Final Exam

Question 1

What is the medical term for inflammation of a blood vessel?

Answer 1

vasculitis

Question 2

A gastroscopy is the visual exam of what?

Answer 2

the organs of the stomach

Question 3

What is the outermost layer of the skin?

Answer 3

epidermis

Question 4

What is the medical term for rapid breathing?

Answer 4

tachypnea

Question 5

What does the suffix -otomy mean?

Answer 5

surgical incision

Question 6

What does the prefix peri- mean?

Answer 6

surrounding, around

Question 7

What is the term that means blood in the urine?

Answer 7

hematuria

Question 8

What prefix means before?

Answer 8

pre

Question 9

What is the medical term for “benign tumor of muscle”?

Answer 9

myoma

Question 10

What is a cystectomy?

Answer 10

surgical removal of the urinary bladder

Question 11

Where are axillary lymph nodes located?

Answer 11

the armpits

Question 12

What term means “pertaining to the liver”

Answer 12

hepatic

Question 13

What does it mean if the patient has metastatic lung cancer?

Answer 13

the lung cancer has spread to another site

Question 14

What is the medical term for shingles?

Answer 14

herpes zoster

Question 15

What is the name for the 7 vertebrae in the neck?

Answer 15

cervical

Question 16

What is the term for “bleeding from the ear”

Answer 16

otorrhagia

Question 17

What is another term for epinephrine?

Answer 17

adrenaline

Question 18

What term means “inflammation of the eyelid”

Answer 18

blepharitis

Question 19

The combining form cost/o refers to the…

Answer 19

rib

Question 20

What is an arthroplasty?

Answer 20

surgical repair

Question 21

What is the suffix that means “surgical creation of an artificial opening”?

Answer 21

-ostomy

Question 22

What is the medical term for gallstones?

Answer 22

cholelithiasis

Question 23

What is the term for a red blood cell?

Answer 23

erythrocyte

Question 24

What is a localized weak spot of the wall of an artery?

Answer 24

aneurysm

Question 25

What is an angiography?

Answer 25

radiographic study of the blood vessels

Question 26

What is hemostasis?

Answer 26

to stop or control bleeding

Question 27

What does ather/o mean?

Answer 27

plaque, fatty substance

Question 28

What is the heart's natural pacemaker?

Answer 28

the sinoatrial node

Question 29

What term means "pertaining to the kidney"?

Answer 29

renal

Question 30

What term means "difficulty in swallowing"

Answer 30

dysphagia

Question 31

What is the branch of medicine that deals with cancer?

Answer 31

oncology

Question 32

What is the medical term for kidney stone?

Answer 32

nephrolithiasis

Question 33

What is the prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease?

Answer 33

prognosis

Question 34

What is dyspnea?

Answer 34

shortness of breath

Question 35

What body cavity protects the brain?

Answer 35

cranial

Question 36

What is a complication of diabetes that causes damage to the nerves affecting the hands and feet?

Answer 36

peripheral neropathy

Question 37

What is the combining form that means "bone"?

Answer 37

oste/o

Question 38

What does the suffix -emesis mean?

Answer 38

vomiting

Question 39

What is an inflammation of the membranes that enclose the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 39

meningitis

Question 40

What is the direct visual examination of the interior of the uterus?

Answer 40

hysteroscopy

Question 41

What is the first portion of the small intestine?

Answer 41

duodenum

Question 42

What is the study of the structures of the body?

Answer 42

anatomy

Question 43

What is the combining form for "black"

Answer 43

melan/o

Question 44

What is a loss of bone density that is frequently associated with aging?

Answer 44

osteoporosis