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Test Bank For Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 9th Edition By Peggy C. Leonard
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Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 9th Edition By Peggy C. Leonard Chapter 2-15
Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 9th Edition
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
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, 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
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, 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
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