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