MEAS 242 Final Exam (Answered) Complete Solution
People who have had blistering sunburns at a young age are at greatest risk to develop:
melanoma
Examples of preventive treatments include all of the following EXCEPT:
physical therapy
(they include the hem occult stool test, blood pressure scre...
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MEAS 242 Final Exam (Answered)
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People who have had blistering sunburns at a young age are at greatest risk to
develop:
melanoma
Examples of preventive treatments include all of the following EXCEPT:
physical therapy
(they include the hem occult stool test, blood pressure screening, and breast
mammograms)
Congenital means:
born with
An example of triage, in general, is giving priority care to a patient who:
complains of crushing, radiating chest pain.
Nutrition administered through the enteral route includes which of the following
methods?
gastrostomy
An example of an acute illness is:
a sore throat
Leukemias and lymphomas are cancers of the:
lymphatic tissue and blood-forming organs.
All of the following neoplasms are malignant except:
lipoma
An example of a congenital disease or disorder is:
both cerebral palsy and Down syndrome
Cachexia describes:
an ill, thin individual.
What two types of cancer have a higher incidence in some families?
colon and breast
The herpes simplex virus has been closely connected to cancer of the:
cervix
The most definitive test used to diagnose a tumor is a:
biopsy
Estrogen is used to treat:
prostate cancer
All leukemias and lymphomas are malignant.
true
Neoplasm is defined as:
new growth
homeostasis
state of sameness that the body strives to maintain
etiology
cause
idiopathic
unknown cause
,predisposing
risk factors
prognosis
outcome
pathogen
bacteria
Nosocomial
Disease acquired from hospital environment
iatrogenic
problem that arose is related to the prescribed treatment
prevalent
occurs more frequently
Once the heart quits functioning, the person is considered brain dead.
false
Tissue can be inflamed but not infected.
true
Obesity has no effect on an individual's life span.
false
Immunodeficiency is the immune response of the body being unable to defend
itself due to a decrease or absence of leukocytes, primarily lymphocytes.
true
Pathologic fractures occur if the tumor has invaded the
bone
Chromosomal and genetic abnormalities are always incompatible with life.
false
The aging process is progressive and reversible.
false
Ultraviolet light rays of the sun or tanning lights have an increased risk of
causing the development of basal cell cancer.
true
Symptoms of inflammation include redness, pain, swelling, and warm to the
touch.
true
When cancer has spread through the bloodstream, often the secondary cancer
site is discovered first.
true
An example of a hyperplasia is a skin callus on the foot.
true
Grading of tumors refers to the degree to which a tumor has spread.
false
Staging a tumor refers to the degree to which the tumor has spread.
true
Hormones may cause cancer but may also be used to treat it.
true
Dark-skinned people are at greatest risk of developing skin cancer.
false
, Damage related to smoking and tobacco use is limited to the lungs.
false
Cancer at the in situ stage cannot be avoided by surgical removal.
false
obesity
nutritional imbalance
motor vehicle accident
trauma
alleries
impaired immunity
pneumonia
inflammation/ infection
cystic fibrosis
heredity
cancer
hyperplasias/ neoplasms
Radiation is generally used to treat tumors that are not surgically accessible nor
operable.
true
Asthma is curable.
false
Food allergies are easily diagnosed.
false
Transfusions of blood from one person to another are a type of tissue transplant.
true
Transmission of HIV through blood transfusions is still a huge threat.
false
B lymphocytes are responsible for humoral immunity.
true
Joints are where two or more bones meet.
true
An example of a voluntary muscle is the cardiac muscle.
false
Tendons are long, fibrous, nonelastic connective tissue that attach muscle to
bone.
true
Muscle disorders are often evaluated by an electromyogram.
true
Females have more severe spinal curvatures when diagnosed with scoliosis.
true
Osteoporosis affects men more frequently than women.
false
Fosamax is a treatment to reverse osteoporosis.
false
The two groups of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
true
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