Medical Detectives Post Test Review

Respiration rate is

• how hard you breathe

• your heat rate

• how fast or slow you breathe

• the amount of blood in your body

This microorganism causes the common cold. It can only multiply when inside a human host. It is so small, it can’t be seen with microscopes you will use in school, and it has the ability to mutate or change.

What type of disease agent is this microorganism?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• This microorganism is not a disease agent.

A neurologist has information that leads her to suspect that a patient has a brain tumor.

What test should she order to confirm the diagnosis?

• A brain scan such as a CT scan or MRI

• A spinal tap to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

• Electromyography (EMG) tests

• Nerve conduction velocity tests

The chart lists the symptoms and transmission for Lyme Disease. How is Lyme Disease spread?

• Vector borne

• Foodborne

• Person-to-Person

• None of the above

A patient comes to you with complaints of muscle weakness, muscle spasms, and twitches in the left arm.

-During the exam you notice no problems with sensation, and the patient reports no loss of sensation, no pain, tingling, or numbness.

-All neurological tests were normal, except for the nerve conduction velocity tests and EMG results.

Given the choices below, which structure is the most likely location of the problem?

• Sensory neurons

• Motor neurons

• Brain

• Spinal cord

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

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• interneurons

• reflex arc neurons

The dependent variable is __________.

• changed by the person conducting the experiment

• is the response that happens when you change the independent variable.

• a measure of the persons health

The use of practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens.

• vital signs

• aseptic technique

• respiratory rate

• antibiotic

This microorganism causes strep throat. It can multiply without a host. It can be treated with antibiotics. It is so small, you would need to view it through a microscope at school.

What type of disease agent is this microorganism?

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Fungus

• The microorganism is not a disease agent

Another word for heartbeat is

• respiration

• pulse

• blood pressure

• blood