Question 1

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-L1-L5

Accepted Answer

A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet 
A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet

Question 2

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-Cx

Accepted Answer

A) Study of women and women's diseases 
B) Removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries 
C) Removal of infant from uterus via abdominal incision 
D) Widening and scraping of the uterus 
E) Salpingitis
F)Premature termination of pregnancy
G)Contraceptive device
H)Lower portion of the uterus
I)Abnormal uterine bleeding
J)Examination of cells from the cervix and vagina 
A) Study of women and women's diseases 
B) Removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries 
C) Removal of infant from uterus via abdominal incision 
D) Widening and scraping of the uterus 
E) Salpingitis
F)Premature termination of pregnancy
G)Contraceptive device
H)Lower portion of the uterus
I)Abnormal uterine bleeding
J)Examination of cells from the cervix and vagina

Question 3

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-GH

Accepted Answer

A) Test to measure sugar in the blood after fasting 
B) Pituitary hormone that influences the kidney to hold water in the body 
C) Pituitary hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce egg cells 
D) Thyroxine 
E) Pituitary hormone that stimulates joints and bones
F)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex
G)Test that measures hormone levels in blood
H)Type 1 and type 2 are forms of this disease
I)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland
J)Test of thyroid function 
A) Test to measure sugar in the blood after fasting 
B) Pituitary hormone that influences the kidney to hold water in the body 
C) Pituitary hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce egg cells 
D) Thyroxine 
E) Pituitary hormone that stimulates joints and bones
F)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex
G)Test that measures hormone levels in blood
H)Type 1 and type 2 are forms of this disease
I)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland
J)Test of thyroid function

Question 4

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-Ca

Accepted Answer

A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet 
A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet

Question 5

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations
-Greenlight PVP
A)Blood test to detect prostate cancer
B)Resection of the prostate gland
C)Pertaining to the reproductive organs and urinary tract
V)Nonmalignant growth of prostate gland tissue
E)Technique that uses a laser to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
F)Ultrasound imaging of the prostate gland
G)Examination of the prostate gland through the rectum
H)Syphilis or gonorrhea

Accepted Answer

The answer of Select the correct description for each of...

Question 6

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-EENT

Accepted Answer

A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium 
A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium

Question 7

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-ESWL

Accepted Answer

A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium 
A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium

Question 8

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-PPD

Accepted Answer

A) Clarity of vision 
B) Right ear 
C) Placed in the eardrum to equalize pressure 
D) Eyes, ears, nose, and throat 
E) Left ear
F)Skin test for tuberculosis
G)Evaluation of pupils of the eyes
H)Right eye
I)Study of the skin
J)The area that the eye is able to see 
A) Clarity of vision 
B) Right ear 
C) Placed in the eardrum to equalize pressure 
D) Eyes, ears, nose, and throat 
E) Left ear
F)Skin test for tuberculosis
G)Evaluation of pupils of the eyes
H)Right eye
I)Study of the skin
J)The area that the eye is able to see

Question 9

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-DM

Accepted Answer

A) Test to measure sugar in the blood after fasting 
B) Pituitary hormone that influences the kidney to hold water in the body 
C) Pituitary hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce egg cells 
D) Thyroxine 
E) Pituitary hormone that stimulates joints and bones
F)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex
G)Test that measures hormone levels in blood
H)Type 1 and type 2 are forms of this disease
I)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland
J)Test of thyroid function 
A) Test to measure sugar in the blood after fasting 
B) Pituitary hormone that influences the kidney to hold water in the body 
C) Pituitary hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce egg cells 
D) Thyroxine 
E) Pituitary hormone that stimulates joints and bones
F)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex
G)Test that measures hormone levels in blood
H)Type 1 and type 2 are forms of this disease
I)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland
J)Test of thyroid function

Question 10

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations
-BE

Accepted Answer

A) Stomach and intestines 
B) Organ below the liver; stores bile 
C) Intravenous feeding 
D) Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis 
E) Placement of a tube from the nose into the stomach
F)X-ray examination of the bile ducts
G)X-ray examination of the colon
H)Bilirubin, AST, ALT determination; tests of liver function
I)Visual examination of the esophagus
J)Reflux esophagitis 
A) Stomach and intestines 
B) Organ below the liver; stores bile 
C) Intravenous feeding 
D) Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis 
E) Placement of a tube from the nose into the stomach
F)X-ray examination of the bile ducts
G)X-ray examination of the colon
H)Bilirubin, AST, ALT determination; tests of liver function
I)Visual examination of the esophagus
J)Reflux esophagitis

Question 11

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-ACL

Accepted Answer

A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet 
A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet

Question 12

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-Cysto

Accepted Answer

A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium 
A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium

Question 13

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations
-ROM
A)Blood test to detect prostate cancer
B)Resection of the prostate gland
C)Pertaining to the reproductive organs and urinary tract
V)Nonmalignant growth of prostate gland tissue
E)Technique that uses a laser to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
F)Ultrasound imaging of the prostate gland
G)Examination of the prostate gland through the rectum
H)Syphilis or gonorrhea

Accepted Answer

The answer of Select the correct description for each of...

