Quiz about Semester End - Medical Detectives

Question 1

What does the heart pump to the body along with blood?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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Germs

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Viruses

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Plaque

Question 2

Which is an example of 4 important vital signs we've learned about?

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respiration rate

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blood sugar

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glucose level

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blood level

Question 3

Javier's heart beats 15 times in 20 seconds. What is his beats per minute?

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45 bpm

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40 bpm

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30 bpm

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60 bpm

Question 4

The units for pulse are

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beats per minute

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inches

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mmHg

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heart rate

Question 5

Factors that affect body temperature

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All of the above

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Exercise

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Humidity

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Emotion

Question 6

Which is most often used to destroy bacteria?

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antibiotics

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fungus

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vitamin

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vaccine

Question 7

Why are viruses considered to be nonliving organisms?

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They are not able to reproduce without a host cell.

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They do not have genetic information.

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They are not able to move on their own.

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They do not interact with their environment.

Question 8

Normal blood pressure measures below

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120/80

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145/90

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130/90

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150/70

Question 9

Question 9.

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Brain Stem

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Frontal Lobe

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Cerebellum

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Occipital Lobe

Question 10

Question 10.

Accepted Answer

Cerebellum

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Brain Stem

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Occipital Lobe

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Temporal Lobe

Question 11

Which of the TWO nervous systems contains motor and sensory neurons?

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peripheral

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central nervous system

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motor

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sensory

Question 12

What two things are found in the central nervous system?

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brain/spinal cord

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spinal cord/motor neurons

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motor/sensory neurons

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only brain

Question 13

The nerves in your legs are part of the ____ nervous system.

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Peripheral

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Central

Question 14

Neurons that pass sensory information from the peripheral nervous system to the brain are called

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sensory neurons

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motor neurons

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interneurons

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reflex arc neurons

Question 15

If I step on a nail...what type of neurons take the response to my muscles?

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motor

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interneurons

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sensory

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not neurons, muscle tissue sends the response

Question 16

part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons

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dendrites

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axon

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myelin sheath

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synapse

Question 17

What contains the nucleus of the neuron?

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Cell Body

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Terminal Bouton

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Axon Hillock

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Myelin Sheath

Question 18

A nerve cell that is the basic working unit of the brain and nervous system which processes and transmits information

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neuron

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axon

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dendrite

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neurotransmitter

Question 19

What part of the brain monitors higher-order thinking, directs problem solving, and regulates the excesses of the emotional system?

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frontal lobe

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Amygdala

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brain stem

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cerebellum

Question 20

If you damaged your cerebellum, you would have difficulty with:

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balance

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forming sentences

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recognizing faces

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chewing

Question 21

Which of the following would an epidemiologist NOT study?

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low blood sugar

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food poisoning

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mental illness

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cancer

Question 22

The branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people is _____________.

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Epidemiology

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Cardiology

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Radiology

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Respirology

Question 23

Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test.  What is the dependent variable?

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how well they do on the math test

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How far they kick the soccer ball

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who the person is

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Type of soccer ball.

Question 24

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

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Independent

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Dependent

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Control

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Compound

Question 25

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted.

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control group

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experimental group

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data

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variables

Question 26

What is the last thing you should do for aseptic technique?

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wash your hands

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take off your gloves

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sterilize your workspace

Question 27

Before incubation the plate should be...

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Sealed with two pieces of tape

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Sealed completely with tape

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Sealed with four pieces of tape

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Doesn't need sealing

Question 28

How should agar plates be incubated

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Upside down

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Right side up

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Sideways

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All of the above

Question 29

The part of the neuron that receives messages from adjacent neurons

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dendrite

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axon

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axon terminal

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neuron

Question 30

Identify #2

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dendrite

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axon

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cell body

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myelin sheath

Question 31

Identify #3

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cell body

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axon

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dendrite

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myelin sheath

Question 32

Which is represented by the letter G?

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axon

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myelin sheath

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schwan cell

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terminal branches

Question 33

_____ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system

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Sensory

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Motor

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Inter

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Fun

Question 34

Which lobe allows us to judge the consequences of our behaviors?

Accepted Answer

Frontal

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Occipital

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Temporal

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Insula

Question 35

Which lobe allows us to process what we are hearing?

Accepted Answer

Temporal

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Frontal

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Parietal

Answer

Occipital

Question 36

Which lobe allows us to process what we are seeing?

Accepted Answer

Occipital

Answer

Parietal

Answer

Temporal

Answer

Insula

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