Multiple Choice Flashcards
A combining form is _____
The root, plus combining vowel
The combining form meaning “joint” is:
Arthr/o
Suffix meaning “inflammation”
-itis
A prefix meaning “under” or “less than normal”
Hypo-
Suffix meaning “study of”
-logy
Tumor of a gland:
A) Adenoma
B) Nephroma
A) Adenoma
Visual exaltation of the urinary bladder:
A) Cystoscopy
B) Cystogram
A) Cystoscopy
Prediction about the outcome of an illness or treatment
- Prognosis
Condition of nerve pain
A) Neuralgia
B) Nueralgia
A) Neuralgia
Ren/o & nephr/o both mean
Kidney
A cancerous tumor is a:
A) hematoma
B) carcinoma
B) carcinoma
An instrument to visually examine the urinary bladder is:
Cystoscope
Excessive amount of sugar in the blood is called
Hyperglycemia
A gastrectomy is a:
Gastric Excision
Glands that secrete hormones:
- Exocrine or Endocrine
Endocrine
Large incision across the abdomen:
Laparoscopy
A malignant tumor of flesh tissue
Carcinoma or Sarcoma ???
Sarcoma
A doctor who performs autopsies and examines biopsy samples:
Pathologist
A record of the electricity in the brain:
Electroencephalogram or Nephrectomy??
Protein found in red blood cells
Hemoglobin
To confirm a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma, you visually examine that urinary bladder by _____
Cystoscopy
Your patient has left sided paralysis, and an x ray reveals an area of bleeding in the brain. Your diagnosis is stroke or ____
Cerebrovascular
Your patient is very tired and pale. Blood test reveal a low red-blood cell count.
You make a diagnosis of ____
Anemia
This procedure is performed abdominally, using minimally invasive surgery called
Laparoscopy
X Rays of your patients leg have confirmed your diagnosis of a malignant tumor of the bone, know as
Osteosarcoma
Your patients blood it not clotting properly due to a deficiency of a type of blood cell called a platelet or a
Thrombocyte
You reply on a medical specialist called a _____ to diagnose disease by examining a biopsy
Pathologist
Your patients presents with a high level of sugar in the blood, called
Hyperglycemia
Your patient has been diagnosed with stomach cancer and you recommended a partial or total removal of the stomach, known as a
Gastrectomy
Surgical procedure known as a TRURP or
Trans urethra
