Question | Answer |
Barry's medical report indicates that he has arthropathy, which is a(n) | disease of a joint |
Most medical terms are from which two languages? | Greek & Latin |
Heimlich Maneuver is a? | Eponym |
Suffix meaning pain is? | algia |
Which type of term is the word cataract? | nondecodable |
The plural of phalanx is | phalanges |
Arthr/o is an example of a | combining form |
In the term neonatology, the suffix is | -logy |
A word root for bone is | oste/o |
A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. The suffix-tomy means to incise, or make a | joint |
The combing forms drmat/o and derm/o both refer to | skin |
You are checking a report for errors and find one of the procedures listed is misspelled. Which one is it | ostetomy |
A patient having a gastrectomy is having part or all of his removed. | stomach |
Inflammation of the heart is termed | cardotis |
Patient X has a blockage in one of the arteries of the heart. She has a CABG to correct it. A CABD is an | acronym |
Which of the following disorders is an inflammation? | enteritis |
Which prefix means bad, painful, difficult, or abnormal? | dys |
Patients with food caught in their interdental spaces have pieces of food | between their teeth |
The rules for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel state that you should | directly connect the word root and suffix |
Which is spelled correctly | gastroitis |
A suffix that means a surgical puncture is | centesis |
What is the singular of thrombi? | thrombus |
Which term means the normal dynamic process of balance needed to maintain a healthy body? | homeostasis |
Which type of tissue acts as an internal and external covering of the body? | epithelial |
____is the organelle that serves a digestive function for the cells. | lysosome |
The motorcycle accident victim received severe bruises in the thoracic region of her body, or in other words, on and around her | chest |
Viscera is the healthcare term for | organs |
Combining form for fat is | adip/o |
____is the process of viewing dead tissue | Necropsy |
The type of tissue that does the actual work of the organ is called | stromal |
What is the term for the area where nerves and vessels enter and exit an organ? | hilum |
A patient has a bruise in the gluteal area of her body. The injury has occurred? | on her buttocks |
Hist/o is a combing form for | tissue |
the small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal is called a | vestibule |
The function of the digestive system is | nutrition |
The space within a tubelike structure is the | lumen |
The singular of viscera is | viscus |
A _____specializes in the structure of the body | anatomist |
Cephalic means pertaining to the | head |
A term that means pertaining to the chest is | thoracic |
The patient reported a lump in the left axillary region. You know that this means it is near her left _______. | armpit |
____is athe combining form for arm | Brachi/o |
The combining form for a finger or toe is | digit/0 |
_____means pertaining to the knee | Patellar |
What is the name of the organ part that is deepest or is the farthest from its opening? | fundus |
A transplantation from another human is a _____transplant | nonautologous |
The word part arthr/o means | joint |
The plural of the word for bones of the fingers and toes is | phalanges |
The upper part of the sternum is the | xiphoid process |
The coracoid process is part of which bone | clavicle |
The lamina is part of the | vertebral arch |
One of the five bones of the hand is a | metacarpal |
The skull is part of the axial skeleton | True |
The clavicle, or collarbone, connects the sternum to each shoulder blade, or scapula | True |
The muscloskeletal system consists of all of the following, except | pronunciations |
The upper arm bone is the | humerus |
Chondr/o is a combing form for | cartilage |