Q3 Exam

What is a small pouch or sac found in the lining or wall of a tubular organ, such as the colon?

• diverticulum

• diverticulosis

• strangulated hernia

• diverticulitis

Which of the following is an objective statement?

• I have a headache.

• The patient’s heart rate is elevated at 120 beats per minute.

• Mrs. Smith says her mouth feels dry.

• You don’t look well.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which method of scheduling is designed to keep a continuous flow of patients coming through the office?

• streaming

• walk in/open hours

• clustering

• wave

Following her three-day trip to a music festival, Ali Cheeves experiences a buzzing in both her ears. What is the term for this condition?

• vertigo

• tinnitus

• Ménière’s disease

• labyrinthitis

Which health care practitioner designs, fits, and dispenses lenses for vision correction?

• ophthalmologist

• optometrist

• optician

• audiologist

Which condition causes conductive hearing loss?

• otosclerosis

• otalgia

• infectious myringitis

• otitis media

Which is the ring-like muscle at the base of the stomach that controls the flow of partially digested food from the stomach to the duodenum of the small intestine?

• ileocecal sphincter

• lower esophageal sphincter

• pyloric sphincter

• anus

Answer explanation

Which condition contains a word root that means eardrum?

• otitis media

• otalgia

• otosclerosis

• infectious myringitis

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which best describes vertigo?

• a ringing or buzzing in the ears

• a severe pain in the ear

• a sense of whirling or dizziness

• a bout of hearing loss

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The uvula is part of which structure?

• palate

• periodontium

• gingiva

• tongue