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Match the medical terms with their definitions. -stable internal environment


A) abduction
B) adduction
C) adhesion
D) auscultation
E) coccyx
F) diagnosis
G) excisional
H) fluoroscopy
I) hernia
J) homeostasis
K) incisional
L) inflammation
M) infracostal
N) mycosis
O) plantar
P) prognosis
Q) prone
R) radiology
S) radiopharmaceutical
T) superior
U) symptom
V) thoracic
W) ultrasonography
X) umbilical
Y) ventral
Z) viscera

[) T) and Y)
\) G) and S)

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Use cephal/o to build a word that means surgical puncture of the head:

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Inflammation is a body defense against injury, infection, or allergy.

A) True
B) False

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Suppuration is associated with the generation of pus.

A) True
B) False

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What is the threadlike structure found within the nucleus and composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ?


A) Nucleus
B) Chromosome
C) Cytoplasm
D) Cell membrane
E) Nuclear membrane

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Which term means establishing the cause of a disease?


A) prognosis
B) diagnosis
C) idiopathic
D) pathology
E) symptom

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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What type of edema leaves a depression in swollen tissue once external pressure is removed?


A) Stable
B) Unstable
C) Pitting
D) Steady
E) Traumatic

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Use xanth/o to build a word that means yellow tumor:

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Match the medical terms with their definitions. -pertaining to the area below the ribs


A) abduction
B) adduction
C) adhesion
D) auscultation
E) coccyx
F) diagnosis
G) excisional
H) fluoroscopy
I) hernia
J) homeostasis
K) incisional
L) inflammation
M) infracostal
N) mycosis
O) plantar
P) prognosis
Q) prone
R) radiology
S) radiopharmaceutical
T) superior
U) symptom
V) thoracic
W) ultrasonography
X) umbilical
Y) ventral
Z) viscera

[) C) and W)
\) I) and L)

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Which term means abnormal accumulation of fluid within tissue spaces?


A) edema
B) adhesion
C) gangrene
D) ascites
E) mycosis

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Match the combining forms with their meanings. -blue


A) albin//o
B) anter/o
C) caud/o
D) cephal/o
E) chrom/o
F) cyan/o
G) cyt/o
H) dist/o
I) dors/o
J) erythr/o
K) hist/o
L) infer/o
M) jaund/o
N) kary/o
O) later/o
P) medi/o
Q) melan/o
R) poli/o
S) poster/o
T) proxim/o
U) radi/o
V) tom/o
W) ventr/o
X) viscer/o

Y) M) and Q)
Z) G) and X)

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Match the medical terms with their definitions. -movement toward the midline of the body


A) abduction
B) adduction
C) adhesion
D) auscultation
E) coccyx
F) diagnosis
G) excisional
H) fluoroscopy
I) hernia
J) homeostasis
K) incisional
L) inflammation
M) infracostal
N) mycosis
O) plantar
P) prognosis
Q) prone
R) radiology
S) radiopharmaceutical
T) superior
U) symptom
V) thoracic
W) ultrasonography
X) umbilical
Y) ventral
Z) viscera

[) A) and T)
\) A) and W)

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The abbreviation US means


A) usual.
B) usage.
C) urgent sign.
D) unstable.
E) ultrasound.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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The suffix -graphy means


A) knowing.
B) disease.
C) process of recording.
D) swelling.
E) closure.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Which term means any (abnormal) fungal infection in or on the body?


A) myosis
B) malignant
C) mastosis
D) mycosis
E) necrosis

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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Use later/o to build a word that means pertaining to one side:

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Peritonitis requires prompt medical attention.

A) True
B) False

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Mycotic infections are confined to the skin and surface of the body.

A) True
B) False

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Match the combining forms with their meanings. -internal organs


A) albin//o
B) anter/o
C) caud/o
D) cephal/o
E) chrom/o
F) cyan/o
G) cyt/o
H) dist/o
I) dors/o
J) erythr/o
K) hist/o
L) infer/o
M) jaund/o
N) kary/o
O) later/o
P) medi/o
Q) melan/o
R) poli/o
S) poster/o
T) proxim/o
U) radi/o
V) tom/o
W) ventr/o
X) viscer/o

Y) C) and R)
Z) C) and K)

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Match the combining forms with their meanings. -back (of body)


A) albin//o
B) anter/o
C) caud/o
D) cephal/o
E) chrom/o
F) cyan/o
G) cyt/o
H) dist/o
I) dors/o
J) erythr/o
K) hist/o
L) infer/o
M) jaund/o
N) kary/o
O) later/o
P) medi/o
Q) melan/o
R) poli/o
S) poster/o
T) proxim/o
U) radi/o
V) tom/o
W) ventr/o
X) viscer/o

Y) N) and R)
Z) F) and R)

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