Question 14

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-PE tube

Accepted Answer

A) Clarity of vision 
B) Right ear 
C) Placed in the eardrum to equalize pressure 
D) Eyes, ears, nose, and throat 
E) Left ear
F)Skin test for tuberculosis
G)Evaluation of pupils of the eyes
H)Right eye
I)Study of the skin
J)The area that the eye is able to see 
A) Clarity of vision 
B) Right ear 
C) Placed in the eardrum to equalize pressure 
D) Eyes, ears, nose, and throat 
E) Left ear
F)Skin test for tuberculosis
G)Evaluation of pupils of the eyes
H)Right eye
I)Study of the skin
J)The area that the eye is able to see

Question 15

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-MAC

Accepted Answer

A) Virus that causes AIDS 
B) Malignant tumor associated with AIDS 
C) Combination of drugs used to treat AIDS 
D) Virus (herpes) causing blisters 
E) Protein that promotes white blood cell production
F)Type of glycoprotein that functions as an antibody
G)Group of pathogens that cause lung disease in patients with depressed immune systems
H)Test to detect antibodies to HIV
I)Type of lymphoma
J)Pneumonia associated with AIDS (an opportunistic infection) 
A) Virus that causes AIDS 
B) Malignant tumor associated with AIDS 
C) Combination of drugs used to treat AIDS 
D) Virus (herpes) causing blisters 
E) Protein that promotes white blood cell production
F)Type of glycoprotein that functions as an antibody
G)Group of pathogens that cause lung disease in patients with depressed immune systems
H)Test to detect antibodies to HIV
I)Type of lymphoma
J)Pneumonia associated with AIDS (an opportunistic infection)

Question 16

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations
-TRUS
A)Blood test to detect prostate cancer
B)Resection of the prostate gland
C)Pertaining to the reproductive organs and urinary tract
V)Nonmalignant growth of prostate gland tissue
E)Technique that uses a laser to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
F)Ultrasound imaging of the prostate gland
G)Examination of the prostate gland through the rectum
H)Syphilis or gonorrhea

Accepted Answer

The answer of Select the correct description for each of...

Question 17

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-KUP

Accepted Answer

A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium 
A) Visual examination of the urinary bladder 
B) Infection of the urinary tract 
C) Progressive loss of kidney function 
D) Sodium 
E) X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract
F)Analysis of urine
G)Blood test to indicate kidney disease
H)Destruction of stones using shock waves
I)Removal of waste materials from the blood using a machine
J)Potassium

Question 18

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-PVC

Accepted Answer

A) Implanted device used to stop a cardiac arrhythmia 
B) High blood pressure 
C) Angioplasty is an example 
D) Unstable angina and heart attack 
E) Treadmill test with radioactive tracer
F)Special unit to care for patients with heart problems
G)Heart is unable to pump required amount of blood
H)Congenital anomaly; hole in the wall of the heart
I)Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries
J)An arrhythmia; ventricle beats irregularly 
A) Implanted device used to stop a cardiac arrhythmia 
B) High blood pressure 
C) Angioplasty is an example 
D) Unstable angina and heart attack 
E) Treadmill test with radioactive tracer
F)Special unit to care for patients with heart problems
G)Heart is unable to pump required amount of blood
H)Congenital anomaly; hole in the wall of the heart
I)Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries
J)An arrhythmia; ventricle beats irregularly

Question 19

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-IUD

Accepted Answer

A) Study of women and women's diseases 
B) Removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries 
C) Removal of infant from uterus via abdominal incision 
D) Widening and scraping of the uterus 
E) Salpingitis
F)Premature termination of pregnancy
G)Contraceptive device
H)Lower portion of the uterus
I)Abnormal uterine bleeding
J)Examination of cells from the cervix and vagina 
A) Study of women and women's diseases 
B) Removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries 
C) Removal of infant from uterus via abdominal incision 
D) Widening and scraping of the uterus 
E) Salpingitis
F)Premature termination of pregnancy
G)Contraceptive device
H)Lower portion of the uterus
I)Abnormal uterine bleeding
J)Examination of cells from the cervix and vagina

Question 20

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-T1-T12

Accepted Answer

A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet 
A) Anti-inflammatory drug 
B) Lower back vertebrae 
C) Ligament in knee 
D) Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, and other organs 
E) Mineral in bones
F)Recording of electricity in muscle
G)Vertebrae in the region of the neck
H)Within a muscle
I)Compression of a nerve in the wrist
J)Area in which a limb can move
K)Vertebrae of the chest
L)Chronic disease of painful joints, especially involving the hands and feet

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -L1-L5

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Cx

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -GH

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Ca

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -EENT

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -ESWL

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PPD

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -DM

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations -BE

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -ACL

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Cysto

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PE tube

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -MAC

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -KUP

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PVC

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -IUD

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -T1-T12

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Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -L1-L5

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Cx

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -GH

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Ca

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -EENT

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -ESWL

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PPD

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -DM

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations -BE

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -ACL

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -Cysto

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PE tube

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -MAC

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -KUP

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -PVC

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -IUD

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations. -T1-T12

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Medical Specialists and Case Reports

Abbreviations, Acronyms, Symbols, and Eponyms

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