Hoja de ejercicios de Vocabulario sanitario (exámenes de acceso) con soluciones

What does the suffix -rrhoea (US: -rrhea) mean, as in “diarrhoea”?

1. AFlow or discharge
2. BSwelling
3. CPain or ache
4. DBlockage

Which body part does the root ophthalm/o refer to?

1. AEye
2. BMouth
3. CNose
4. DEar

What does the suffix -gram mean, as in “electrocardiogram”?

1. AA visual examination
2. BA surgical repair
3. CA puncture to remove fluid
4. DA record or image

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “With the stethoscope, the nurse could discern a faint heart murmur.”

1. ATreat or correct with medication
2. BDetect or recognise
3. CImagine or invent
4. DIgnore or dismiss

Choose the meaning of the words in bold: “The nurse recorded the patient’s intake and output.”

1. AFluids taken in and fluids lost
2. BMedicines given and refused
3. CCalories eaten and calories burned
4. DVisitors coming and going

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse collected a sputum sample in the morning.”

1. AUrine passed from the bladder
2. BFluid running from the nose during a cold
3. CBlood taken from a vein
4. DMucus coughed up from the lungs

What does the term pneumothorax mean?

1. ABlood in the chest cavity
2. BFluid filling the tiny air sacs of the lung
3. CAir in the chest cavity around the lung
4. DInflammation of the lung tissue

What does the term osteoporosis mean?

1. AInflammation of the bones and the joints between them
2. BA cancerous tumour of the bone
3. CA condition of porous, weakened bones
4. DA bacterial infection of the bone