HCB 102 UNIT 3 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Immunizations - Answer-Process by which resistance to an infectious disease is induced or augmented
Optometry - Answer-Profession concerned with the examination of the eyes and related structures to determine the presence of vision problems and eye d...
Immunizations - Answer-Process by which resistance to an infectious disease is
induced or augmented
Optometry - Answer-Profession concerned with the examination of the eyes and related
structures to determine the presence of vision problems and eye disorders and with the
prescription and adaptation of lenses and other optical aids or the use of visual training
for maximum visual efficiency.
physical therapy - Answer-The profession concerned with the promotion of health, with
prevention of physical disabilities, with evaluation and rehabilitation of persons disabled
by pain, disease, or injury, and with treatment by physical therapeutic measure res as
opposed to medical, surgical, or radiologic measures.
Radiology - Answer-Scientific discipline of medical imaging using ionizing radiation,
radionuclides, nuclear magnetic resonance and ultrasound.
Surgery - Answer-Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease, injury,
and deformity by physical operation or manipulation
Vaccine - Answer-A suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms that are
administered to induce active immunity to infectious disease. Vaccines may be
administered via intradermal, intramuscular, oral, or nasal routes.
Absorption - Answer-the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by
another.
Adverse effects - Answer-A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct
response to one or more drugs
Ampoule - Answer-Sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for SQ, IM, or ID
injections
Diluent - Answer-Diluting or rendering less potent or irritant
chemical name of drug - Answer-Relates to the chemical and moldcular structure.
, Contraindication - Answer-Any condition which makes a particular treatment or
procedure inadvisable.
Drug - Answer-Therapeutic agent; any substance other than food, used in the
prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of a disease.
Generic name - Answer-nonproprietary name of a drug assigned by the government;
common name of medication
Hypersensitivity - Answer-Abnormal sensitivity; an exaggerated response by body to
stimulus of foreign agent
Indication - Answer-Basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test
Maximum dose - Answer-Largest amount of medication that can be given without
reaching toxic level.
MTF - Answer-Medical Treatment Facility
Opiate - Answer-A drug with morphine like effects, derived from opium.
Opioids - Answer-Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like
effects similar to morphine; not derived from opium.
Patency - Answer-State of being freely open or exposed
Pharmacology - Answer-Science concerned with drugs, their uses, sources,
appearance, chemistry, and actions on body.
Pharmacy - Answer-Branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing,
and proper use of medication.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) - Answer-A comprehensive book-listing of drug
products for medical professionals
Therapeutics - Answer-Science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain,
treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - Answer-Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment
of the conditions produced by them.
Trade/Brand name - Answer-Propriety name given by a manufacturer.
Usual/ Therapeutic Dose - Answer-Normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose;
amount needed to produce the desired therapeutic effect.
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