Keniequa's Brainscape Flashcards
What is the name of the male reproductive doctor?
a. Urologist
b. Gynecologist
c. Geriatrics
a. Urologist
What sexually transmitted disease occurs in women due to abnormal overgrowth of certain bacteria in vagina?
a. Genital herpes
b. Bacterial vaginosis
c. Gonorrhea
b. Bacterial Vaginosis
What is the transition phase between regular menstrual periods and no periods at all?
a. Menopause
b. Menarche
c. Perimenopause
c. Perimenopause
What combining form means Adrenal gland?
a. adren/o
b. adreyn/o
c. adrin/o
a. adren/o
What hormone stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth?
a. Growth hormone
b. melatonin
c. Oxytocin
c. Oxytocin
The thyroid gland is located in the back of the neck.
True/false
False
What combining form means skin?
a. pil/a
b. hidr/o
c. dermat/o
c. dermat/o
What is the outermost layer of skin?
a. epidermis
b. dermis
c. sebaceous gland
a. epidermis
Who specializes in diagnosing/ testing disorders of the skin?
a. cosmetologist
b. dermatologist
c. urologist
b. dermatologist
Alopecia is partial or complete hair loss.
True/false
True
Vitiligo is irregular
patches of dark skin related to destruction o melanocytes.
True/false
False
Define Pathology
a. The study of the human brain
b. The study of blood
c. The study of diseases
c. the study of diseases
The combing word form for muscle is my/o.
True/false
True
Smooth muscles are located in the walls of internal organs.
True/ False
True
Define the suffix -lysis
a. itching of the scalp
b. destruction or breaking down in disease
c. identification card
b. Destruction or breaking down in disease
Define sarcopenia
a. loss of hair
b. loss of muscle mass
c. loss of appetite
b. loss of muscle mass
What is the muscular system treatment procedure acronym
a. R-I-C-E
b EGG
c. SDR
a. R-I-C-E
What combining form means surgical incision?
a. -rrhaphy
b. -itis
c. -otomy
c. -otomy
what combining word form mean joints?
a. burs/o
b. ligament/o
c. arthr/o
c. arthr/o
Bone is the first hardest tissue in the human body.
True/False
False
What are three bones located in the middle ear?
a. malleus, incus, stapes
b. bone 1, bone 2, bone 3
c. the three ear drums
a. malleus, incus, stapes
Mandible is the only movable bone in the skull.
True/False
True
Combining form is used at the beginning of a word.
True/False
False
Suffixes may indicate a procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.
True/False
True
What suffix means pain and suffering?
a. -algia
b. -megaly
c. -rio
a. -algia
What suffix means visual examination?
a. -graphy
b. -scopy
c. - centesis
b. -scopy
Prefixes are added at the beginning of a word.
True/False
True
What does the prefix ad- means?
a. away from
b. behind
c. towards
c. towards
What does the prefix intra- means?
a. within/inside
b. between
c. towards
a. within/inside
Anatomy is the study of structures of the body.
True/False
True
Midsagittal divides the body into superior and inferior portions.
True/ False
False
Where is the dorsal part of the body?
a. Back of the body
b. Front of the body
c. top of the head
a. Back of the body
The heart is located superior to the intestines.
True/False
True
What is the third structure of the body?
a. cells
b. body systems
c. organs
c. organs
What suffix means pertaining to
a. -tics
b. -ology
c. -ill
a. -tics
What tissue contains cells specialized to contract and relax?
a. connective tissue
b. epithelial tissue
c. muscular tissue
c. muscular tissue
Etiology is the study of causes of diseases.
True/False
True
What combining word form means lymph?
a. splen/o
b. lymphocyt/o
c. lymph/o
c. lymph/o
What combining form means lungs?
a. lung/o
b. pneum/o
c. alveol/o
b. pneum/o
Where is cilia located?
a. nose
b. tongue
c. skin
a. nose
What organ is commonly known as windpipe?
a. lungs
b. tonsils
c. trachea
c. trachea
What combining form means stomach?
a. gastr/o
b. gastr/a
c. gastr/e
a. gastr/o
What is another word for gums?
a. gingiva
b. teeth
c. teeth
a. gingiva
How many kidneys does the human body has?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
b. 2
What is the suffix meaning of -uria
a. urine
b. stool
c. fatigue
a. urine
The brain and spinal cord makes up the CNS.
True/False
True
Dendrites are tree like branches that carry impulses towards the cell.
True/ False
True
What color is a healthy sclera?
a. yellow
b. black
c. white
c. white
Rods are color receptors.
True/False
False
What is another name for earwax?
a. Cerumen
b. glue
c. discharge
a. Cerumen