Medical Terminology
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| The medical term for skin tags is: | acrochordon
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| Excessive flow of oil from the sebaceous glands is called: | seborrhea
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| A physician may refer to a scar left after the healing of a wound as a: | cicatrix
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| The medical term for a bedsore is: | decubitus
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| The medical term tinea is also known as: | ringworm
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| In term avulsion, the root vuls means: | to pull
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| Dermomycosis is a skin condition caused by a: | fungus
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| A cancerous tumor that has black pigmentation is a: | melanocarcinoma
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| A physician who specializes in the study of the skin is a: | dermatologist
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| The process of forcibly tearing off a part or structure of the body, such as a finger or toe is: | avulsion
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| What is an abnormal redness of the skin occurring over widespread areas of the body called? | erythroderma
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| Overgrowth of scar tissue due to excessive collagen formation is called a/an: | keloid
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| In the term icteric, the root icter means: | jaundice
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| The medical term sublingual means pertaining to: | below the nail
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| A fungal condition of the hair is known as: | trichomycosis
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| In the term anhidrosis, the root hidr means: | sweat
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| The term alopecia means loss of hair or: | baldness
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| A plastic surgeon may perform a _____ to remove wrinkles. | rhytidoplasty
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| White spots or patches formed on the mucous membrane of the tongue or cheek are called: | leukoplakia
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| Which term is called prickly heat and is commonly seen in newborns and/or infants? | miliaria
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| Inflammation of the bone and joint is: | osteoarthritis
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| The medical term for the heel bone is: | calcaneus
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| The medical term for a fingerprint is: | dactylogram
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| The medical term for knock-knee is: | genu valgum
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| Abnormal anterior curvature of the spine is called: | lordosis
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| The _____ is the shaft of the long bone. | diaphysis
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| An opening in the bone for blood vessels, ligaments, and nerves is called: | foramen
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| Bending a limb is called? | Flexion
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| Lying with the face upward is called? | Supination
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| An open fracture is called? | compound
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| A condition of stiffening of a joint is: | ankylosis
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| The bones of the wrist are called: | carpals
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| A diagnostic examination of a joint where air and then a radiopaque contrast medium are injected into the joint space, x-rays are taken, and internal injuries of the meniscus, cartilage, and ligaments may be seen, if present is: | arthrography
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| The process of recording heat patterns of the body's surface is called: | thermography
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| Which substance is increased in gout, arthritis, multiple myeloma, and rheumatism? | uric acid
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| The ____ level in the blood may be increased in osteomalacia and fracture healing. | alkaline phosphate
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| Which substance(s) are present in a variety of immunologic diseases? | Antinuclear antibodies
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| Swayback is another word for: | lordosis
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| The solid matter in bone is known as: | osseous tissue
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| A band of fibrous connective tissue attaching muscles to bones is a: | tendon
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| In the term contracture, the root tract means: | to draw
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| Muscles make up approximately _____ percent of a person's body weight. | 42%
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| Excessive, forcible stretching of a muscle is known as an: | strain
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| A test to measure electrical activity across muscle membranes by means of electrodes that are attached to a needle which is inserted into the muscle is: | electromyography
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| A ___________ is the process in which a small piece of muscle tissue is excised and then stained for microscopic examination. | muscle biopsy
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| Skeletal muscle is also known as _____ muscles. | voluntary and striated
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| Name the muscle that rotates and laterally flexes the neck. | sternocleidomastoid
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| The sartorius muscle _____. | flexes and rotates the thigh and leg
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| The muscle which adducts, extends, and rotates the arm is: | latissimus dorsi
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| There are _____ skeletal muscles. | 400
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| _____ allows muscles to change shape by becoming shorter and thicker. | contractility
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| In ____ muscles receive and respond to stimulation. | excitability
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| A muscle that acts with another muscle to product movement is termed an: | synergist
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| The primary functions of muscles are: | movement, posture, to produce heat
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| The root in abductor means: | to lead
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| The term ataxia means: | lack of muscular coordination
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| The suffix in the term atrophy means nourishment and ______. | development
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| Brachialgia means: | pain in the arm
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| The _______ is the hardest and most compact part of a tooth. | enamel
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| Fluoroscopic examination of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine is called: | barium enema
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| An endoscopic examination of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine is: | esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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| The x-ray examination of the gallbladder is called: | cholecystography
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| The x-ray examination of the common bile duct, cystic duct, and hepatic ducts is: | cholangiography
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| The direct visual examination of the colon via a flexible colonoscope is called: | colonfiberoscopy
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| What kind of teeth are the largest of the permanent set? | molar
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| The middle portion of the pharynx that lies between the palate and the hyoid bone is the: | oropharynx
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| The esophagus leads from the pharynx to the: | stomach
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| The small intestine has ____ parts. | three
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| The first twelve inches of the small intestine is the: | duodenum
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| The longest portion of the small intestine is the: | ileum
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| Semiliquid food is known as: | chyme
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| Which organ detoxifies substances? | liver
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| Bile is considered: | a digestive juice
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| What is meconium? | first stool
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| The process whereby nutrients are taken into the bloodstream is known as: | absorption
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| The suffix in appendectomy means: | surgical excision
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| The medical term that refers to the cheek is: | buccal
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| The root in the term catabolism means: | throw
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| A surgical excision of the gallbladder is termed: | cholecystectomy
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| In the term angina pectoris, the root angin means: | to choke
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| In the sphygmomanometer, the combining form man/o means: | thin
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| In the term electrocardiophonograph, the combining form phone/o means: | sound
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| In the term ischemia, the suffix -emia means: | blood condition
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| Which instrument is used in the meaning of an arterial blood pressure? | sphygmomanometer
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| Noise, a sound or venous or arterial origin, heard on auscultation is called: | bruit
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| The heart is divided by a partition called the: | septum
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| Blood is transported from the right and left ventricles to all body parts by the: | arteries
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| The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle is the: | tricupsid valve
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| Another name for the mitral valve is: | bicupsid valve
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| The passage of oxygen and nutrients to the body takes place in the: | capillaries
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| The sinoatrial node, the atrioventricular node, and the atrioventricular bundle are specialized ____ of the heart. | neuromuscular tissue
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| The average heartbeat for an average adult is between: | 60-100
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| An ______ records the electrical activity of the heart. | ECG
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| The most common site for taking a pulse is at the _____ artery. | radial
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| A sphygomomanometer is used to: | measure blood pressure
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| A pulse pressure over ____ points and under ____ points is considered abnormal. | 50/30
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| The process of removing blood from a vein is called: | venipuncture and phlebotomy
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| The development of the fetal heart is usually completed during the first ____ of intrauterine life. | 2 months (8 weeks)
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