Medical Terminology Test Bank Exam Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct

Medical Terminology Test Bank Exam Questions And
Answers Verified 100% Correct

The transverse plane:

a. horizontal plane that divides the body into upper
and lower parts
b. vertical plane that divides the body into anterior
and posterior parts
c. vertical plane that divides the body into right and
left parts

d. lateral plane dividing the body into halves -
ANSWER -horizontal plane that divides the body into
upper and lower parts


An epithelial cell is a:

a. covering cell

b. nerve cell

c. fat cell

d. percutaneous organ

e. gland - ANSWER -covering cell



Peritoneum:

,a. surrounds all the organs in the chest

b. lines the mediastinum

c. surrounds the abdominal viscera

d. part of the pericardium

e. part of the pelvic cavity - ANSWER -surrounds the
abdominal viscera


Viscera are:

a. cells in the blood

b. internal organs

c. parts of cells

d. cavities of the body

e. tissues composed of cartilage - ANSWER -internal
organs


Removal of the voice box:

a. laryngectomy

b. pharyngotomy C. pharyngostomy
d. trachectomy - ANSWER -laryngectomy

,Opposite of atrophy is:

a. hypertrophy

b. dystrophy

c. -plasty

d. -pexy

e. shrinkage - ANSWER -hypertrophy



Treatment:

a. -therapy

b. -genic

c. -plasty

d. -osis

e. -stasis - ANSWER --therapy Surgical creation of a
permanent opening to the outside of the body:
a. -stomy

b. -tomy

, c. -ectomy

d. section

e. b and d - ANSWER --stomy



Muscular wave-like movement to transport food
through digestive system:
a. mastication

b. regurgitation

c. emulsification

d. peristalsis

e. anastomosis - ANSWER -peristalsis



Pigment released by the liver with bile:

a. mucus

b. enzyme

c. bilirubin d glucose
e. amino acid - ANSWER -bilirubin