Medical Terminology Exam 2

What term means moving?

• phas/o

• esthesi/o

• paresis

• mot/o

Which eye disorder is the inability to see color?

• oculomotor

• diplopia

• achromatism

• opthalmoplegia

True or False*. Afferent is to carry away.

• True

• False

What term means drooping?

• blephar/o-

• phas/o

• -opia

• -ptosis

Most animals have neurohormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin. What is a neurohormone?

• A hormone produced by nerve cells

• A hormone only designed for movement

• A hormone that focuses on movement

• A hormone produced by other hormones. 

Lauren is experiencing hemiplegia which means she is experiencing..

• paralysis of four limbs

• half paralyzed (right or left side)

• half slightly paralyzed

• paralysis of two limbs (beyond paralysis)

TRUE* or FALSE Jerry is having a really hard time communicating after he recently had a stroke. He most likely is suffering from aphasia. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

-phagia likely means….

• Eating

• Drinking

• Swallowing

• Leaving

Pertaining to three branches is…

• trigeminal

• dendrites

• triopia

• neuron

Megan suffers from a rare condition called blepharoptosis. What is she most likely having trouble with? 

• Color Blindness

• Droopy eyelid

• Speaking

• Moving her eye