Medical Terminology MCQ
1. The adjective peroneal refers to the ________.
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2. The combining forms quad and tetra, one latin and the other greek, are _____ terms meaning four.
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3. In the medical word scotoma the combining form means ________.
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4. The endocrine subsection of the cpt manual contains codes for ____ endocrine glands.
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5. In an autoimmune disorder, the body makes ________ against its own tissues.
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Antibodies
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6. Timothy suffered from recurring fever blisters around his mouth, known as herpetic ____itis.
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7. The term esophagogastroplasty is defined as the _____ the esophagus and the stomach.
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Surgical repair of
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8. The term rhabdomyolysis is defined as _____ of striated muscle.
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Dissolution
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9. A myelogram is used to record _______ information:
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Spinal cord/nerve tissue
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10. A "thallium - hot spot test" is used to detect _____ damage:
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11. A "ekg or ecg" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
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12. _____is a severe, recurring, unilateral, vascular headache.
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A migraine
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13. _____ is a superficial bacterial infection of the hair shafts in areas with extensive sweat glands.
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Trichomycosis axillaris
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14. The primary accented syllable in melanocyte (meh-lan-oh-site) is ________.
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15. The incision was made at the (pertaining to above) pole of the lesion or the _____ pole.
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16. Trauma sustained beneath the eye (orbit/o) is _____orbital trauma.
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17. The primary accented syllable in alopecia (al-oh-pee-sha) is ________.
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18. Glue ear, a thick accumulation of secretions, is associated with ________.
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Otitis media
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19. The term gravida usually means ________, but literally means_________:
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Pregnant and heavy
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20. The term _____ describes the absence of urine formation by the kidneys.
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polyuria
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21. The patient is said to have a "trach" when ________.
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The patient is on a ventilator
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22. The passage of black and tarlike stools is known as _____.
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23. The part of the esophagus that is farthest from its beginning at the throat is the ____ end.
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24. The medical term for headache is ceph________.
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25. If the physician wants to say apex of both lungs, the plural for of apex would be ________.
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26. Hyperthyroidism is known to cause the eyes to bulge outwardly, resulting in ________.
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Exophthalmos
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27. Hepatitis "___" may be dormant in the body for years before the signs and symptoms appear.
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28. An________ means being insensitive to pain.
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29. A/an _________________ manipulates data, doing arithmetic or logical operations on it.
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Processing unit
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30. A/an _____ is a benign skin growth that has a waxy or pasted-on look.
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Keratosis
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31. A suffix is added to the ______ of a word to alter its meaning.
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32. _______ is when an organ, such as the uterus, slides or sags downward or forward.
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33. Using the ______ system, it is easy to locate misfiled charts with a quick glance.
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Color coding
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34. When reporting a craniectomy/craniotomy procedure, it is common that additional ____ is required.
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35. The first true vaccine protected against disease caused by a(n) ________ pathogen.
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36. The medical assistant always works as an agent of the ________.
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Physician
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37. Most patients who die of anaphylaxis do so within the first __________ following exposure.
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38. The medical term myoptic (adj.) literally means_____ and actually means____:
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Nearsightedness or shortsighted
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39. Extremely rapid and irregular contractions of the heart muscle are called _________.
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Fibrillation
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40. An abnormal, downward curvature of the penis during an erection is known as ________.
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41. Unrealistic expectations are a type of _______________ stressor.
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Stressors
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42. The two _____ are connected at the lower midpoint by the corpus callosum.
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Cerebral hemispheres
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43. The term _____ means an injection made into the middle layers of the skin.
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Intradermal
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44. The smaller the gauge number of the venipuncture needle, the ________ the hole within.
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45. The root word bi(o)- means:____________
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46. The major division of the cardiovascular subsection is whether a procedure involved a ____ vessel.
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Coronary or noncoronary
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47. Shin splints is a term that describes pain in the ________ of the lower leg.
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48. Nec and nos are ____used in icd-10-cm book.
