TEST BANK Test Ban k for Quick & Easy Medical Terminology By Peggy C. Leonard 7th Edition TEST BANK JNURSE Peggy C. Leonard : Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 7th Edition Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Suture of a blood vessel is called: A. angiectomy B. angioplasty C. angiorrhaphy D. angiotomy ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes 2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called: A. adenectomy B. amniocentesis C. angiorrhexis D. glycolysis ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes 3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called: A. neuralgia B. neurocele C. neuroplasty D. neurosis ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called: A. a hernia B. dilatation C. edema D. emesis ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 5. A term that means stretching of a structure is: A. dilatation B. ptosis C. prolapse D. spasm ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes JNURSE 6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is called: A. dilatation B. edema C. emesis D. ptosis ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed: A. hydrophobia B. kleptomania C. paranoia D. pyromania ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 40 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 8. Carcinoma is: A. an abnormal fear of something B. another term for cancer C. any disease of a body structure D. excessive preoccupation with illness ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 40 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 9. Prolapse means: A. cramping B. discharge C. sagging D. rupture ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is: A. edema B. mania C. ptosis D. stasis ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 11. Surgical repair of the eye is: A. ophthalmalgia B. ophthalmological C. ophthalmoplasty D. ophthalmorrhagia ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 34 TOP: Surgical Suffixes JNURSE 12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is: A. augmentation mammoplasty B. mammography C. mastitis D. reduction mammoplasty ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 33 TOP: Combining Forms for Body Structures 13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called: A. neurectomy B. neurology C. neuroplasty D. neurosis ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 32 TOP: Surgical Suffixes 14. A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal wall is: A. colonoscopy B. colopexy C. coloscopy D. colostomy ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 32 TOP: Surgical Suffixes 15. A term that means vomiting is: A. amnion B. emesis C. endocrine D. forensic ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 16. The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss of feeling is: A. anesthesiologist B. anesthesiology C. immunologist D. immunology ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 26 | 27 TOP: Specialists and Specialties 17. The physician who specializes in intestinal and gastric disorders is a: A. gastroenterologist B. gastroenterology C. gerontologist D. gerontology ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 24 TOP: Specialists and Specialties JNURSE
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