IAHCSMM CRCST UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔supra- - ✔✔above
✔✔bi- - ✔✔two/both sides
✔✔hemi- - ✔✔half
✔✔para- - ✔✔beside, near
✔✔peri- - ✔✔around, about
✔✔post- - ✔✔after
✔✔ACL - ✔✔anterior cruciate Ligament.
reconstruction or repairing of the anterior cruciate ligament.
✔✔BSO - ✔✔Bilateral Salpingooophorectomy.
surgical removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below the knee amputation
✔✔CABG - ✔✔coronary artery bypass graft.
creation of a new blood supply to an area of the heart with a clotted/blocked artery.
✔✔CR - ✔✔closed reduction.
treatment of a fractured bone without a surgical incision.
✔✔D & C - ✔✔dilation and curettage.
dilate the uterine cervix and remove the inner lining of the uterus by scraping with a
curette.
✔✔ORIF - ✔✔open reduction internal fixation.
treatment of a fractured bone with an incision and the use of plates and screws or pins
to hold the fragments together.
✔✔TAH - ✔✔total abdominal hysterectomy.
surgical removal of the uterus through an incision in the abdomen.
✔✔THA - ✔✔total hip arthroplasty.
hip joint reconstruction.
✔✔TURP - ✔✔transurethral resection of the prostate.
,surgical removal of part of the prostate gland by inserting instruments across the urethra
to reach the prostate internally.
✔✔Cell - ✔✔basic unit of life. the smallest structural unit of living organisms capable of
performig all basic functions of life.
✔✔Cell membran - ✔✔outer covering of a cell that regulates what enters and leaves.
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔the lining matter of a cell between the cell membran and nucleus.
✔✔Nucleus - ✔✔functional center of a cell that governs activity and heredity.
✔✔tissue - ✔✔a group of similar cells that perform a specialized funtion.
✔✔organ - ✔✔a part of the body containing two or more tissues that function together
for a specific purpose.
✔✔Epithelial tissue - ✔✔Skin
✔✔Connective tissue - ✔✔provides support, stores energy, and connects other tissues
and parts. Bones, fat, cartilage.
✔✔muscular tissue - ✔✔muscle
✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔tissue of communication.
✔✔9 body systems - ✔✔CN-MURDERS
Circulatory.
nervous.
muscular.
urinary and excretory.
reproductive.
digestive.
endocrine.
respiratory.
skeletal.
✔✔system - ✔✔group of organs that work together to carry out a specific activity.
✔✔tendons - ✔✔attaches muscle to bone.
✔✔ligaments - ✔✔connects bone to another bone.
✔✔cartilage - ✔✔type of flexible connective tissues
,✔✔ossification - ✔✔process which cartilage is replaced by bone.
✔✔joint - ✔✔place where 2 bones meet.
✔✔Types of joints - ✔✔Gliding joints; vertebrae/neck slide over one another.
ball and socket; shoulder and hip.
pivot joints; turning motion.
hinge joints; knees, elbows.
✔✔covering or lining of a joint - ✔✔synovial membrane.
✔✔fluid produced and secreted by synovial membrane. - ✔✔synovial fluid
✔✔3 types of muscle tissue. - ✔✔Skeletal muscles - attached to bones by tendons.
Smooth muscle - involuntary muscles, control breathing, digestive system, blood flow.
cardiac muscle - involuntary muscles, heart beat.
✔✔Nervous system - ✔✔controls all body activities, and allows us to respond to stimuli.
✔✔Nerve tissue - ✔✔carries electrical messages from the brain and spinal cord that
signal muscles to contract.
✔✔2 nervous system cells - ✔✔Neurons - carry and transmit information.
Neuroglia - support and protect neurons.
✔✔3 brain membranes - ✔✔Pia matter - inner membrane.
Arachnoid matter - middle membrane.
Dura matter - outer membrane.
✔✔Central nervous system - ✔✔brain & spinal cord.
✔✔Peripheral nervous system - ✔✔all nerve tissue outside central nervous system.
✔✔brain - ✔✔main control unit
✔✔cerebrum - ✔✔large part of brain, controls mental activities and movement.
✔✔cerebellum - ✔✔2nd larges part of brain, controls muscle coordination, body
balance, and posture.
✔✔brain stem - ✔✔controls many automatic functions such as heartbeat and breathing.
✔✔3 eye layers - ✔✔sclera - white portion.
, choroid - middle layer, provides nourishment to eye.
retina - 3rd layer receive and transmit impressions to brain.
✔✔Endocrine system - ✔✔made of glands that produce hormones, has profound
influence on metabolism, growth, personality, reproduction.
✔✔Glands of the Endocrine system - ✔✔pituitary gland.
thyroid gland.
adrenal gland.
pancreas.
testes.
ovaries.
✔✔urinary and excretory system - ✔✔Pollution control eliminates waste.
✔✔organs of the urinary system - ✔✔kidneys - remove excess water and waste from
blood , yields urine.
Ureters - connect kidneys to urinary bladder
bladder - holds urine.
urethra - connect bladder to outside of body, piss tube.
Liver - filters blood to remove amino acids and neutralize toxins.
skin - eliminates toxins through sweating.
✔✔respiratory system - ✔✔supplies body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide.
✔✔inspiration - ✔✔inhaling air
✔✔expiration - ✔✔exhaling air
✔✔organs of respiratory system - ✔✔Nose.
pharynx.
trachea.
lungs.
