Medical Terminology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? Acetylcysteine Methylcholine Metaproterenol Albuterol

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

9. Which bronchopulmonary segments are in the left lung, but not the right? Apical Lingula Lateral basal 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)? Klebsiella pneumoniae Staphylococcus aureus Haemophilus influenzae Pseudomonas aeruginosa,