AAPC Chapter 2 Questions and Answers
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What is NOT a function of skin? ✔✔Acts as a gland by synthesizing vitamin A
Which layer is NOT considered part of the skin? ✔✔Hypodermis
What is true about the stratum g
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AAPC Chapter 2 Questions and Answers
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What is NOT a function of skin? ✔✔Acts as a gland by synthesizing vitamin A
Which layer is NOT considered part of the skin? ✔✔Hypodermis
What is true about the stratum germinativum? ✔✔It lies on top of the dermis and has access to a
rich supply of blood
What is the best way to describe psoriasis? ✔✔A chronic condition characterized by red, dry,
elevated lesions, covered by silvery scales
What is affected by myasthenia gravis? ✔✔Neuromuscular Junction
What bones have tronchanters? ✔✔femur (NOT the humerus or tibia)
What is the great toe called? ✔✔Hallux
Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs? ✔✔Pulmonary
Vein
How many lobes make up the right lung? ✔✔Three
What is a myocardial infarction? ✔✔Lack of oxygen to the heart tissue, resulting in tissue death.
Which system does NOT circulate fluids throughout the body? ✔✔Endocrine System
Which chamber of the heart is considered the hardest working? ✔✔Left Ventricle
Which of the following best describes constituent components of the human lymphatic system?
✔✔Lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels, spleen, thoracic duct
What distinguishes a sentinel node from other lymph nodes? ✔✔A sentinel node is the first
lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells
The mediastinum does not contain the (a) heart, b)lungs, c) trachea, or d) thymus): ✔✔Lungs
What is NOT true of the thoracic diaphragm? ✔✔It is a frequent site of a Spigelian (lateral
ventral) hernia
Upon leaving the stomach, nutrients move through the small intestine in what order?
✔✔Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
The structure of the male anatomy carrying sperm out of the epididymis is called ✔✔Vas
Deferens
What is the function of cowper's glands? ✔✔helps lubricate the urethra
What is endometriosis ✔✔When the endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus
If a woman has a Pap smear performed by her gynecologist, what part of the female anatomy is
involved? ✔✔cervix
The corpus luteum secretes progesterone. What is an effect of this secretion? ✔✔Thickens the
endometrium for implantation and is necessary to sustain pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is a complication in which the fertilized ovum is implanted in any tissue
other than the ___________. ✔✔Uterine wall
What is the vernix caseosa? ✔✔A white cheese like substance covering the fetus and newborn
What is a gland located on the superior surface of the kidney? ✔✔Adrenal Gland
What is a function of the thyroid gland? ✔✔It secretes hormones regulating body metabolism
and blood calcium.
Which part of the brain controls blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration? ✔✔Medulla
What condition results from an injury to the head? Symptoms include headache, dizziness, and
vomiting. ✔✔Concussion
What is true about the function of the cochlea? ✔✔It transmits sound only
A surgeon performs an escharotomy. This procedure is best described as: ✔✔Incision into a burn
in order to lessen its pull on surrounding tissue.
Where would a subungual hematoma be located? ✔✔under the toenail/fingernail
Impetigo is best described as: ✔✔A bacterial skin infection
A respiratory disease characterized by overexpansion and destruction of the alveoli is identified
as: ✔✔Emphysema
A thin membrane lining the chambers of the heart and valves is the: ✔✔endocardium
Splenorrhaphy is described as: ✔✔Suture of a wound of the spleen
A deficiency of cells in the blood is defined as: ✔✔cytopenia
The operative overlapping of tissue to repair a defect in the diaphragm is called: ✔✔Imbrication
Inflammation of the membrane lining the abdominal cavity and covering the abdominal organs is
called: ✔✔peritonitis
A medical treatment used to remove the waste products in the blood is: ✔✔hemodialysis
A patient is diagnosed with inflammation of the testis and epididymis. The medical term for this
condition is: ✔✔orchiepididymitis
What condition results from failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum? ✔✔cryptorchidism
Adrenomegaly is defined as: ✔✔Enlargement of the adrenal gland
What is a term that describes destruction of a nerve or nervous tissue? ✔✔Neurolysis
What is a term that describes shaking or involuntary movement? ✔✔Tremor
A meningioma is defined as: ✔✔Tumor of the meninges
What is the Rinne's test? ✔✔Test measuring hearing using bone conduction and air conduction.
The term for pain in the ear is: ✔✔Otalgia
Sialography is an x-ray of: ✔✔Salivary glands
The process of preserving cells or whole tissues at extremely low temperatures is known as:
✔✔Cryopreservation
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