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12/9/25 Medical terminology practice questions

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part of the cardiovascular system is responsible for carrying blood back to the heart?

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capillaries

d)

Lymph nodes

2.

What is the term used to describe abnormally low blood pressure?

a)

Hypertension

b)

Hypotension

c)

Arrhythmia

d)

Tachycardia

3.

What is the role of lymph nodes in the lymphatic system?

a)

To produce red blood cells

b)

To filter harmful substances and fight infections

c)

To transport oxygen to tissues

d)

To regulate blood pressure

4.

Which respiratory condition is characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways?

a)

Asthma

b)

Bronchitis

c)

Pneumonia

d)

Tuberculosis

5.

What is the medical term for the procedure used to remove fluid from the pleural space in the lungs?

a)

Thoracentesis

b)

Bronchoscopy

c)

Tracheotomy

d)

Endoscopy

6.

What is the primary function of the pharynx in the digestive system?

a)

To produce digestive enzymes

b)

To act as a swallowing safeguard

c)

To absorb nutrients

d)

To store bile

7.

What does the integumentary system include?

a)

The skin

b)

The brain

c)

The spinal cord

d)

The urinary system

8.

What is the scientific name for the human windpipe?

a)

Trachea

b)

Medulla Oblongata

c)

Adam's Apple

d)

Aorta

9.

When you breathe in air, you inhale oxygen into your lungs and exhale ____.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon monoxide

10.

Your lungs are part of which body system?

a)

circulatory

b)

respiratory

c)

digestive

d)

muscular

11.

What are the tiny air sacs at the end of the Bronchioles, that transfer oxygen into the blood stream?

a)

Trachea

b)

Bronchi

c)

Alveoli

d)

Larynx

12.

The air I breathe in goes down my trachea to my ______?

a)

Heart

b)

Lungs

c)

Brain

d)

Stomach

13.
This is humpback; abnormal outward curvature of thoracic spine.
a)
lordosis
b)
kyphosis
c)
scoliosis
d)
myosis
14.
This is humpback; abnormal outward curvature of thoracic spine.
a)
lordosis
b)
kyphosis
c)
scoliosis
d)
myosis
15.
This is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
a)
lordosis
b)
kyphosis
c)
scoliosis
d)
myosis
16.
This is the kneecap. 
a)
malleolus
b)
olecranon
c)
scapula
d)
patella
17.
Fibrous tissue that attaches bone to bone
a)
tendon
b)
meniscus
c)
cartilage
d)
ligament
18.

A fast pulse is also called...

a)

tachycardia

b)

tachypnea

c)

bradycardia

d)

bradypnea

19.

You check a babies pulse in the ______ artery.

a)

radial

b)

carotid

c)

brachial

d)

femoral

20.

Normal respirations are .....

a)

12-20 per minute

b)

10-25 per minute

c)

11-22 per minute

d)

5-30 per minute

21.

A pulse site at the neck

a)

carotid

b)

temporal

c)

popliteal

d)

femoral

22.

Which of the following is the normal range for pulse?

a)

60-100

b)

80-100

c)

12-20

d)

60-80

23.

What is the normal range for SpO2?

a)

90%-100%

b)

100%-110%

c)

95%-100%

d)

80%-100%

24.

What are the four main vital signs?

a)

Temperature, pulse, size of pupils, and respirations

b)

Temperature, pain, pulse, and blood pressure

c)

Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure

d)

Consciousness, temperature, pulse, and respirations

25.

Slow breathing...

a)

bradypnea

b)

dyspnea

c)

tachypnea

d)

bradycardia

26.

Difficult or labored breathing

a)

Dyspnea

b)

Dysphagia

c)

Tachypnea

d)

Hypothermia

27.

What prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract?

a)

semilunar valves

b)

sinoatrial node

c)

atrioventricular node

d)

tricuspid and bicuspid valves

28.

This chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

a)

right atrium

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atrium

d)

left ventricle

29.

The upper chambers of the heart are called:

a)

atria

b)

septa

c)

ventricles

d)

tubercles

30.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Aorta
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle