SLO_Medical Terminology

A patient suffering with gastritis would experience...

• Inflammation of the liver

• Inflammation of the stomach

• muscular pain

• all of the above

Which prefix would be used to describe under or below?

• sub

• epi

• ecto

• endo

appendectomy is the surgical _____ of the appendix.

• cutting

• crushing

• repair

• removal

Pathology is the ________ of disease

• treatment

• study

• record

• examination

Osteoporosis is the abnormal porous structure of the ________.

• bone

• skin

• heart

• kidney

The patient saw her doctor for ____________, or low blood sugar.

• hyperglycemia

• eupnea

• hypoglycemia

• dyspepsia

Mr. Wallace was rushed to the ER for the surgical removal of a kidney, or ___________.

• Cephalectomy

• Nephrectomy

• Hepatectomy

• Gastrectomy

An individual suffering from hypothermia, _____ body temperature, may begin to turn blue, or experience ________.

• high, cyanosis

• high, jaundosis

• low, cyanosis

• low, jaundosis

If a patient is experiencing something painful or difficult, the prefix ______ may be used.

• ambi

• dys

• eu

• mal

What does "Brady-" mean?

• Understated

• Slow

• Stop

• Movement