Chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

What term means abnormal softening of an artery?

Answer 1

Arteriomalacia

Question 2

What term means above or outside the ribs?

Answer 2

Supracostal

Question 3

Which suffix means to suture?

Answer 3

-rrhaphy

Question 4

What term means a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury?

Answer 4

Leison

Question 5

What prefix means toward or in the direction of?

Answer 5

ad-

Question 6

Which term means higher than normal blood pressure?

Answer 6

Hypertension

Question 7

Which term means the tissue death of an artery?

Answer 7

Arterionecrosis

Question 8

Which term means inflammation of the stomach?

Answer 8

Gastritis

Question 9

What term means to create an artificial opening between the colon and the abdominal wall?

Answer 9

Colostomy

Question 10

Which term describes a radiograph of a blood vessel?

Answer 10

Angiogram

Question 11

Which term means any abnormal condition of a gland?

Answer 11

Adenosis

Question 12

Which term refers to the back of the body or organ?

Answer 12

Dorsal

Question 13

Which term means incomplete formation of a tissue or organ?

Answer 13

Hypoplasia

Question 14

Which end of the humerus, the bone of the upper arm, is nearest the midline?

Answer 14

Proximal

Question 15

Which type of disorder is fetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 15

Congenital

Question 16

Which glands have ducts that lead either out of the body or to other organs?

Answer 16

Exocrine

Question 17

Which term describes the location of the heart in relation to the stomach?

Answer 17

Superior

Question 18

Which term means the study of the structure, composition, and function of tissues?

Answer 18

Histology

Question 19

Which type of specialized epithelial tissue lines the blood and lymph vessels?

Answer 19

Endothelium

Question 20

Which genetic disorder, which does not appear until midlife, causes the loss of mental ability and muscle control?

Answer 20

Huntington’s Disease