Fundamentals

how would you describe a patient who is afebrileA) the patient has a feverB) the patient has hair loss symptoms C) the patient appears normalD) the patient has low blood pressure

C) the patient appears normal

What are antipyretics?A) medications used for sleepB) medications that reduce feverC) medications that lower blood pressureD) medications for the flu

B)medications that reduce fever

if a patient has bradycardia, how is their heart rateA) fastB) regularC) slowD) irregular

C) slow

what is a capnograph used forA) testing of blood pressureB) testing of metabolismC) testing of RBC'sD) testing of CO2

D) testing of CO2

Conduction is used for A) heat transferred off of a bodyB) direct contact heat transferC) indirect contact heat transferD) heat transferred through application

B) direct contact heat transfer

What is diaphoresis?A) sweatingB) coughingC) bleedingD) swelling

A) sweating

Eupnea can be described as.. A) unlabored breathing B) labored breathing C) fast breathingD) slow breathing

A) unlabored breathing

Another term for fever is A) ptosisB) straieC) eupneaD) febrile

D) febrile

hypoxemia is low levels of A) RBC'sB) blood pressureC) oxygenD) Pulse rate

C) Oxygen

Pulse pressure is A) Diastolic minus systolic B) Systolic minus diastolic

B) systolic minus diastolic

The term for hair loss/thinning is known as A) edemaB) alopeciaC) aphasiaD) dwelling

B) alopecia

The term for loss of ability of speech is known as A) AlopeciaB) AphasiaC) BruitD) Erythema

B) Aphasia

Edema is:A) wasted away skinB) redness of the skinC) sweating profusely D) swelling

D) swelling

Erythema is defined as?A) wasted away skinB) redness of the skinC) sweating profusely D) swelling

B) redness of the skin

What is the character of kyphosis A) sway backB) hunch backC) regular back D) sideways curvature of the back

B) hunchback

malignancy" means what?A) becomes better B) stays the sameC) a tumor in the bodyD) becomes progressively worse

D) becomes progressively worse

Olfaction is the sense of __________.A) smellB) taste C) hearingD) sight

A) smell

what is the condition where the upper eye lid droops A) jaundiceB) lordosisC) cyanosisD) ptosis

D) Ptosis

Cataplexy is A) sudden loss of sleepB) sudden loss of muscle toneC) sudden loss of sightD) sudden loss of breathing

B) Sudden loss of muscle tone

Insomnia is a disorder involvingA) sleeping to muchB) daytime drowsinessC) having to urinate while you're sleepingD) difficulty falling asleep

D) Difficulty falling asleep

Narcolespy is A) sleeping to muchB) daytime drowsinessC) having to urinate while you're sleepingD) difficulty falling asleep

B) Daytime drowsiness

Nocturia is A) sleeping to muchB) daytime drowsinessC) having to urinate while you're sleepingD) difficulty falling asleep

C) having to urinate while you're sleeping