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.

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

Which condition contains a word root that means eardrum?

• otitis media
• otalgia
• otosclerosis
• infectious myringitis

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

The uvula is part of which structure?

• palate
• periodontium
• gingiva
• tongue