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Medical terminology- Chapter 2, Part 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Mastitis" means:

a)

inflammation of breast tissue

b)

mastery in science

c)

ear tumor

d)

heart murmur

2.

"mammoplasty" means:

a)

inflammation of breast tissue

b)

mastery in science

c)

Surgical repair of breast

d)

Surgical repair of mastoid bone

3.

"colopexy" means:

a)

well-developed muscles

b)

the process of loosening

c)

excision of a breast

d)

surgical fixation of the colon

4.

"biopsy " means:

a)

inflammation of larynx

b)

an examination of tissue removed from a living body

c)

brain tumor

d)

heart failure

5.

"osteomyelitis" means:

a)

inflammation of bone marrow

b)

inflammation of osicles

c)

bone decay

d)

Kidney stone

6.

"trachea" is:

a)

bone tissue

b)

part of respiratory system

c)

part of cranium

d)

Part of urinary tract

7.

What does the suffix -centesis mean?

a)

process of loosening

b)

surgical puncture

c)

surgical fixation

d)

surgical crushing

8.

"Pneumonia" means:

a)

inflammation of bronchus

b)

lung infection

c)

lung tumor

d)

brain tumor

9.

"Myelopathy" means:

a)

mumps

b)

measles

c)

sore throat

d)

disease of the spinal cord or bone marrow

10.

-algia means pain; "myalgia" means:

a)

muscle pain

b)

my hand pain

c)

painful tumor

d)

muscular dystrophy

11.

"pulm/o" means:

a)

respiratory tissue

b)

lung

c)

air

d)

bronchial tree

12.

"chir/o " means:

a)

hand

b)

chair

c)

cheer

d)

hummus

13.

"subcutaneous" means:

a)

epithelial tissue

b)

fat tissue

c)

under the skin

d)

into the skin

14.

"Chiroplasty" means:

a)

repair of the hand

b)

hand crafts

c)

hand tumor

d)

lesion

15.

"Adenectomy" means:

a)

inflammation of a gland

b)

gland disease

c)

gland tumor

d)

surgical removal of a gland

16.

"blephar" means:

a)

eye

b)

eyelid

c)

eyelash

d)

optic nerve

17.

"-rrhaphy" means:

a)

removing

b)

crushing

c)

suture

d)

surgical fixation

18.

Which two words are synonyms?

a)

gastr

b)

esthesi

c)

dermat

d)

enter

19.

Which two words are synonyms?

a)

gynec

b)

cutane

c)

obstetr

d)

dermat

20.

Which two words are synonyms?

a)

encephal/

b)

cerebr/

c)

cranium

d)

plasy

21.

a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.

a)

appendectomy

b)

lithotripsy

c)

blepharoptosis

d)

MMR

22.

A ____________ is an area of skin in which sensory nerves derive from a single spinal nerve root

a)

dermatome

b)

nephron

c)

calyx

d)

pelvis

23.

__________ happens when the external ear is small and not formed properly.

a)

seizure

b)

epilepsy

c)

Microtia

d)

cephalgia

24.

abnormal, irreversible dilatation of the bronchi

a)

cor pulmonale

b)

pneumonia

c)

asthma

d)

bronchiectasis

25.

rupture of the intestine.

a)

masectomy

b)

herniorrhaphy

c)

enterorrhexis

d)

rhinoplasty