Medical Terminology

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What disease is known to cause total loss of hair on all parts of the body? baldness Alopecia totalis Alopecia universalis Alopecia areata

2. What does febrile mean? A low body temperature An elevated body temperature A normal body temperature A fluctuating body temperature

3. Which of these is not a part of the knee joint? Posterior cruciate ligament Lateral condyle of femur Costal cartilage Fibular collateral ligament

4. What is the material that forms in the intestines of a fetus and becomes the first stools of a newborn called? Allopurinol Flatus Meconium Psammoma

5. An oriental sore, a form of Leishmaniasis, is a dermatologic disease transferred to humans by a bite from which of the following organisms? Leach Sand fly Tick Mosquito

6. Which of these cells are not a part of the blood? Basophil Promeleocyte Monocyte Erythrocyte

7. Which medication is given to patients taking a pulmonary function test to provocate the bronchial walls of the airway, or more simply put, to stimulate an asthma attack? Methylcholine Metaproterenol Acetylcysteine Albuterol

8. Which is not a part of the small intestine? Ileum Caecum Jejunum Duodenum

9. Which bronchopulmonary segments are in the left lung, but not the right? Lingula Lateral basal Apical Superior

10. Which of these bacterial species is identified as Gram-Positive (Gram staining is a method of identifying and classifying bacteria developed by Hans C.J. Gram)? Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae Staphylococcus aureus Haemophilus influenzae