11 Words

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

situated more toward the front

Question 2

cryosurgery

Answer 2

the destruction of tissue by extreme cold

Question 3

glomerulus

Answer 3

a coil of blood vessels in the kidneys where filtration occurs

Question 4

infracostal

Answer 4

beneath the ribs

Question 5

intermuscular

Answer 5

between muscles

Question 6

intraspinal

Answer 6

situated or occurring within the vertebral column

Question 7

macrophage

Answer 7

a large white blood cell that surrounds and kills invading cells

Question 8

malformation

Answer 8

defective or abnormal formation

Question 9

pharmacy

Answer 9

the art of preparing and dispensing medicine, a drug store

Question 10

hemiplegia

Answer 10

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 11

prolific

Answer 11

fruitful, productive

Question 12

insomnia

Answer 12

inability to sleep

Question 13

somnolence

Answer 13

sleepiness

Question 14

tensor

Answer 14

any muscle that stretches some part of the body

Question 15

epithelium

Answer 15

tissue covering surfaces, forming glands, and lining most cavities of the body

Question 16

thrombus

Answer 16

a clot in a blood vessel

Question 17

thrombocyte

Answer 17

a clotting cell

Question 18

panplegia

Answer 18

total paralysis

Question 19

antepartum

Answer 19

occurring before birth

Question 20

abduct

Answer 20

moving a body part away from the midline

Question 21

abnormal

Answer 21

away from normal

Question 22

cryotherapy

Answer 22

using cold for therapeutic purposes

Question 23

glomus

Answer 23

small round normal swelling made up of tiny blood vessels

Question 24

inframammary

Answer 24

situated below the mammary gland

Question 25

interlabial

Answer 25

between lips

Question 26

interdigital

Answer 26

between adjacent fingers or toes

Question 27

lien

Answer 27

name for the spleen

Question 28

supralumbar

Answer 28

situated above the loins

Question 29

macrodontia

Answer 29

abnormally large teeth

Question 30

maldigestion

Answer 30

faulty or impaired digestion

Question 31

puerpera

Answer 31

a woman who has just given birth to a child, a new mother

Question 32

sarcoma

Answer 32

a tumor made up of fleshy substance

Question 33

somniferous

Answer 33

inducing or causing sleep

Question 34

tenotomy

Answer 34

incision into a tendon

Question 35

thelium

Answer 35

name for the nipple

Question 36

adenochondrosarcoma

Answer 36

a tumor having glandular, cartilaginous, and fleshy substances

Question 37

tendon

Answer 37

a tough connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or to another body part