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CHAPTER 1 TEST

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Which comibing form means white   leuk/o  
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Based on its word parts, the term cardiorrhexis   rupture of the heart  
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In the term pericardiectomy, the work part -ectomy is a   suffix  
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Which term describes a torn, ragged would?   laceration  
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Which term means the tissue death of an artery or arteries?   arterionecrosis  
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Which prefix means between or among   -intra  
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Which term means inflammation of a nerve   neuritis  
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Which suffix means to suture or stitch   -rrhaphy  
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Which suffix means a surgical creation of an artificial opening   -ostomy  
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Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel   -stenosis  
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Based on its word parts, the term hepatorrhagia means   bleeding from the liver  
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Which statement is true about inflammation   inflammation is a localized response to an injury or destruction of disease  
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A fever is referred to as a __________ because it can be measured by the patient or others   sign  
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Which term describes the time and events surrounding birth   perinatal  
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In the term otoshinolaryngology, which word part means ear   oto  
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The term __________ means any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow   myelopathy  
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Which term means pain in the stomach   gastalgia  
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Which combining form means plaque or fatty substance   ather/o  
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The examination technique in which the examier's hands are used to feel the texsture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts is known as __________   palpation  
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Which combining form means fungus   myc/o  
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The _____ is part of the hip bone   ilium  
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Which combining form means fever   pyr/o  
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Which suffix means specialist   -ologist  
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Which combining form means nerve   neur/o  
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Mucous is the substance secreted by the mucous membranes   false  
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Suppuration is the formaiton or dischargin of pus   true  
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A combining vowel is not required when two word roots are joined together   false  
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A syndrome can be observed only by the patient and not by others   false  
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A prefix usually, but not always, indicates location, time, or number   true  
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A combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a vowel   false  
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A sign, such as a fever, is evidence of disease that can be observed by the patient and others   true  
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The term phlegm begins with a "F" sound   true  
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Pain is said to be a symptom because it can be observed only by the patient   true  
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A diagnosis is the identification of a disease   true  
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An atheroma is a fatty deposit within a joint   false  
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Swelling is one sign of inflammation   true  
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A lesion is a torn, ragged wound   false  
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The combining form myc/o means spinal cord or bone marrow   false  
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the suffi-otomy means cutting into or a surgical incision   true  
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Pyrosis is also know as hertburn   true  
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Prostate means to collaspe   false  
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Interstitial mean between, but not within, the hparts of a tissue   true  
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Euthyroid means a phyperactive thyroid gland   false  
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Dysfunctional describes a body part that is not working properly   true  
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The plural of appendix is appendices   true  
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An inflammation is the invasion of the body by a disease-causing organism   false  
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Myelitis is any disease caused by fungus   false  
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A colostomy is the surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface   true  
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The suffix -gram means the process of recording a picture or record   false  
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-algia   pain  
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hypo   deficient  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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osis   abnormal condition  
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hyper-   excessive  
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appendectomy   surgical removal of the appendix  
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arthralgia   joint pain  
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erthyrocyte   mature of red blood cell  
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prenatal   before birth  
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tonsillitis   inflammation of the tonsils  
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-necrosis   tissue death  
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-sclerosis   abnormal hardening  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-stenosis   abnormal narrowing  
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supra-   above  
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-gram   process of recording a picture or record  
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-graphy   a picture or word  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-malacia   abnormal softening  
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sub-   below  
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cardiac   pertaining to the heart  
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remission   temporary disappearance of symptoms  
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gastrosis   abnormal stomach condition  
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supracostal   above the ribs  
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syndrome   signs and symptoms that occur together  
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