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The medical advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff, USAF is the |
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The MTF commander is respinsible for |
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directing all medical programs for a base or wing |
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The approved flights within the aerospace medicine squadron on most bases are flight/missile medicine, public health, bioenvironmental engineering, |
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health promotion and readiness |
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Which flight within an aerospace medicine squadron manages health and wellness centers? |
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The two key elements of a bioenvironmental engineering flight are |
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environmental quality and industrial hygiene |
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The study of how disease and injury occur in a population is known as |
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Significant epidemiological trends are reported to all health care providers through the |
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Chief, Aeromedical Services |
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Worker educationm fitting personal protection equipment such as ear plugs, and ensuring the proper administration of the AF Occupational Health Program are responsibilities of |
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Who monitors the medical aspects of the food safety program? |
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Which forum allows for a continual review of the activities within Aerospace Medicine? |
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Aerospace medicine council |
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Which Us angency designs and enforces programs that guarantee the quality and safety of foods? |
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Public health uses OSHA standards to |
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evaluate Air Force workplaces and to train Air Force civilian and military workers |
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Substances must pass through which typical animal cell component to get into the cell? |
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The basic units of heredity that pass from parents to their children are called |
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Which organelles are the "powerhouses" of the animal cell? |
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Cell multiplication is accomplished through a process called |
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The release of stored energy from the combination of glucose and other nutrients with oxygen is called |
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The human body cannot lose water through |
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What do we call the body's tendency to maintain a steady state of balance? |
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When a cell is in its resting state, what are the charges inside and outside the cell? |
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more positive outside and negative inside |
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Epithelial tissue is found in |
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The general functions of connective tissues are to protect, support, and |
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What is the dense connective tissue that holds the bones together ar a joint? |
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Which type of muscle tissue is under voluntary control? |
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What maks up about 50% of the brain ans includes special cells that support and protect the nervous system? |
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The bones in the skull, hyoid bones, sternum, ribs, and vertebrae all make up what part skeleton? |
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Which is not part of the skeletal system? |
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What type of fracture is characterized by small pieces or bone chips? |
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Which substance stores oxygen in the muscle tissue until it is needed by muslce cells? |
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Wasting away of muscle is called |
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Which cell makes up 99% of the total number of cells in the blood? |
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The ABO blood group containing B antigens and anti-A antibodies is group |
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Which ABO blood group has no antigens, but both anti-A and anti-B antibodies? |
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Which arteries carry the main blood supply to the brain? |
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The common passageway for both the respiratory and digestive systems is the |
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destruction of lung tissue making less availabe for gas exchange |
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Protein digestion begins with |
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the release of pepsin in the stomach |
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In which area of the digestive tract does the greatest nutrient absorption take place? |
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An example of a vestigial organ is the |
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Which organ secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine? |
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How much filtrate does it take to produce approximately 1 mL of urine under normal kindey function? |
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The meatus is part of which structure in the male? |
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Where does final maturation and storage of sperm take place? |
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A common birth control method for males is performed on the |
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What are the fringe-like structures that draw ovum into the fallopian tubes? |
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Which process is not continuous? |
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Sperm cells can survive approximately how long in the female reproductive tract? |
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At how many weeks in the development of a fetus are fingers and toes forming? |
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Substances that cause physical defects in the developing embryo are called |
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Which substances disrupt the cell’s DNA, resulting in a genetic defect? |
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Which substances reduce the numbers of sperm or ova in the body? |
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When there are adequate levels of thyroxine, the |
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pituitary gland stops producing TSH |
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Which hormone promotes milk production in the female? |
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What is the condition where too much thyroxine is produced? |
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Which hormone controls the production of testosterone in the male? |
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What are the processes that carry impulses away from the cell body? |
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Which contains insulating myelin coatings and is found in the spinal cord? |
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What protects the brain beneath the skull and the spinal cord beneath the vertebral column? |
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What allows the electrical charge to cross the crevice between neurons? |
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Up to how many liters of fluid per hour can be lost through sweat under very hot conditions? |
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Reddening of the skin is called |
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A blister or elevation filled with fluid, not pus, is a |
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What is a flat, reddened spot on the skin? |
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The white protective layer on the outside of the eyeball is the |
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What is the opening of the eye? |
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Which is an example of an anatomical defense mechanism? |
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Which type of immunity is acquired when an infant receives immunity from its mother? |
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Naturally acquired passive immunity |
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Which type of immunity is acquired when an infant receives immunity from its mother? |
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Naturally acquired active immunity |
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Which antibody is usually the first to respond to an infection? |
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What provides humoral immunity within the body? |
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What produces chemicals that recruit other cells such as phagocytes in the immune response? |
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Lymph vessels empty into which structure? |
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Which suffix means narrowing? |
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Which office is the official office of release for medical information? |
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Patient Administration Office |
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What is the maximum a military member can be fined for willfully disclosing information to someone not entitled to access or obtaining medical records under false pretenses? |
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The prefix 20 in front of a social security number on a medical record indicates the record is for the |
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How should a patient’s medical record indicate he or she has drug allergies? |
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The outside of record should be marked |
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How do you correct a mistake made in a medical record? |
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Draw a single line through the mistake and place your initials above it |
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Which SF 600 entry includes laboratory tests results? |
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When reviewing medical records, abnormal lab test results will be |
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