Medical Terminology

Module 4 Practice Test

  1. List all the terms you know that are used for blood.
  2. List the functions of blood.
  3. List all the names, descriptions and functions of the blood components.
  4. List the proteins found in blood.
  5. Define hemoglobin and hematocrit.
  6. What is the term for production of blood cells?
  7. What are the 4 blood types? Which is the universal donor? Which is the universal recipient?
  8. What is meant by the RH factor?
  9. What causes clotting of blood to occur?
  10. What condition results with an increased number of WBCs?
  11. What condition results with a decreased number of RBCs and iron?
  12. What is an embolus?
  13. What is a thrombus?
  14. What condition results with an increased amount of iron in the blood?
  15. What condition results with an increased amount of fat in the blood?
  16. What condition results with an increased amount of sugar in the blood?
  17. What term means cutting into the vein?
  18. What is ablation therapy?
  19. What is the cisterni chyli?
  20. What are Peyer’s patches?
  21. List and describe the components of the lymphatic system.
  22. What type of immunity protects against bacterial or viral infections?
  23. What type of immunity protects against cancer?
  24. What type of immunity protects by increasing the number of lymphocytes that attach to an invading substance to destroy it?
  25. What is edema?
  26. What type of immunity occurs when a person has already had the disease?
  27. What type of immunity occurs when the protection is passed from mother to child via breast milk or placenta?
  28. What does it mean to be susceptible to a disease?
  29. What is angioedema?
  30. What is an example of a hemolytic autoimmune disease?
  31. Describe granulocytes.
  32. Define nutrition.
  33. What is meant by anemia?
  34. List, describe and locate all the structures of the heart.
  35. What is the term for slow heart rate?
  36. What is the term for fast heart rate?
  37. What is the term for irregular heart rate?
  38. What is the term for normal heart rate?
  39. What type of circulation occurs in the digestive tract with the absorbed food products?
  40. What is the largest blood vessel in the body?
  41. What is an artery?
  42. What is a vein?
  43. Which side of the heart contains oxygenated blood?
  44. Which side of the heart contains deoxygenated blood?
  45. What is an arteriole?
  46. What is a capillary?
  47. What is a venule?
  48. Where would you find the mesenteric artery?
  49. Where would you find the femoral artery?
  50. Where would you find the carotid artery?
  51. Where would you find the inferior vena cava?
  52. Where would you find the radial artery?
  53. Where would you find the pulmonary artery?
  54. What is meant by defibrillation?
  55. What is meant by systole?
  56. What is meant by diastole?
  57. What is the name of the item used to measure blood pressure?
  58. What is the name of the item used to auscultate the heart?
  59. What is the term for heart muscle disease?
  60. What is the term for hardening of the arteries?
  61. What is the term for premature heart beats?
  62. What is a hemorrhoid?
  63. What is the surgical cutting of the flaps of the mitral valve?
  64. What is angioplasty?
  65. What is a pacemaker?
  66. What is thrombophlebitis?
  67. What is an anticoagulant?
  68. What is cardiac tamponade?
  69. What is the renal pelvis?
  70. What is the renal calyx?
  71. What is a ureter?
  72. What is the urethra?
  73. What is the function of the urethra in males and females?
  74. What is the term for looking into the bladder with a lighted instrument?
  75. What is the cortex of the kidney?
  76. What is the term for cutting into the kidney to remove a stone?
  77. What is the term for inflammation of the bladder?
  78. What is the term for absence of urine?
  79. What is the term for sugar in the urine?
  80. What is the term for blood in the urine?
  81. What is the term for pus in the urine?
  82. What is the term for bedwetting?
  83. What is the term for excessive urination?
  84. What is the term for scant production of urine?
  85. What are two other correct terms for urinating?
  86. What is the correct word for kidney stone?
  87. What type of specialist is concerned with kidney function?
  88. What type of specialist is concerned with heart function?
  89. What type of specialist is concerned with blood function?
  90. What type of specialist is concerned with drawing blood for study?
  91. What is the largest artery in the body?
  92. What is the reason for blood leaving the heart and traveling to the lungs?
  93. What is a stem cell transplant?
  94. What condition results when a transplanted tissue is not accepted by the graft site?
  95. What is the sinoatrial node?
  96. What is the difference in the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein in the heart?
  97. What is the term for a heart attack due to death of the heart muscle tissue?
  98. What is the term for swelling containing blood?
  99. What is the term for high blood pressure?
  100. What is the term for low blood pressure?