Medical Terminology Final Exam
Questions and Answers
Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries - Answer-Bilateral salpingo
oophorectomy
premature separation of placenta - Answer-Abruptio placentae
A woman who has had 3 miscarriages and 2 live births - Answer-Grave5, para 2
Gynecomastia - Answer-Abnormal development of breast tissue in males
Excessive flow of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods - Answer-
Metrorrhagia
Difficult labor and delivery - Answer-Dystocia
Menarche - Answer-First menstrual period
Pieces of the inner lining of the uterus are ectopic - Answer-endometriosis
Scraping of tissue - Answer-curettage
Act of giving birth - Answer-parturition
Organ in the pregnant uterus that provides nourishment for the fetus - Answer-
placenta
Monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus - Answer-Menstruation
Innermost membrane around the developing embryo - Answer-amnion
Part of the vulva - Answer-labia majora
The male gonad - Answer-testis
A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra - Answer-prostate
Tissue that produces sperm cells - Answer-seminiferous tubules
Hair like tail region of the sperm - Answer-Flagellum
Tube that leads from epididymis to the urethra - Answer-Van deferens
Foreskin - Answer-Prepuce
Male castration would result from which of the following operations? - Answer-
Bilateral orchiectomy
, Inflammation of the gas penis - Answer-Balanitis
A chancre is the primary lesion in which of the following conditions? - Answer-
Syphilis
Testosterone is produced by - Answer-Interstitial cells of the testes
Undescended testicles - Answer-Cryptorchism
Sterilization procedure - Answer-Vasectomy
Congenital condition of the make urethra - Answer-Hypospadias
Parenchymal tissue in the testes - Answer-Seminiferous tubules
Which of the following is NOT a sexually transmitted disease(STD)? - Answer-BPH
Part of the brain responsible fir coordination muscles movements and maintaining
balance - Answer-Cerebellum
Part of the nerve cell that first receives the nervous impulse is the - Answer-Dendrite
Burning sensation of pain - Answer-Causalgia
Glial cells - Answer-Astrocytes
Space between the nerve cells - Answer-Synapse
X-ray record(image) of the spinal cord - Answer-Myelogram
Collection of blood with in the meningeal layers - Answer-Subdural hematoma
Inflammation of a spinal nerve root - Answer-Radiculitis
A highly malignant brain tumor - Answer-Glioblastoma
Cerebral aneurysm - Answer-Cerebrovascular accident( stroke)
Fainting - Answer-Syncope
Condition of no nervous sensation - Answer-Anesthesia
A blood vessel that carries oxygen poor blood from heart to lungs - Answer-
pulmonary artery
Contraction phase of the heartbeat - Answer-Systole
Located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart - Answer-Mitral
valve
Questions and Answers
Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries - Answer-Bilateral salpingo
oophorectomy
premature separation of placenta - Answer-Abruptio placentae
A woman who has had 3 miscarriages and 2 live births - Answer-Grave5, para 2
Gynecomastia - Answer-Abnormal development of breast tissue in males
Excessive flow of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods - Answer-
Metrorrhagia
Difficult labor and delivery - Answer-Dystocia
Menarche - Answer-First menstrual period
Pieces of the inner lining of the uterus are ectopic - Answer-endometriosis
Scraping of tissue - Answer-curettage
Act of giving birth - Answer-parturition
Organ in the pregnant uterus that provides nourishment for the fetus - Answer-
placenta
Monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus - Answer-Menstruation
Innermost membrane around the developing embryo - Answer-amnion
Part of the vulva - Answer-labia majora
The male gonad - Answer-testis
A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra - Answer-prostate
Tissue that produces sperm cells - Answer-seminiferous tubules
Hair like tail region of the sperm - Answer-Flagellum
Tube that leads from epididymis to the urethra - Answer-Van deferens
Foreskin - Answer-Prepuce
Male castration would result from which of the following operations? - Answer-
Bilateral orchiectomy
, Inflammation of the gas penis - Answer-Balanitis
A chancre is the primary lesion in which of the following conditions? - Answer-
Syphilis
Testosterone is produced by - Answer-Interstitial cells of the testes
Undescended testicles - Answer-Cryptorchism
Sterilization procedure - Answer-Vasectomy
Congenital condition of the make urethra - Answer-Hypospadias
Parenchymal tissue in the testes - Answer-Seminiferous tubules
Which of the following is NOT a sexually transmitted disease(STD)? - Answer-BPH
Part of the brain responsible fir coordination muscles movements and maintaining
balance - Answer-Cerebellum
Part of the nerve cell that first receives the nervous impulse is the - Answer-Dendrite
Burning sensation of pain - Answer-Causalgia
Glial cells - Answer-Astrocytes
Space between the nerve cells - Answer-Synapse
X-ray record(image) of the spinal cord - Answer-Myelogram
Collection of blood with in the meningeal layers - Answer-Subdural hematoma
Inflammation of a spinal nerve root - Answer-Radiculitis
A highly malignant brain tumor - Answer-Glioblastoma
Cerebral aneurysm - Answer-Cerebrovascular accident( stroke)
Fainting - Answer-Syncope
Condition of no nervous sensation - Answer-Anesthesia
A blood vessel that carries oxygen poor blood from heart to lungs - Answer-
pulmonary artery
Contraction phase of the heartbeat - Answer-Systole
Located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart - Answer-Mitral
valve