✔✔pharynx - ✔✔throat
✔✔larynx - ✔✔voice box
✔✔trachea - ✔✔windpipe
✔✔esophagus - ✔✔tube that carries food from throat to stomach
✔✔Digestive system - ✔✔converts food into energy
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔supra- - ✔✔above
✔✔bi- - ✔✔two/both sides
✔✔hemi- - ✔✔half
✔✔para- - ✔✔beside, near
✔✔peri- - ✔✔around, about
✔✔post- - ✔✔after
✔✔ACL - ✔✔anterior cruciate Ligament.
reconstruction or repairing of the anterior cruciate ligament.
✔✔BSO - ✔✔Bilateral Salpingooophorectomy.
surgical removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below the knee amputation
✔✔CABG - ✔✔coronary artery bypass graft.
creation of a new blood supply to an area of the heart with a clotted/blocked artery.
✔✔CR - ✔✔closed reduction.
treatment of a fractured bone without a surgical incision.
✔✔D & C - ✔✔dilation and curettage.
dilate the uterine cervix and remove the inner lining of the uterus by scraping with a
curette.
✔✔ORIF - ✔✔open reduction internal fixation.
treatment of a fractured bone with an incision and the use of plates and screws or pins
to hold the fragments together.
✔✔TAH - ✔✔total abdominal hysterectomy.
surgical removal of the uterus through an incision in the abdomen.
✔✔THA - ✔✔total hip arthroplasty.
hip joint reconstruction.
✔✔TURP - ✔✔transurethral resection of the prostate.
,surgical removal of part of the prostate gland by inserting instruments across the urethra
to reach the prostate internally.
✔✔Cell - ✔✔basic unit of life. the smallest structural unit of living organisms capable of
performig all basic functions of life.
✔✔Cell membran - ✔✔outer covering of a cell that regulates what enters and leaves.
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔the lining matter of a cell between the cell membran and nucleus.
✔✔Nucleus - ✔✔functional center of a cell that governs activity and heredity.
✔✔tissue - ✔✔a group of similar cells that perform a specialized funtion.
✔✔organ - ✔✔a part of the body containing two or more tissues that function together
for a specific purpose.
✔✔Epithelial tissue - ✔✔Skin
✔✔Connective tissue - ✔✔provides support, stores energy, and connects other tissues
and parts. Bones, fat, cartilage.
✔✔muscular tissue - ✔✔muscle
✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔tissue of communication.
✔✔9 body systems - ✔✔CN-MURDERS
Circulatory.
nervous.
muscular.
urinary and excretory.
reproductive.
digestive.
endocrine.
respiratory.
skeletal.
✔✔system - ✔✔group of organs that work together to carry out a specific activity.
✔✔tendons - ✔✔attaches muscle to bone.
✔✔ligaments - ✔✔connects bone to another bone.
✔✔cartilage - ✔✔type of flexible connective tissues
,✔✔ossification - ✔✔process which cartilage is replaced by bone.
✔✔joint - ✔✔place where 2 bones meet.
✔✔Types of joints - ✔✔Gliding joints; vertebrae/neck slide over one another.
ball and socket; shoulder and hip.
pivot joints; turning motion.
hinge joints; knees, elbows.
✔✔covering or lining of a joint - ✔✔synovial membrane.
✔✔fluid produced and secreted by synovial membrane. - ✔✔synovial fluid
✔✔3 types of muscle tissue. - ✔✔Skeletal muscles - attached to bones by tendons.
Smooth muscle - involuntary muscles, control breathing, digestive system, blood flow.
cardiac muscle - involuntary muscles, heart beat.
✔✔Nervous system - ✔✔controls all body activities, and allows us to respond to stimuli.
✔✔Nerve tissue - ✔✔carries electrical messages from the brain and spinal cord that
signal muscles to contract.
✔✔2 nervous system cells - ✔✔Neurons - carry and transmit information.
Neuroglia - support and protect neurons.
✔✔3 brain membranes - ✔✔Pia matter - inner membrane.
Arachnoid matter - middle membrane.
Dura matter - outer membrane.
✔✔Central nervous system - ✔✔brain & spinal cord.
✔✔Peripheral nervous system - ✔✔all nerve tissue outside central nervous system.
✔✔brain - ✔✔main control unit
✔✔cerebrum - ✔✔large part of brain, controls mental activities and movement.
✔✔cerebellum - ✔✔2nd larges part of brain, controls muscle coordination, body
balance, and posture.
✔✔brain stem - ✔✔controls many automatic functions such as heartbeat and breathing.
✔✔3 eye layers - ✔✔sclera - white portion.
, choroid - middle layer, provides nourishment to eye.
retina - 3rd layer receive and transmit impressions to brain.
✔✔Endocrine system - ✔✔made of glands that produce hormones, has profound
influence on metabolism, growth, personality, reproduction.
✔✔Glands of the Endocrine system - ✔✔pituitary gland.
thyroid gland.
adrenal gland.
pancreas.
testes.
ovaries.
✔✔urinary and excretory system - ✔✔Pollution control eliminates waste.
✔✔organs of the urinary system - ✔✔kidneys - remove excess water and waste from
blood , yields urine.
Ureters - connect kidneys to urinary bladder
bladder - holds urine.
urethra - connect bladder to outside of body, piss tube.
Liver - filters blood to remove amino acids and neutralize toxins.
skin - eliminates toxins through sweating.
✔✔respiratory system - ✔✔supplies body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide.
✔✔inspiration - ✔✔inhaling air
✔✔expiration - ✔✔exhaling air
✔✔organs of respiratory system - ✔✔Nose.
pharynx.
trachea.
lungs.
✔✔pharynx - ✔✔throat
✔✔larynx - ✔✔voice box
✔✔trachea - ✔✔windpipe
✔✔esophagus - ✔✔tube that carries food from throat to stomach
✔✔Digestive system - ✔✔converts food into energy
