SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Introduction To Health Sciences Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. That part of the nervous system that exerts control over the skeletal muscles and thereby over behaviour.
hyperopia
double-strand break
somatic nervous system
sievert
2. Intoxication so extreme that it leads to unconsciousness that can result in death.
ionic bonding
excretion
pathogens
alcoholic poisoning
3. The removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
traumatic injury
LASIK
biopsy
principal focal point
4. Often abbreviated to 'compound': a substance made up of two or more elements; it may be composed of molecules or ions.
lobule
chemical compound
wave-particle duality
synapse
5. A cancer that has the ability to spread or metastasise into healthy tissue. (also known as 'malignant' cancer)
nucleus
invasive cancer
placebo effect
affect
6. The build-up of levels of a chemical contaminant in the bodies of animals at successive levels in a food chain.
inflammation
optical power
adaptive characteristic
bioaccumulation
7. The standard scientific (SI) unit for measuring volume; it has the symbol l.
addiction
cast
cellular respiration
litre
8. Diseases in which the pathogen causing the disease lives part of its life cycle in water; e.g. cholera - cryptosporidiosis.
cast
water-borne infectious diseases
fetal alcohol syndrome
closed-angle glaucoma
9. The pressure exerted by a gas. It is the sum of the partial pressures of each individual gas in a mixture of gases - e.g. oxygen - carbon dioxide - nitrogen and other gases that make up the air in the lungs.
gas pressure
abstinence
autograft
age-related macular degeneration
10. The visual condition of long-sightedness in which images of nearby objects cannot be focused sharply.
colour deficiency
spirometry
low vision
hyperopia
11. The process whereby oxygen is taken up by cells and used in chemical reactions involving the oxidation of nutrient molecules (e.g. glucose) derived from food; these reactions release usable chemical energy for cellular processes. (CS 5 & 7)
calcium ions
cellular respiration
connective tissue
diastolic blood pressure
12. The process of breaking down foods in the body into the molecules needed to maintain life.
metabolism
hypoxia
pulmonary hypertension
vasopressin
13. A group of steroid hormones produced mainly by the ovaries (some are also produced by fat deposits in the body) - which are responsible for promoting the development and maintenance of female sexual characteristics.
oestrogens
sputum
epidemic
expiration
14. Any one of numerous proteins in a mammalian cell that are part of the machinery that detects and repairs mistakes in DNA caused by errors during DNA copying - or by the effects of mutagens. They help to minimise the number of mutations - and when the
single bond
positive predictive value
DNA repair protein
wind-up
15. A sudden change in potential difference (voltage) across the cell membrane of neurons - consisting of an increase in the resting potential and a sudden return to the resting value. Transmitted along axons and constitute the principal 'language' of co
trauma
tolerance
nociceptive pain
action potential
16. The proportion of young - middle-aged and older people in a population. In developing countries - tends to be 'younger' than that of developed countries.
diarrhoeal diseases
catalyst
population age-structures
proportional mortality
17. An event that follows a particular behaviour and which strengthens the tendency to repeat that behaviour. For example - if relaxation follows drinking alcohol it would be said to reinforce the tendency to drink alcohol.
fulcrum
reward
disease risk factors
mutagen
18. A poisonous substance produced by a living organism - usually injurious to potential prey - predators or competitors.
trachea
negative feedback
additive primary colours
toxin
19. A sensory nerve cell or group of cells that responds to a chemical stimulus.
craving
blood pressure
chemoreceptor
residual volume
20. A brain region with an essential role in the storage and retrieval of memories.
developing countries
pulse oximetry
retina
hippocampus
21. A drug that widens the airways of the lungs and eases breathing by relaxing smooth muscle in the walls of bronchioles.
bronchodilator
scar
drainage angle
metastasis
22. A bean-shaped tissue packed with immune system cells found at intervals along the vessels of the lymphatic system. They filter potentially harmful substances and organisms (microbes) from body fluids that drain into the lymphatic system; the filtered
fibrosis
psychogenic stimuli
inflammation
lymph node
23. A process at an interface of two media in which the direction of light is deviated within the new medium.
refraction
epinephrine
lung function test
tissue
24. A small airway branching from a bronchus.
haemoglobin
subjective experience
chronic bronchitis
bronchiole
25. This condition occurs when the arteries supplying oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle become blocked by fatty deposits known as plaques - and areas of muscle die as a result.
