CST FINAL EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

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CST FINAL EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|

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Which of the following is a parenteral route of drug administration?

• Topical
• Rectal
• Oral
• Intravenous

✓ D. Intravenous

Misalignment or deviation of the eye is:

• Strabismus
• Cataracts
• Entropion
• Astigmatism

✓ Strabismus

Following administration, most of the drugs are converted to less active

or inactive substances called:

• Urea
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• Metabolites
• Compounds

✓ C. Metabolites

Hemorrhaging that occurs between the skull and outer meningeal

covering is a/an:

• Epidural hematoma
• Intracerebral hematoma
• Subdural hematoma
• Subarachnoid hematoma

✓ Epidural hematoma

If a suture strand hangs or extends over the sterile table edge, the

surgical technologist in the scrub role should:

• Watch it closely so that no one comes near it
• Use it anyway as long as nothing unsterile touched it
• Consider the suture contaminated and discard it
• Pull it back onto the table to prevent it from becoming contaminated

✓ C. Consider the suture contaminated and discard it

The term pharmacodynamics means:

• Excretion of drugs
• Interaction between drugs and target cells
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• Metabolism of drugs

✓ B. Interaction between drugs and target cells

A relationship between two kinds of organisms that live together for

mutual benefit is called:

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Phagocytosis
• Mutualism

✓ D. Mutualism

Hemostasis means to:

• Arrest blood flow
• Create blood flow
• Bypass an occluded blood vessel
• Maintain within normal limits

✓ Arrest blood flow

What type of tissue is cartilage?

• Epthelial
• Connective
• Nervous
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pg. 4 ✓ B. Connective

Heparin is classified as a/an:

• Coagulant
• Anticoagulant
• Antibiotic
• Muscle relaxant

✓ B. Anticoagulant

Enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord is a:

• Hydrocele
• Rectocele
• Cystocele
• Varicocele

✓ D. Varicocele

Red blood cells are also known as:

• Leukocytes
• Erythrocytes
• Lymphocytes
• Thrombocytes

✓ B. Erythrocytes

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