Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy

• Study of the form and structure of an organism.

• Study of the functions of the processes of living organisms

• Study of how disease occurs and the responses of living organisms.

Major organs of the integumentary system are:

• Hair, skin, sweat and salivary glands

• Hair, nails, skin, sweat and oil glands

• Hair, heart, spleen

• Hair, nails, skin, nerves

Pathophysiology is the study of how _____ occurs and how living organisms respond to it.

• Bleeding

• Physiology

• Disease

• Genetics

Acute

• An illness or injury characterized by rapid onset, severe symptoms and short duration.

• An illness or injury characterized by long duration and slow progression

• Having a weakening or fatiguing effect

Idiopathic

• A disease that has an unknown etiology

• Pertaining to a reaction between an antigen and an antibody

• A disorder that interferes with normal metabolism.

Select the major organs of the circulatory system

• Heart, blood, vessels, blood, kidneys

• Heart, blood vessels, blood, spleen

• Kidneys, brain, cardiac muscles

What condition results from an excess of tissue fluid?

• flatus

• edema

• arthritis

Which of the following is part of the respiratory system

• thyroid

• hypodermis

• bronchi

• uretha

The esophagus is located in which body system?

• cardiovascular

• digestive

• endocrine

• reproductive

Which of the following is part of the urinary system?

• Testes

• Urethra

• Lymph nodes

• Ovaries