atmospheric pressure
anti-inflammatory
coronary heart disease
prefrontal cortex
26. Positively charged particles found in the nucleus of atoms. In a neutral atom the number of these balances the number of negatively charged electrons surrounding the nucleus.
pH scale
equivalent dose
mammals
protons
27. An activity where the eye is constantly focused on objects nearby (e.g. reading).
media
nearwork activity
alcoholic liver disease
age-related macular degeneration
28. A type of cell that is found within the nervous system and Which is specialised to transmit and process information (colloquially referred to as 'nerve cell').
ecotoxicology
absorbed dose
excitatory synapse
neuron
29. Inflammation with a rapid onset - severe symptoms and short duration.
chronic pain
developing countries
physiology
acute inflammation
30. Optimal corrected visual acuity worse than 6/18 - i.e. wearing optimal correcting lenses - the individual can distinguish letters on a test chart at 6 metres that a person with normal vision could read at 18 metres
diabetic retinopathy
low vision
choroid
psychobiological approach
31. Pain that arises from tissue damage in one part of the body - but Which is felt to be arising in a different part of the body. It is said to be 'referred to' a part that is not damaged.
phagocyte
referred pain
erythrocyte
epidemiology
32. A cancerous tumour arising in epithelial tissue that has the ability to metastasise (spread) to other parts of the body.
closed-angle glaucoma
carcinoma
myofibre
wavelength
33. An intense conscious occupation with thoughts of the object of an addiction.
gate theory
microcalcifications
craving
developing countries
34. An atom of hydrogen and an atom of oxygen bonded together - Which is bonded to an organic molecule; can form hydrogen bonds with other polar molecules.
low vision
hydroxyl group
peripheral nervous system
multifactorial disease
35. The process by which collagen is produced by fibroblasts following tissue damage - often resulting in scar formation.
bar chart
collagen
agriculture
fibrosis
36. Substances in which an interaction or reaction occurs - or in which an event takes place - or chemicals or objects are transported or supported - e.g. a medium through which a wave is transmitted in the refraction of light.
intensity
alcohol myopia
media
respiration
37. Drinking to get drunk rather than just for pleasure.
sensory neuron
binge drinking
invasive cancer
central nervous system
38. Tissues that are like tendons in terms of structure but connect bones to each other (rather than bones to muscles).
obesity
ligaments
vasopressin
acute condition
39. Microbes living in and around us - most of which are harmless or beneficial but some of which can cause disease.
high-risk screening
oestrogens
stress response
bacteria
40. The outer layer of the brain - also known as the 'cerebral cortex'. (
cortex
fetal alcohol syndrome
SAFE
image
41. The level of intensity of stimulation of a neuron at which it first shows activity. The term is used particularly in the context of sensory neurons.
threshold of excitation
protons
lens
immunodeficiency
42. An uncharged particle in the nucleus of an atom.(
neutron
ionisation
cataract
neurogenic pain
43. A synapse at which the release of neurotransmitter from a presynaptic neuron has an excitatory effect on a postsynaptic cell - e.g. it excites further action potentials in a second cell.
urbanisation
electronegative
excitatory synapse
allograft
44. One of the two main branches of the windpipe or trachea - leading to the lungs.
toxicology
extracellular matrix
acute condition
bronchus
45. Insufficient levels of oxygen in the blood or tissue.
gene
hypoxia
open angle glaucoma
blood-alcohol concentration
46. A therapeutic technique where low-level stimulation is given to the skin and which has the effect of reducing pain (abbreviated to TENS).
psychological trauma
physiology
fibrosis
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
47. A graft where the donor tissue comes from the same person (as opposed to an allograft where it comes from another person).
malignant cancer
autograft
population age-structures
withdrawal symptoms
48. A subdivision of a rounded mass of tissue. For example - in the breast - this is used to describe an individual branched subsection of the mammary gland.
lobule
stem cells
tolerance
collagen
49. Visual defects caused by imperfections in the cornea and/or lens of the eye.
forced vital capacity
electromagnetic radiation
refractive errors
bronchus
50. The tissue that forms following healing - Which is not the same in structure as the original tissue.
presbyopia
scar
levers
postsynaptic neuron