09 Apr If you try to talk or take a breath while eating it causes the epiglottis to open, so food can accidentally enter the trachea causing you to choke.
MED100 Medical Terminology, Law and Ethics
Week 2 Live Lecture Quiz
Question 1If you try to talk or take a breath while eating it causes the epiglottis to open, so food can accidentally enter the trachea causing you to choke. The medical term for choking is which of the following?
foreign body airway obstruction
foreign body nasal obstruction
foreign body airway inclusion
foreign body airway effusion
Question 2Roots can have different meanings by simply changing a single letter. Be very careful when determining which word to use. For example sarc/o means ______.
sacrum
flesh
cleave
tube
Question 3You have been working as a medical assistant in an gynecology and obstetrics practice and are completing an intake on a new patient. The patient states that she has had pain in her lower abdomen and g. How would you document the location of her pain?
pelvic
thoracic
rectum
anus
Question 4You have been working as a medical assistant in an urgent care clinic and you are performing an intake on a patient who shares that she is dizzy and has had coordination disturbances. Which system is most likely impacted?
gastrointestinal
nervous
urogenital
circulatory