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Test Bank For Language of Medicine 12th Edition Chabner |9780323551472 | All Chapters with Answers and Rationals
The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used for the
suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um. - ANSWER:pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: - ANSWER: action taken, condition, or state
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .
- ANSWER: distinction of the object from something else.
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is
called: - ANSWER: fracturing
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"? - ANSWER: nucleus
the combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is: - ANSWER: viscer/o
the abdominal cavity contains the: - ANSWER: lungs
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: - ANSWER: muscle
The combining form hist/o- means: - ANSWER: tissue or web-like
a body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific
functions is called an - ANSWER: organ
the suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to: - ANSWER: a formation,
growth, or development
Bone is described as _____ tissue. - ANSWER: connective
the combining form that means "cause of disease)" is: - ANSWER: eti/o
prefix meaning "change or after" - ANSWER: meta-
suffix meaning "to control or stop" - ANSWER: stasis
term meaning "the science of or study of bodily changes caused by disease" - ANSWER: pathology
combining form onc/o- means - ANSWER: tumor
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is: - ANSWER: encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive
Term for a new growth - ANSWER: neoplasm
literal meaning of carcin/oma - ANSWER: crab like tumor
correct way to fracture/divide medical term melanocarcinoma - ANSWER: melano/carcin/oma
"lateral" describes movement in which direction - ANSWER: to the side
"towards the tail" means - ANSWER: caudal
direction closest to the point of origin - ANSWER: proximal
, movement toward back of body - ANSWER: dorsal
movement toward top of body - ANSWER: cephalic
movement toward belly - ANSWER: ventral
"inferior" describes movement - ANSWER: toward lower end of body
divides body into right and left halves - ANSWER: sagittal plane
"coronal" or "frontal plane" divides body into - ANSWER: anterior and posterior portions
Homeo/path/ic literally means: - ANSWER: like or same/as disease/refers
A trephine would be used to remove ___. - ANSWER: bone
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position. - ANSWER: supine
"plantar wart" is located - ANSWER: sole of foot
process of drawing away from mid-line or middle - ANSWER: abduction
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called: - ANSWER: extension
"af/ferent" (as in sensory impulses) - ANSWER: conveying toward a center
about how many men will develop breast cancer - ANSWER: 1/1,000
"i swear by apollo the physician and asclepius and hygieia and panaceia...' is the beginning of what
famous oath? - ANSWER: hippocratic oath
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by: - ANSWER: little change, slow progression, and long
duration
An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n): - ANSWER: carcinoma
tumor of fibrous and cartilaginous tissue - ANSWER: fibrochondroma
study of disease - ANSWER: pathology
Cancers of the circulatory system include: - ANSWER: leukemia and lymphomas
a fatty tumor is called - ANSWER: lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma
'metastasis' - ANSWER: to spread
'diagnosis' - ANSWER: total knowledge
'hyperplasia' - ANSWER: increase in development
'clinical' - ANSWER: at patient's bedside
prognosis - ANSWER: before knowledge
mammogram - ANSWER: a recording of the breast
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