TEST BANK For Medical Terminology Systems: A Body
Systems Approach 8th Edition by Gylys & Wedding
ADNEXA refers to - ANSWER: Accessory organs
A DROP is denoted by the abbreviation - ANSWER: gt
The abbreviation UNG refers to - ANSWER: ointment
PROXIMAL is a term that indicates a point - ANSWER: Nearer to the body
ADDUCTION means - ANSWER: Movement towards median plane
CYSTOCELE is - ANSWER: A herniation of the urinary bladder
NULLI is a prefix that means - ANSWER: None
FALSE is indicated by the prefix - ANSWER: Pseudo
Tiny red or purple spots on the skin appearing as a result of small hemorrhages
within the dermal or sub muscular layers are called - ANSWER: Petechia
KERATO refers to - ANSWER: Horny
The suffix LYSIS means - ANSWER: Breaking down
The LEFT EYE is indicated by the letters - ANSWER: OS
Tissue death is called - ANSWER: Necrosis
The secretion of excessive sweat is also known as - ANSWER: DIAPHORESIS
A slow pulse is known as - ANSWER: BRADYCARDIA
The STSR is scheduled to scrub on a laparoscopic CHOLECYSTECTOMY. This is to
removal of the - ANSWER: GALLBLADDER
The term HEPATOMEGALY refers to - ANSWER: Enlarged liver
A record of joint is - ANSWER: ARTHROGRAM
CYSTITIS is inflammation of - ANSWER: Bladder
, Removal of a sample of tissue for a pathological diagnosis is - ANSWER: BIOPSY
The prefix DYS refers to - ANSWER: Difficult/bad
The term referring to outside the body is - ANSWER: Extra corporeal
A surgical endoscope that has the ability to morcellate or to fragment tissue is
known as - ANSWER: RESECTOSCOPE
The region of the abdomen below the stomach is - ANSWER: HYPOGASTRIC
Bulging of intestinal tissue into the vagina is - ANSWER: VAGINOCELE
Surgical removal of the globe and accessory attachment of the eye is referred to as -
ANSWER: ENUCLEATION
The term referring to chewing is - ANSWER: MASTICATION
Movement of the body part toward the midline is referred to as - ANSWER:
ADDUCTION
An incision into an artery is referred to as - ANSWER: ARTERIOTOMY
Which radiographic procedure has the ability to make images in multiple planes -
ANSWER: MRI
The absence of a normal body opening duct, or canal is called - ANSWER: ATRESIA
EPISTAXIS can be defined as - ANSWER: Bleeding from the nose
Blood gas analysis is called - ANSWER: ABG
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - ANSWER: The Language of Medicine
Surgical removal of the stomach - ANSWER: GASTRECTOMY
Instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain - ANSWER:
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
X Ray record of the spinal cord - ANSWER: MYELOGRAM
Pertaining to produced disease - ANSWER: PATHOGENIC
Mass or collection of blood - ANSWER: HEMATOMA
Abnormal condition of the mind - ANSWER: PSYCHOSIS
Systems Approach 8th Edition by Gylys & Wedding
ADNEXA refers to - ANSWER: Accessory organs
A DROP is denoted by the abbreviation - ANSWER: gt
The abbreviation UNG refers to - ANSWER: ointment
PROXIMAL is a term that indicates a point - ANSWER: Nearer to the body
ADDUCTION means - ANSWER: Movement towards median plane
CYSTOCELE is - ANSWER: A herniation of the urinary bladder
NULLI is a prefix that means - ANSWER: None
FALSE is indicated by the prefix - ANSWER: Pseudo
Tiny red or purple spots on the skin appearing as a result of small hemorrhages
within the dermal or sub muscular layers are called - ANSWER: Petechia
KERATO refers to - ANSWER: Horny
The suffix LYSIS means - ANSWER: Breaking down
The LEFT EYE is indicated by the letters - ANSWER: OS
Tissue death is called - ANSWER: Necrosis
The secretion of excessive sweat is also known as - ANSWER: DIAPHORESIS
A slow pulse is known as - ANSWER: BRADYCARDIA
The STSR is scheduled to scrub on a laparoscopic CHOLECYSTECTOMY. This is to
removal of the - ANSWER: GALLBLADDER
The term HEPATOMEGALY refers to - ANSWER: Enlarged liver
A record of joint is - ANSWER: ARTHROGRAM
CYSTITIS is inflammation of - ANSWER: Bladder
, Removal of a sample of tissue for a pathological diagnosis is - ANSWER: BIOPSY
The prefix DYS refers to - ANSWER: Difficult/bad
The term referring to outside the body is - ANSWER: Extra corporeal
A surgical endoscope that has the ability to morcellate or to fragment tissue is
known as - ANSWER: RESECTOSCOPE
The region of the abdomen below the stomach is - ANSWER: HYPOGASTRIC
Bulging of intestinal tissue into the vagina is - ANSWER: VAGINOCELE
Surgical removal of the globe and accessory attachment of the eye is referred to as -
ANSWER: ENUCLEATION
The term referring to chewing is - ANSWER: MASTICATION
Movement of the body part toward the midline is referred to as - ANSWER:
ADDUCTION
An incision into an artery is referred to as - ANSWER: ARTERIOTOMY
Which radiographic procedure has the ability to make images in multiple planes -
ANSWER: MRI
The absence of a normal body opening duct, or canal is called - ANSWER: ATRESIA
EPISTAXIS can be defined as - ANSWER: Bleeding from the nose
Blood gas analysis is called - ANSWER: ABG
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - ANSWER: The Language of Medicine
Surgical removal of the stomach - ANSWER: GASTRECTOMY
Instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain - ANSWER:
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
X Ray record of the spinal cord - ANSWER: MYELOGRAM
Pertaining to produced disease - ANSWER: PATHOGENIC
Mass or collection of blood - ANSWER: HEMATOMA
Abnormal condition of the mind - ANSWER: PSYCHOSIS
