If you try to talk or take a breath while eating it causes the epiglottis to open, so food can accidentally enter the trachea causing you to choke. The medical term for choking is which of the following?

Question 1If you try to talk or take a breath while eating it causes the epiglottis to open, so food can accidentally enter the trachea causing you to choke. The medical term for choking is which of the following?

  foreign body airway obstruction

  foreign body nasal obstruction

  foreign body airway inclusion

  foreign body airway effusion

Question 2Roots can have different meanings by simply changing a single letter.  Be very careful when determining which word to use. For example sarc/o means ______.

  sacrum

  flesh

  cleave

  tube

Question 3You have been working as a medical assistant in an gynecology and obstetrics practice and are completing an intake on a new patient. The patient states that she has had pain in her lower abdomen and g. How would you document the location of her pain?

  pelvic

  thoracic

  rectum

  anus

Question 4You have been working as a medical assistant in an urgent care clinic and you are performing an intake on a patient who shares that she is dizzy and has had coordination disturbances. Which system is most likely impacted?

  gastrointestinal

  nervous

  urogenital

  circulatory