Medical Terminology FINAL EXAM
Questions with Verified Answers
WBC differential - Answer-Determine the number of white blood cells and the
percentage of each type of white blood cell in person's blood.
Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red
blood cells.
Albumin Level - Answer-Main protein in human blood and the key to regulating
osmotic pressure of blood.
Alopecia - Answer-Hair loss
Diaphoresis - Answer-Sweating
Erythema - Answer-Redness of the skin or mucous membranes
Mucositis - Answer-Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the
digestive tract
Fibrosis - Answer-Condition marked by increase of interstitial fibrous tissue
Cyanosis - Answer-Bluish discoloration
Anaphylaxis - Answer-Severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Cushing Syndrome - Answer-Extemely complex hormonal condition that involves
many areas of the body.
Graves Disease - Answer-Autoimmune disease in which the overactivity of thyroid
gland causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
Diabetes mellitus - Answer-Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by
a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by
inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin.
Gynecomastia - Answer-Excessive development of the breast in the male
Tetrology of Fallot - Answer-A congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by
pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum
Mitral Valve Prolapse - Answer-A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral
valve flaps close incompletly during systole usually producing either a click or
murmur
, DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis - Answer-condition marked by the formation of a
thrombus within a deep bein that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by
symptoms such as swelling and pain.
Anemia - Answer-Blood deficient in red blood cells
Osteoporosis - Answer-A condition that affects especially older woman and is
characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and enlargement of
bone spaces producing porosity and brittleness
Osteomyelitis - Answer-Infectious, painful inflammatory disease of bone that is often
of bacterial orgin and may result in death of bone tissue
Osteomalacia - Answer-A disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the
bones and is analogous to rickets in the young
Albinism - Answer-Condition of an albino
Psoriasis - Answer-A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red
patches covered with white scales.
Pruritis - Answer-Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve
endings
Herpes - Answer-Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by
herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vessicles.
Myopia - Answer-The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye
because of defects in the refractive media of the eye
Otitis media - Answer-Inflamation of the middle ear marked especillu by pain, fever,
dizziness, and hearing loss.
Glaucoma - Answer-Disease in which pressure inside the eye cuses gradual loss of
vision
Macular degeneration - Answer-Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision
usally affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly
tinnitus - Answer-Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that
only you can hear
Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer - Answer-A sore that people get from lying in bed for a
very long time when they are sick or injured.
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease - Answer-Pulmonary disease that is
characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slwoed
rate of exhalation
Questions with Verified Answers
WBC differential - Answer-Determine the number of white blood cells and the
percentage of each type of white blood cell in person's blood.
Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red
blood cells.
Albumin Level - Answer-Main protein in human blood and the key to regulating
osmotic pressure of blood.
Alopecia - Answer-Hair loss
Diaphoresis - Answer-Sweating
Erythema - Answer-Redness of the skin or mucous membranes
Mucositis - Answer-Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the
digestive tract
Fibrosis - Answer-Condition marked by increase of interstitial fibrous tissue
Cyanosis - Answer-Bluish discoloration
Anaphylaxis - Answer-Severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Cushing Syndrome - Answer-Extemely complex hormonal condition that involves
many areas of the body.
Graves Disease - Answer-Autoimmune disease in which the overactivity of thyroid
gland causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
Diabetes mellitus - Answer-Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by
a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by
inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin.
Gynecomastia - Answer-Excessive development of the breast in the male
Tetrology of Fallot - Answer-A congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by
pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum
Mitral Valve Prolapse - Answer-A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral
valve flaps close incompletly during systole usually producing either a click or
murmur
, DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis - Answer-condition marked by the formation of a
thrombus within a deep bein that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by
symptoms such as swelling and pain.
Anemia - Answer-Blood deficient in red blood cells
Osteoporosis - Answer-A condition that affects especially older woman and is
characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and enlargement of
bone spaces producing porosity and brittleness
Osteomyelitis - Answer-Infectious, painful inflammatory disease of bone that is often
of bacterial orgin and may result in death of bone tissue
Osteomalacia - Answer-A disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the
bones and is analogous to rickets in the young
Albinism - Answer-Condition of an albino
Psoriasis - Answer-A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red
patches covered with white scales.
Pruritis - Answer-Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve
endings
Herpes - Answer-Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by
herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vessicles.
Myopia - Answer-The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye
because of defects in the refractive media of the eye
Otitis media - Answer-Inflamation of the middle ear marked especillu by pain, fever,
dizziness, and hearing loss.
Glaucoma - Answer-Disease in which pressure inside the eye cuses gradual loss of
vision
Macular degeneration - Answer-Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision
usally affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly
tinnitus - Answer-Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that
only you can hear
Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer - Answer-A sore that people get from lying in bed for a
very long time when they are sick or injured.
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease - Answer-Pulmonary disease that is
characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slwoed
rate of exhalation
