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Quiz about Medical Terminology
Quiz about Medical Terminology

10 Tough Questions about Medical Terminology


This is a short quiz about medical terminology. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by jaredrrt. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
jaredrrt
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
109,188
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What disease is known to cause total loss of hair on all parts of the body? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What does febrile mean? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which of these is not a part of the knee joint? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the material that forms in the intestines of a fetus and becomes the first stools of a newborn called? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. An oriental sore, a form of Leishmaniasis, is a dermatologic disease transferred to humans by a bite from which of the following organisms? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of these cells are not a part of the blood? Hint


Question 7 of 10
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? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which is not a part of the small intestine? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which bronchopulmonary segments are in the left lung, but not the right? Hint


Question 10 of 10
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)? Hint



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1. What disease is known to cause total loss of hair on all parts of the body?

Answer: Alopecia universalis

Alopecia totalis is the loss of all hair on the scalp, Alopecia areata creates only bald patches on the scalp, and baldness is, of course, the general term of no hair on the scalp.
2. What does febrile mean?

Answer: An elevated body temperature

Latin for Febris, or fever.
3. Which of these is not a part of the knee joint?

Answer: Costal cartilage

The Costal cartilage is a part of the ribcage.
4. What is the material that forms in the intestines of a fetus and becomes the first stools of a newborn called?

Answer: Meconium

Flatus is gas, Psammoma is a neoplasm, Allopurinol is a drug.
5. An oriental sore, a form of Leishmaniasis, is a dermatologic disease transferred to humans by a bite from which of the following organisms?

Answer: Sand fly

The oriental sore occurs primarily in Africa, Asia, and some Medierranean countries.
6. Which of these cells are not a part of the blood?

Answer: Promeleocyte

The promeloeocyte is a part of the bone marrow.
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?

Answer: Methalcholine

Acetylcysteine is a mucolytic, Albuterol is a bronchodilator, and Metaproterenol is a less commonly used bronchodilator.
8. Which is not a part of the small intestine?

Answer: Caecum

The Caecum is the where the ileum dumps (the terminal portion of the small intestine) into the large intestine. It is also where the appendix is located.
9. Which bronchopulmonary segments are in the left lung, but not the right?

Answer: Lingula

The left lung has the lingular area, the right has the middle lobe, one of the three lobes of the right lung. The other two lobes of the right lung are the upper and lower lobes. The left only has 2 lobes, the upper and lower.
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)?

Answer: Staphylococcus aureus

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae are gram-negative.
Source: Author jaredrrt

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