Mid-Term Exam Worksheet Extraction

Which is the death of bone tissue caused by an insufficient blood supply?

• osteomyelitis

• osteomalacia

• avascular necrosis

• osteitis

What is the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together?

• embolus

• hallux valgus

• trismus

• crepitus

Which condition is caused by greater-than-normal amounts of bilirubin in the blood?

• ascites

• cirrhosis

• hepatitis

• jaundice

Which is the invasion of the body by a disease-producing organism?

• infection

• inflammation

• laceration

• lesion

Which altered heart rate is abnormally slow?

• bradycardia

• palpitation

• tachycardia

• ventricular fibrillation

Which condition describes a lower than normal number of erythrocytes in the blood?

• anemia

• blood dyscrasia

• hemorrhage

• sepsis

Which term means an abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth?

• communicable disease

• congenital disorder

• genetic disorder

• infectious

What is the medical term for any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes?

• lymphadenitis

• lymphedema

• lymphadenopathy

• lymphoma

Which refers to an accumulation of air or gas in the pleural space that causes the lung to collapse?

• hemothorax

• empyema

• pneumothorax

• pyothorax

Which is an excessive discharge of mucus from the bronchi?

• bronchodilator

• bronchospasm

• bronchoscopy

• bronchorrhea