Which of the following terms is used to indicate a heart rate below 60 beats per minute? -
answer bradycardia
When a strong antigen invades the body, which type of immunity will develop? - answer
natural active immunity
Which of the following is the type of wound in which a tissue is hanging as a flap or is torn
loose? - answer avulsion
Abrasion - answer scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Puncture - answer a small hole made by a sharp object
Laceration - answer jagged wound or cut
Which of the following terms describes the study and science of the ear and its diseases? -
answer otology
Audiometry - answer process of measuring hearing
Ophthalmology - answer study of the eye
Tympanometry - answer measurement of middle ear function
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,Which membrane separates the external auditory meatus from the middle ear cavity? - an-
swer tympanic
Conjunctiva - answer delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball
Cerumen - answer ear wax
Ossicle - answer small bone of the ear; includes the malleus, incus, and stapes
Which of the following is the longest strongest bone in the body? - answer femur
Red bone marrow produces which of the following? - answer platelets
Pleurisy is a condition that affects which anatomical structure? - answer lung
Pleurisy - answer an inflammation of the pleura (membrane that covers the lungs to re-
duce friction during breathing) that produces sharp chest pain with each breath
What is the basic building block of all living things? - answer cell
The thoracic cavity contains which of the following anatomical structures? - answer lungs
Which of the following combing word forms mean "internal organs"? - answer viscer/o
Kary/o - answer nucleus
Eti/o - answer cause of
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, Epitheli/o - answer skin, surface tissue
What is the combining word form "lei/o" defined as? - answer smooth
Which anatomical structure secretes sweat and arises from the dermis? - answer sudorif-
erous gland
Sebaceous gland - answer also called apocrine glands, open into hair follicles located on
the scalp, face, genitalia, and axilla
Keratin - answer hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails
Follicle - answer structure in the dermis of the skin from which a strand of hair grows
Which of the following terms refers to the "true" skin? - answer dermis
Dermis - answer 2nd layer of living tissue and holds blood capillaries, lymph vessels, hair
follicles, oil and sweat glands, and nerve endings
Epidermis - answer outermost layer of skin, made up of mostly dead skin cells and is the
1st layer of the skin
Subcutaneous - answer under the skin
Which prefix means "beside, beyond, around?" - answer para-
Epi- - answer above
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answer bradycardia
When a strong antigen invades the body, which type of immunity will develop? - answer
natural active immunity
Which of the following is the type of wound in which a tissue is hanging as a flap or is torn
loose? - answer avulsion
Abrasion - answer scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Puncture - answer a small hole made by a sharp object
Laceration - answer jagged wound or cut
Which of the following terms describes the study and science of the ear and its diseases? -
answer otology
Audiometry - answer process of measuring hearing
Ophthalmology - answer study of the eye
Tympanometry - answer measurement of middle ear function
1
,Which membrane separates the external auditory meatus from the middle ear cavity? - an-
swer tympanic
Conjunctiva - answer delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball
Cerumen - answer ear wax
Ossicle - answer small bone of the ear; includes the malleus, incus, and stapes
Which of the following is the longest strongest bone in the body? - answer femur
Red bone marrow produces which of the following? - answer platelets
Pleurisy is a condition that affects which anatomical structure? - answer lung
Pleurisy - answer an inflammation of the pleura (membrane that covers the lungs to re-
duce friction during breathing) that produces sharp chest pain with each breath
What is the basic building block of all living things? - answer cell
The thoracic cavity contains which of the following anatomical structures? - answer lungs
Which of the following combing word forms mean "internal organs"? - answer viscer/o
Kary/o - answer nucleus
Eti/o - answer cause of
2
, Epitheli/o - answer skin, surface tissue
What is the combining word form "lei/o" defined as? - answer smooth
Which anatomical structure secretes sweat and arises from the dermis? - answer sudorif-
erous gland
Sebaceous gland - answer also called apocrine glands, open into hair follicles located on
the scalp, face, genitalia, and axilla
Keratin - answer hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails
Follicle - answer structure in the dermis of the skin from which a strand of hair grows
Which of the following terms refers to the "true" skin? - answer dermis
Dermis - answer 2nd layer of living tissue and holds blood capillaries, lymph vessels, hair
follicles, oil and sweat glands, and nerve endings
Epidermis - answer outermost layer of skin, made up of mostly dead skin cells and is the
1st layer of the skin
Subcutaneous - answer under the skin
Which prefix means "beside, beyond, around?" - answer para-
Epi- - answer above
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