Health Science III – Final Exam Review – Study Guide & Practice Questions
What is gross anatomy? Give an example. What is another name for gross anatomy? - correct
answer ✔✔Anatomy you can see with the naked eye; macroscopic anatomy; x-ray
What is difference between anatomy and physiology? - correct answer ✔✔Anatomy: study of
body structure; Physiology: how parts of the body work together
What is the abbreviation for red blood cells? - correct answer ✔✔RBCs
What is pathology? - correct answer ✔✔the study of disease
What is the mathematical system commonly used for anatomy and physiology? - correct answer
✔✔Metric System
What are the 4 basic vital signs? - correct answer ✔✔Blood pressure, Pulse, Respiration, Body
Temp.
What is homeostasis? - correct answer ✔✔equilibrium of the body
What is diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔identification of the problem/disease
What is the difference between positive and negative feedback loop? What is an example of
each? - correct answer ✔✔Negative: shut off production (ex: blood sugar too high) Positive:
produces more (contractions during labor)
What is tachycardia? - correct answer ✔✔resting heart rate is over 100 beats per minutes
, What is the prefix for above normal? - correct answer ✔✔hyper-
What is the suffix for tumor? - correct answer ✔✔-oma
What is the suffix for pain? - correct answer ✔✔-algia
What is the medical term and abbreviation for stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Cerebrovascular
Accident (CVA)
What is the body's first line of defense against infection? - correct answer ✔✔Skin
What is epidemiology? - correct answer ✔✔The study of where diseases are and how they
spread
What is the abbreviation used for twice a day? - correct answer ✔✔BID
What is a chief complaint? - correct answer ✔✔why the patient is seeking medical attention
When using medical terminology, the term hepatitis is defined as, what? Hepat = -itis = - correct
answer ✔✔Hepat = liver -itis = inflammation of
What is pathology? - correct answer ✔✔study of disease
What is a prognosis? - correct answer ✔✔The predicted outcome for the patient
What does a pathogenic microorganism do to the body? - correct answer ✔✔causes an
infection
What is gross anatomy? Give an example. What is another name for gross anatomy? - correct
answer ✔✔Anatomy you can see with the naked eye; macroscopic anatomy; x-ray
What is difference between anatomy and physiology? - correct answer ✔✔Anatomy: study of
body structure; Physiology: how parts of the body work together
What is the abbreviation for red blood cells? - correct answer ✔✔RBCs
What is pathology? - correct answer ✔✔the study of disease
What is the mathematical system commonly used for anatomy and physiology? - correct answer
✔✔Metric System
What are the 4 basic vital signs? - correct answer ✔✔Blood pressure, Pulse, Respiration, Body
Temp.
What is homeostasis? - correct answer ✔✔equilibrium of the body
What is diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔identification of the problem/disease
What is the difference between positive and negative feedback loop? What is an example of
each? - correct answer ✔✔Negative: shut off production (ex: blood sugar too high) Positive:
produces more (contractions during labor)
What is tachycardia? - correct answer ✔✔resting heart rate is over 100 beats per minutes
, What is the prefix for above normal? - correct answer ✔✔hyper-
What is the suffix for tumor? - correct answer ✔✔-oma
What is the suffix for pain? - correct answer ✔✔-algia
What is the medical term and abbreviation for stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Cerebrovascular
Accident (CVA)
What is the body's first line of defense against infection? - correct answer ✔✔Skin
What is epidemiology? - correct answer ✔✔The study of where diseases are and how they
spread
What is the abbreviation used for twice a day? - correct answer ✔✔BID
What is a chief complaint? - correct answer ✔✔why the patient is seeking medical attention
When using medical terminology, the term hepatitis is defined as, what? Hepat = -itis = - correct
answer ✔✔Hepat = liver -itis = inflammation of
What is pathology? - correct answer ✔✔study of disease
What is a prognosis? - correct answer ✔✔The predicted outcome for the patient
What does a pathogenic microorganism do to the body? - correct answer ✔✔causes an
infection
