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WorksheetsMedTerm MidTerm 5-7-ddp
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Both air and food travel theough the
larynx
esophagus
trachea
pharynx
The vocal cords are located in the
larynx
pharynx
trachea
epiglottis
The muscular partition between the thoracic and abdominal cavities is the
mediastinum
pleura
epiglottis
diaphragm
The combining form rhin/o refers to the
nose
sinus
septum
air
The combining form that means thorax, chest, chest cavity is
pleur/o
tom/o
diaphragmat/o
thorac/o
The combining form that means lung is
trache/o
rhin/o
bronch/o
pulmon/o
The combining form that means breathe, breathing is
son/o
ox/i
spir/o
pneum/o
The combining form that means x/rays, ionizing radiation is
tom/o
phon/o
radi/o
capn/o
The prefix that means without, absence of is
an-
endo-
intra-
eu-
The suffix that means an instrument used for visual examination is
-gram
-scopy
-graph
-scope
The suffix -stomy is defined as
creation of an artificial opening
to cut into, incision
sound or voice
stretching out, dilation, expansion
The suffix that means a surgical puncture to aspirate fluid is
-algia
-centesis
-tomy
-thorax
The suffix -rrhagia is defined as a
rapid flow of blood
constriction, narrowing
spasmodic contraction
process of recording
The suffix that means stretching out, dilation, or expansion is
-ectasis
-centesis
-stenosis
-cele
The term that means inflammation of the throat is
laryngitis
pleuritis
pharyngitis
tracheitis
Air in the chest cavity (pleural space) causing collapse of the lung is called
pneumothorax
pneumoconiosis
pyothroax
pneumonia
Another term for rhinorrhagia is
rhinomycosi
rhinitis
epistaxis
hemothorax
An upper respiratory infection (commonly called a cold) affects the
nose, larynx, and trachea
trachea, lungs, and pleura
trachea, larynx, and lung
nasal cavity, pharynx or larynx
Another term for nosebleed is
deviated septum
epistaxis
rhinomycosis
pertussis
A term that means the surgical repair of the larynx is
laryngoplasty
larygostomy
laryngectomy
laryngotracheotomy
The term that means a surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the chest cavity is
thoracotomy
pneumonectomy
thoracocentesis
pleuropexy
A bronchodilator is an agent that causes
the bronchi to widen
hyperventilation
the bronchioles to narrow
hypoventilation
A patent airway is
narrow
obstructed
absent
open
The muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine is the
urinary meatus
urethra
urinary bladder
nephron
The combining from that means sugar is
glycos/o
hydr/o
azot/o
albumin/o
The combining from that means urea, nitrogen is
olig/o
urin/o
glyc/o
azot/o
The combining from that means stone or calculus is
blast/o
lith/o
oct/i
azot/o
The combining from that means water is
glyc/o
urin/o
hydr/o
hem/o
The suffix that means suturing, repairing is
-uria
-trophy
-rrhaphy
-esis
A congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located o the upper surface of the penis is know as a(n)
hydrocele
epispadias
varicocele
hypospadias
The term that means scanty urine is
dysuria
pyuria
polyuria
oliguria
The term that means absence of urine is
dysuria
pyuria
anuria
polyuria
Glycosuria indicates that the urine contains
blood
pus
sugar
nitrogen
The term incontinence means
to empty or evacuate waste material
the ability to void
the inability to control the bladder and/or bowels
stretched out
A flexible, tubelike device for withdrawing or instilling fluids is a
catheter
lithotrite
urinal
stricture
The physician first suspected diabetes when the patient complained of an excessive amount of urine, or
polyuria
anuria
dysuria
oliguria
The primary male sex organ (s) is (are) the
testes
scrotum
penis
semen
The sperm have their beginning in the
vas deferens
seminal vesicles
epididymis
seminiferous tubules
The combining form that means glans penis is
vesicul/o
prostat/o
balan/o
vas/o
The combing form that means male is
sperm/o
test/o
vas/o
andr/o
The term that means undescended testes is
cryptochidism
anorchism
prostatovesiculitis
orchidepididymitis
The term that means inflammation of the prostate gland and the bladder is
prostatitis
prostatolith
prostatocystitis
prostatovesiculitis
Male sterilization is performed by
vasectomy
vasovasostomy
orchiectomy
orchidotomy
