View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term from Chapter 7 refers to less than full mental capacity in a medical patient?
(a) Cardiogenic shock.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Exsanguination.
(d) Obtundation.

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, whereas a young person might have been able to fight off or change the course of illness, the elderly are attacked when the body's parts-replacement process is what?
(a) No longer functioning.
(b) At its weakest.
(c) In overdrive.
(d) At its limit.

3. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?
(a) Endorphins.
(b) Ventricles.
(c) Bacteriophage.
(d) Lymphocyte.

4. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(b) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(c) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(d) “Looking after the sick and injured.”

5. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
(a) John Seidman.
(b) James Cowles Prichard.
(c) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(d) John Webster.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?

3. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

4. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

5. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 256 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample