AST BONUS SCIENCE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATE 2024/2025 ALL ANSWERS
CORRECT VERIFIED A+
A. Striated - CORRECT ANSWERS Which term refers to voluntary skeletal muscle?
A. Striated
B. Cardiac
C. Visceral
D. Smooth
B. Fixation, to put in place - CORRECT ANSWERS The suffix "-pexy" means:
A. Rule, order
B. Fixation, to put in place
C. Eat, swallow
D. Attraction for
A. Axon - CORRECT ANSWERS Which part of the neuron conducts impulses away from the cell body?
A. Axon
B. Dendrite
C. Soma
D. Ganglion
A. False - CORRECT ANSWERS The prefix "pseudo-" means:
A. False
B. Again
C. Under
,D. With
A. Dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWERS Disruption of previously sutured tissue layers is:
A. Dehiscence
B. Sinus tract
C. Prolapse
D. Fistula
D. Phimosis - CORRECT ANSWERS What is the name of the condition when the foreskin of the penis
cannot be retracted to normal position?
A. Epispadias
B. Hydrocele
C. Cryptorchidism
D. Phimosis
A. Rod-shaped - CORRECT ANSWERS What shape are bacilli?
A. Rod-shaped
B. Round
C. Curved
D. Spiral
A. EEA - CORRECT ANSWERS What type of stapling device is used to perform low anterior
anastomosis?
A. EEA
B. GIA
C. TA
D. LDS
B. Sympathetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible
for the "fight or flight" response?
A. Visceral
,B. Sympathetic
C. Parasympathetic
D. Somatic
D. Arthrocentesis - CORRECT ANSWERS Surgical puncture of the joint space with a synovial fluid
drainage is called:
A. Arthroscopy
B. Arthroplasty
C. Arthography
D. Arthocentesis
D. Acromegaly - CORRECT ANSWERS Excessive secretion of growth hormones in adults causes:
A. Hepatomegaly
B. Pituitary dwarfism
C. Splenomegaly
D. Acromegaly
D. Ovary - CORRECT ANSWERS Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of the:
A. Fallopian tube
B. Corpus luteum
C. Uterus
D. Ovary
B. Fomite - CORRECT ANSWERS An inanimate object upon which pathogens may be conveyed is
referred to as a:
A. Bioburden
B. Fomite
C. Flora
D. Vector
, D. Estrogen - CORRECT ANSWERS The hormone responsible for the development and maintenance of
the female secondary sex characteristic is:
A. Progesterone
B. Inhibin
C. Prolactin
D. Estrogen
C. Trapezius - CORRECT ANSWERS Which of the following muscles is not a component of the rotator
cuff of the shoulder?
A. Infraspinatus
B. Subscapularis
C. Trapezius
D. Supraspinatus
A. Antigen - CORRECT ANSWERS A foreign substance that stimulates the production of antibodies is
a/an:
A. Antigen
B. Androgen
C. Endotoxin
D. Exotoxin
C. Breakdown, destruction - CORRECT ANSWERS The suffix "-lysis" means:
A. Tumor, mass
B. Softening
C. Breakdown, destruction
D. Enlargement
D. Contrast media - CORRECT ANSWERS Diatrizoate megulmine (Hypaque or Renografin) or
lothalamute meglumine (Conray) are examples of:
ANSWERS UPDATE 2024/2025 ALL ANSWERS
CORRECT VERIFIED A+
A. Striated - CORRECT ANSWERS Which term refers to voluntary skeletal muscle?
A. Striated
B. Cardiac
C. Visceral
D. Smooth
B. Fixation, to put in place - CORRECT ANSWERS The suffix "-pexy" means:
A. Rule, order
B. Fixation, to put in place
C. Eat, swallow
D. Attraction for
A. Axon - CORRECT ANSWERS Which part of the neuron conducts impulses away from the cell body?
A. Axon
B. Dendrite
C. Soma
D. Ganglion
A. False - CORRECT ANSWERS The prefix "pseudo-" means:
A. False
B. Again
C. Under
,D. With
A. Dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWERS Disruption of previously sutured tissue layers is:
A. Dehiscence
B. Sinus tract
C. Prolapse
D. Fistula
D. Phimosis - CORRECT ANSWERS What is the name of the condition when the foreskin of the penis
cannot be retracted to normal position?
A. Epispadias
B. Hydrocele
C. Cryptorchidism
D. Phimosis
A. Rod-shaped - CORRECT ANSWERS What shape are bacilli?
A. Rod-shaped
B. Round
C. Curved
D. Spiral
A. EEA - CORRECT ANSWERS What type of stapling device is used to perform low anterior
anastomosis?
A. EEA
B. GIA
C. TA
D. LDS
B. Sympathetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible
for the "fight or flight" response?
A. Visceral
,B. Sympathetic
C. Parasympathetic
D. Somatic
D. Arthrocentesis - CORRECT ANSWERS Surgical puncture of the joint space with a synovial fluid
drainage is called:
A. Arthroscopy
B. Arthroplasty
C. Arthography
D. Arthocentesis
D. Acromegaly - CORRECT ANSWERS Excessive secretion of growth hormones in adults causes:
A. Hepatomegaly
B. Pituitary dwarfism
C. Splenomegaly
D. Acromegaly
D. Ovary - CORRECT ANSWERS Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of the:
A. Fallopian tube
B. Corpus luteum
C. Uterus
D. Ovary
B. Fomite - CORRECT ANSWERS An inanimate object upon which pathogens may be conveyed is
referred to as a:
A. Bioburden
B. Fomite
C. Flora
D. Vector
, D. Estrogen - CORRECT ANSWERS The hormone responsible for the development and maintenance of
the female secondary sex characteristic is:
A. Progesterone
B. Inhibin
C. Prolactin
D. Estrogen
C. Trapezius - CORRECT ANSWERS Which of the following muscles is not a component of the rotator
cuff of the shoulder?
A. Infraspinatus
B. Subscapularis
C. Trapezius
D. Supraspinatus
A. Antigen - CORRECT ANSWERS A foreign substance that stimulates the production of antibodies is
a/an:
A. Antigen
B. Androgen
C. Endotoxin
D. Exotoxin
C. Breakdown, destruction - CORRECT ANSWERS The suffix "-lysis" means:
A. Tumor, mass
B. Softening
C. Breakdown, destruction
D. Enlargement
D. Contrast media - CORRECT ANSWERS Diatrizoate megulmine (Hypaque or Renografin) or
lothalamute meglumine (Conray) are examples of:
