term that means to introduce a hollow flexible tube that can be inserted into a cavity of the body to withdraw or instill fluids, perform tests, or visualize a vessel or cavity is:
  
  
  
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You are working with a patient who has cancer. Which type of medication is used to kill cancer cells?
  
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A commonly used term that means an x-ray image is:
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Quiz Score: 51 out of 70