Raul M

What is the function of the spleen?

• A) Filters blood and stores large amounts of red blood cells

• B) Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the cells

• C) Transportation of excess tissue fluid to the general circulation

• D) Production of T-lymphocytes, red blood cells and enzymes

Which of the following statements about hand-washing is true?

• A) You don’t need to wash your hands if you wear gloves

• B) You must use an antimicrobial soap to be effective

• C) Wash hands for a minimum of 5 seconds

• D) Wash hands immediately after touching body fluids or secretions

Lymph acts as an intermediary between the blood in the capillaries and

tissues, and carries digested food, oxygen and:

• A) Platelets to the cells

• B) Hormones to the cells

• C) Carbon dioxide to the cells

• D) Erythrocytes to the cells

What is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of

infection?

• A) Hand-washing

• B) Staying home when you have any respiratory infection

• C) Wearing gloves

• D) Covering your mouth when you cough

The system working with the lymphatic system to remove waste and excess fluid from the tissues is

the:

• A) Circulatory system

• B) Reproductive system

• C) Integumentary system

• D) Skeletal system

What is the medical term for the watery fluid inside lymphatic

vessels?

• A) Blood

• B) Lymph

• C) Plasma

• D) Serum

The largest lymphatic vessel is the:

• A) Aorta

• B) Thoracic duct

• C) Tonsil

• D) Vena cava

Tonsils are located in the:

• A) Ears

• B) Eyes

• C) Throat

• D) Stomach

Clusters of lymph nodes are located in the:

• A) Neck

• B) Brain

• C) Lung

• D) Thigh

A form of cancer of the lymph nodes, what disease is usually

characterized by painless swelling of the lymph nodes?

• A) Tonsillitis

• B) Hodgkin’s disease

• C) Infectious mononucleosis

• D) Ruptured spleen

Standard precautions are guidelines to be used when you

expect to have contact with another person’s:

• A) Clothes

• B) Sweat

• C) Blood

• D) Skin

The body’s ability to resist pathogens and foreign materials and the diseases they cause is

called:• A) Anaphylaxis

• B) Immunity

• C) Inflammatory process

• D) Phagocytosis

In tonsillitis, one would expect to find what symptom?

• A) Difficulty swallowing

• B) Yellow nasal drainage

• C) Splenomegaly

• D) Diarrhea

Health care workers should never:

• A) Use mouthpieces when resuscitating a patient

• B) Recap used needles

• C) Carry soiled linens away from the body

• D) Discard single use patient care equipment