Ch. 3 TEST STUDY Flashcards
Which of the following is not a correct term?
A) Mammogram
B) Mammoplasty
C) Mamitis
D) Mammary
C) Mamitis
What means pertaining to the kidney?
Renal
What term means radiographic image of the kidney?
Nephrogram
What does Mastectomy mean?
Removal of a breast
Which of the following is an adjective suffix?
A) -osis
B) -eal
C) -um
D) -ia
-eal
Which term contains word parts that mean pain and nerve?
A) Angioplasty
B) Phlebitis
C) Neuralgia
D) Sarcoma
C) Neuralgia
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
A patient with cardiomegaly has a/an______ heart.
Enlarged
What does the combining form septic/o mean?
Pertaining to infection
What does cellulitis mean?
Inflammation of the soft tissue under the skin
What does Osteomyelitis mean?
Inflammation of bone and bone marrow
Osteo-
Bone
Ot/o means
Ear
What does otitis mean
Inflammation of the ear
Which tumors are benign and when located in the uterus are known as fibroids ?
A) Adenomas
B) Thymomas
C) Myomas
D) Myelomas
Myomas
What does rhinoplasty mean?
Surgical repair of the nose
Which term contains word parts that mean condition or blood and urine?
A) hemoptysis
B) Hematuria
C) Hemodialysis
D) Hematemesis
B) Hematuria
What does axill/o mean?
armpit
Which terms contains word parts that mean excessive bleeding and menstruation?
A) Meningitis
B) Menorrhagia
C) Menorrhea
D) Menses
B) Menorrhagia
Which term contains word parts that mean disease and joint?
A) Arthritis
B) Arthropathy
C) Arteriolitis
Arthropathy
Which of the following is NOT a procedural suffix?
A) -lysis
B) -rrhea
C) -centesis
D) -ectomy
B) -rrhea
-oma means;
tumor / mass
What does the combining form “isch/o” mean?
To hold back
What does the suffix “-rrhea” mean?
Flow, discharge
necr/o means
Death
Which combining form is used in the term that means inflammation of a vein?
phleb/o
What term means the visual examination of the abdomen?
Laparoscopy
What is a condition that last a long time called?
Chronic
What is the removal of all breast tissue in either both breasts or only one?
mastectomy
What is nerve pain?
neuralgia
what is an infection in the blood?
Septicemia
what is inflammation of the large intestine?
Colitis
What is a tonsillectomy?
Removal of lymph nodes in throat
What is a treatment using drugs called?
Chemo Therapy
What is the windpipe called?
Trachea
The suffix -osis means:
Abnormal condition
Ear pain is called:
A) Otitis
B) Rhinalgia
C) Myalgia
D) Otalgia
D) Otalgia
A condition in which blood is held back from an organ is:
ischemia
A benign tumor of the muscle is a:
A) Adenoma
B) Myosarcoma
C) Myoma
Myoma
Renal failure leads to an abnormal blood condition called:
uremia
Enlargement of the liver is called:
A) Hepatomegaly
B) Nephritis
C) Cardiomegaly
Hepatomegaly
A cancerous tumor of glandular cells is called a:
A) leukemia
B) adenopathy
C) adenocarcinomas
Adenocarcinomas
Normal discharge of blood during menstrual periods is called:
A) Hemorrhage
B) Menorrhea
C) Anemia
D) Hematuria
Menorrhea
- sclerosis means:
hardening
Abnormal condition of blood in the urine is called:
A) Uremia
B) Menorrhagia
C) Hematuria
D) Ischemia
hematuria
hem/o & hemat/o
blood
hyster/o
uterus
suffix meaning “removal or resection” is:
-ectomy
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac surrounding the developing fetus is called:
amniocentesis
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube
removal of a fallopian tube is called:
A) Hysterotomy
B) Oophorectomy
C) Salpingectomy
Salpingectomy
Angi/o
blood vessel
-megaly
enlargement
-stomy
opening
-uria
condition of urine
-rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
-pathy
disease
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
-therapy
treatment
-plasty
surgical repair
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
angi/o
blood vessel
Aden/o
Gland
ren/o
Kidney
sarc/o
flesh
my/o
muscle
chron/o
time
hyster/o
uterus
oophor/o
ovary
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
