SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Scribeamerica Medical Terminology
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
medical-transcription
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. Low potassium - concerning for heart arrhythmias
Diploplia
Hypokalemia
Auscultation
Tearful
2. Uvula in normal position (not shifted)
Hypoglycemia
Uvula midline
Febrile
Moves all extremities (MAEx4)
3. The state of crying - or being about to cry
Paroxysmal
Occipital/Occiput
Tearful
Strength 5/5
4. Appearing stable and at no risk of deterioration
Inconsolable
Sinusitis
Non-toxic
Palpable
5. Bruising behind the ears - indicative of a basilar skull fracture
Thyromegaly
Ataxia
Battles sign
Uncooperative
6. Whooshing blood flow heard with auscultation (carotid narrowing or plaque)
Ill
Carotid bruit
Otalgia
Malaise
7. Gone - no longer existing
Pharyngeal erythema
Labyrinthitis
Resolved
Pericarditis
8. Abnormal heart sound rated on 1-6 scale
Cornea
TM dullness
Conjunctival exudate
Murmur
9. Elevated body temperature - fever - indicative of infection
Febrile
Flouresceine uptake
Combative
Edentulous
10. Infection of the deep inner ear - known as the labyrinth. Often causes vertigo
Ophthalmalgia
Intermittent
Labyrinthitis
Nystagmus
11. Generalized discomfort or weakness
Malaise
Somnolent
Infarct
Lingual
12. Oriented to person - place - and time
Oriented x3
Saturday Night Palsy
Emaciated
Tachycardia
13. General appearance of lacking water; dry lips - dry mucosa
Distress
Elderly
Dehydrated
Sclera
14. Listening with the stethoscope
Ill
Syncope
Transient
Auscultation
15. Yellowing of the sclera due to jaundice
Pharyngeal erythema
Scleral icterus
Septal hematoma
Cerumen
16. Unequal diameter of pupils
Gallop
Aniscoria
Bell's Palsy
Sunken eyes
17. Looking around - awake - attentive
Post-ictal
Alert
Labyrinthitis
Acute
18. Referring to the tongue
Romberg's sign
Lingual
Trachea midline
Hyperglycemia
19. Small infected bump on the eyelid - usually in between the eyelash hairs
Hypotension
Perforated TM
Morbidly Obese
Stye/hordeolum
20. Rupture of the eardrum
Perforated TM
Tonsillar exudate
Lacrimal
Fluctuating
21. New exacerbation of a chronic condition
Os
Acute on chronic
Fundoscopic exam
Brudzinski
22. Poor self hygiene
Unkempt
Uncooperative
Vertigo
Sepsis
23. Extremely skinny - bony - malnourished
Cachectic
Tonsillar exudate
TM bulging
Auscultation
24. Tympanic membrane - the clear membrane inside the ear; ear drum
Fluorescein
Uncooperative
Babinski sign
TM
25. Resolving spontaneously after onset
Transient
Brudzinski
Sticky/tacky mucosa
Infarct
26. Redness of the TM - often indicative of infection
TM erythema
Tearful
Hypernatremia
Temporal
27. Absence of the ability to neurologically generate or understand language. Either inability to create words i.e. expressive aphasia; or inability to understand spoken words i.e. receptive aphasia)
Aphasic
Elderly
Papilledema
Cephalgia
28. Described as grating - scratching sound of the heart indicative of pericarditis
Dysarthria
Body habitus
Pronator drift
Friction rub
29. High blood pressure (typically >140/90)
Hypertension (HTN)
Dysarthria
Facial asymmetry
Polydipsia
30. When an infant or baby cannot be made to stop crying
Inconsolable
Pericarditis
Nasopharynx
Elderly
31. The breaking-open of a bodily structure
Flouresceine uptake
Rupture
Supple
Otalgia
32. The state of the patient's body - often referring to obesity
Auricle
Auscultation
Meningitis
Body habitus
33. ST elevation MI (diagnosed on EKG); active heart attack
Lacrimal
TEMI
Ill
Rupture
34. Unequal diameter of pupils
Decreased rectal tone
Aniscoria
Scleral icterus
Bell's Palsy
35. Teeth
Friction rub
Post-ictal
Uvula midline
Dentition
36. Transparent frontal aspect of the eye - covering both the iris and pupil
Cornea
Morbidly Obese
Hemiplegia
TM bulging
37. Ear ache
Secretion pooling
Hyperkalemia
Otalgia
Fundus of the eye
38. Falling to one side when standing with feet together and eyes closed - indicating abnormal cerebellar function or inner ear dysfunction
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
39. Long-standing - constant. Opposite of acute
Dysarthria
Stye/hordeolum
Chronic
Fluctuating
40. Gone - no longer existing
TM erythema
Resolved
Aniscoria
Tonic Clonic
41. Redness of the pharynx - indicating a throat infection
Pharyngeal erythema
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Dry mucosa
42. Anatomical feature of an infant's skull - the 'soft-spot'
Fontanel
Palpable
Sinusitis
Ill
43. Foul-smelling
Murmur
Lymphadenopathy
Decreased gag reflex
Malodorous
44. Able to be touched or easily perceived
Palpable
Acute on chronic
Myalgias
Supple
45. Collection of pus or fluid around the tonsil
Emaciated
Non-toxic
Peritonsillar abscess (PTA)
Moves all extremities (MAEx4)
46. Extremely thin and malnourished - wasting
Emaciated
Distress
Supple
Diploplia
47. The general appearance and nature of a patient
Constitutional
Diploplia
Otitis media
Aortic dissection
48. The most posterior part of the skull - the back of the head
Flouresceine uptake
Occipital/Occiput
Hypertension (HTN)
Adenopathy
49. Mouth or orifice; example P.O. means Per Os or by mouth
Aniscoria
Hyperglycemia
Irregularly irregular
Os
50. Resolving spontaneously after onset
Decreased rectal tone
Transient
Occipital/Occiput
Periorbital ecchymosis