NCHSE EXAM
What is included in the appendicular skeleton? - ✅✅-The extremities
✅✅
Which muscle trait is the ability to be stretched and lengthened? -
-Extensibility
✅✅
Which layer of the heart contains a lubricating fluid that reduces friction
as the heart beats? - -Pericardium
All med terms have prefixes - ✅✅-false
What type of gland is the pancreas? - ✅✅-Exocrine
✅✅
What is the term for the ability of muscles to be slightly contracted at all
times to be ready to act? - -Muscle Tone
Which of these word roots indicates blood? - ✅✅-Hemat
What is the name of the male gonads? - ✅✅-Testes
What does the prefix super- refer to? - ✅✅-Over or above
What occurs in the capillaries of the alveoli? - ✅✅-Oxygen and carbon
dioxide are exchanged
✅✅
Which of these conditions is the collapse of part or all of a lung? -
-Atelectasis
✅✅-Cutting
What does the suffix -tomy refer to? -
How many chambers are in the heart? - ✅✅-4
✅✅
Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? -
-Produces blood cells
What is the name of the bone for the lower jaw? - ✅✅-Mandible
, ✅✅
What is the slow, wavelike contraction that moves food through the
digestive system? - -Peristalsis
✅✅-neo-
Which of these prefixes indicates new? -
What part of long bones stores bone marrow? - ✅✅-Medullary Canal
✅✅
In which type of diabetes does the pancreas produce some insulin, but
not enough of it? - -Type 2
What type of tumor is called cancer? - ✅✅-malignant
✅✅-true
Iodine is important for the thyroid gland to function properly. -
How many regions can the abdominal region be divided into? - ✅✅-9
and 4
✅✅
What is the benefit of the scrotum being located outside of the body? -
-it maintains a lower temp for sperm development
Which of the following is NOT true of medical terms? - ✅✅-med terms
must be built from common word parts
✅✅
What is the name of the cells that are used for vision in the dark or dim
light? - -rods
✅✅
What is the name of the bacteria that live in the large intestine and help
to form feces out of the waste material? - -e-coli
✅✅
In what type of circulation does the blood flow between the heart and
lungs? - -pulmonary
✅✅
What is the pigment that absorbs ultraviolet light to tan the skin? -
-melanin
✅✅
Which muscle trait allows muscles to return to their original position? -
-elasticity
What is included in the appendicular skeleton? - ✅✅-The extremities
✅✅
Which muscle trait is the ability to be stretched and lengthened? -
-Extensibility
✅✅
Which layer of the heart contains a lubricating fluid that reduces friction
as the heart beats? - -Pericardium
All med terms have prefixes - ✅✅-false
What type of gland is the pancreas? - ✅✅-Exocrine
✅✅
What is the term for the ability of muscles to be slightly contracted at all
times to be ready to act? - -Muscle Tone
Which of these word roots indicates blood? - ✅✅-Hemat
What is the name of the male gonads? - ✅✅-Testes
What does the prefix super- refer to? - ✅✅-Over or above
What occurs in the capillaries of the alveoli? - ✅✅-Oxygen and carbon
dioxide are exchanged
✅✅
Which of these conditions is the collapse of part or all of a lung? -
-Atelectasis
✅✅-Cutting
What does the suffix -tomy refer to? -
How many chambers are in the heart? - ✅✅-4
✅✅
Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? -
-Produces blood cells
What is the name of the bone for the lower jaw? - ✅✅-Mandible
, ✅✅
What is the slow, wavelike contraction that moves food through the
digestive system? - -Peristalsis
✅✅-neo-
Which of these prefixes indicates new? -
What part of long bones stores bone marrow? - ✅✅-Medullary Canal
✅✅
In which type of diabetes does the pancreas produce some insulin, but
not enough of it? - -Type 2
What type of tumor is called cancer? - ✅✅-malignant
✅✅-true
Iodine is important for the thyroid gland to function properly. -
How many regions can the abdominal region be divided into? - ✅✅-9
and 4
✅✅
What is the benefit of the scrotum being located outside of the body? -
-it maintains a lower temp for sperm development
Which of the following is NOT true of medical terms? - ✅✅-med terms
must be built from common word parts
✅✅
What is the name of the cells that are used for vision in the dark or dim
light? - -rods
✅✅
What is the name of the bacteria that live in the large intestine and help
to form feces out of the waste material? - -e-coli
✅✅
In what type of circulation does the blood flow between the heart and
lungs? - -pulmonary
✅✅
What is the pigment that absorbs ultraviolet light to tan the skin? -
-melanin
✅✅
Which muscle trait allows muscles to return to their original position? -
-elasticity
