CCHI ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST

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CCHI ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST

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What is the function of the gonads? - ANSWER✔✔Produce testosterone (testes and ovaries), considered endocrine glands

Function of prostate gland? - ANSWER✔✔secretes fluid that transports sperm

how does urine travel? - ANSWER✔✔produced in kidneys, through ureters into bladder, bladder stores it, urine released through urethra (tube)

what is the perineum? - ANSWER✔✔area between vagina/scrotum and anus

Cystoscopy - ANSWER✔✔visual examination of the bladder and urethra

Cerclage - ANSWER✔✔sutures close cervix to prevent premature birth

Advanced Directive - ANSWER✔✔a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor. 1 / 3

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Synonym vertebral column - ANSWER✔✔Spinal column

Difference between vertebral column and spinal cord - ANSWER✔✔The vertebral column surrounds the spinal cord which travels within the spinal canal, formed from a central hole within each vertebra. The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system that supplies nerves and receives information from the peripheral nervous system within the body.

spine - ANSWER✔✔a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone.

cervical vertebrae - ANSWER✔✔neck area

lumbar vertebrae - ANSWER✔✔lower back

synonym for vertebral column - ANSWER✔✔spine

Optic neuritis - ANSWER✔✔swelling (inflammation) damages the optic nerve

Acute anterior uveitis - ANSWER✔✔acute inflammation of the retina 2 / 3

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Blepharitis - ANSWER✔✔inflammation of the eyelid

astigmatism - ANSWER✔✔anatomical malformation of cornea or lens

myopia - ANSWER✔✔images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye or of abnormal length of the eyeball

An echocardiogram is done by - ANSWER✔✔Placing an ultrasound transducer on the patient's chest

what is Dyspnea - ANSWER✔✔shortness of breath

why do you place electrodes on patient's skin? - ANSWER✔✔to measure electrical activity of the heart for an EKG (electrocardiogram)

when do you inject patients with contrast dyes? - ANSWER✔✔X-ray, CT, MRI, or ultrasound exam. Can be an iodine-based material, barium-sulfate, gadolinium, or saline and air mixture (swallowed or injected intravenously)

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