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NCHS and CMS
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49. Some __________ are used for physician-assisted suicide and for execution by lethal injection.
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Barbiturates
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50. The medical term for an abnormally rapid heartbeat is _____.
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Diabetes insipidus.
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51. A radiation oncologist may use ___ to kill tumor cells using radiation.
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Radiotherapy
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52. A phlebo/tom/ist is a person who specializes in cutting or puncturing _____ to take blood samples.
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53. A patient having both ovaries removed would be scheduled for a _____ oophorectomy.
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Bilateral
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54. ______ wraps the body in a physical barrier to prevent invading organisms from entering the body.
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Intact skin
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55. The duties and responsibilities of pharmacists _____ filling prescriptions and dispensing drugs
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Have progressed well beyond
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56. A ____ is the procedure that frees a kidney from adhesions.
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Nephrolysis
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57. Carpal tunnel syndrome develops as a result of inflammation and swelling of _____ in the wrist.
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Tendon sheaths
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58. Technetium-99m, xenon-133, and gallium-67 are radiopharmaceutical drugs that ________.
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Emit gamma rays
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59. An in ________ test traces the amount of radioactive substances inside a living organism.
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60. Inpatients admitted to critical access hospitals are restricted to stays of ____ hours.
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61. Ppos differentiated themselves by offering _____ option to enrollees.
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Open panel
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62. Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .
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Distinction of the object from something else
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63. An inflammation of the synovial membrane is known as ______.
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Synovitis
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64. The hickman, broviac, and groshong are ________.
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Central venous catheters
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65. A trephine would be used to remove ___.
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66. The frontal plane divides the body into _________________ and _________________ portions.
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Anterior and posterior
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67. The rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas in the intestine is known as _____.
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Borborygmus
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68. The border where the white, opaque sclera becomes the transparent cornea is the ________.
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69. ________ectomy is the excision of fatty deposits from the innermost lining of an artery.
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70. Tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins involves ________ bonds.
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Ionic, hydrogen, polar, and nonpolar covalent
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71. A/an _____ relieves inflammation and pain without affecting consciousness.
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Anti-inflammatory
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72. In _____________, a radiopharmaceutical is given intravenously to obtain a lung scan.
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Perfusion studies
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73. The attempted realignment of a bone involved in a fracture or joint dislocation is known as ______.
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Closed reduction
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74. Antipsychotic drugs are the major tranquilizers, which include all of the following except _______.
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75. The education section of a r sum? should list schools in order from _____.
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Most to least recent
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76. Antiviral medications are a common treatment for __________.
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Influenza.
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77. A ureterostomy (or urostomy for short): ______________.
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Is a surgically created opening in the ureter, redirects the ureter to the outside of the body
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78. The word pyelonephritis can be separated into these types of word parts ________.
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Combining form, combining form, suffix
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79. The procedural term dermatoplasty includes ___________ surgery.
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Face lifts
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80. The plural of glomerulus is ________.
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Glomeruli
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81. The drugs donepezil (aricept) and tacrine (cognex) are used to treat ________.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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82. When using an unlisted code a(n) ____ must accompany the claim.
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Special report
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83. A cysto/scopic exam refers to 'looking at' the ________:
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Urinary bladder inspection
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84. The diagnostic term scurvy literally means __________ and is the lack of vitamin c in the diet.
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Inflammation of the stomach, intestines,
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85. The singular form of the word spermatozoa is ________.
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Spermatozoon
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86. The major division of the cardiovascular subsection is by how a procedure involved a ____ vessel.
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Coronary or noncoronary.
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87. A(n) "_______" is a noninvasive roentgeno/graph/y diagnostic technique.
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Computerized Axial Tomography.
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88. A(n) ____ is a mass of undissolved matter that is present in blood and is transported by the blood.
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89. The term nettles, hives, or ______________ refers to a rash that may be characterized by wheals.
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Urticaria
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90. An "ekg or ecg" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
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91. Formed in red bone marrow, _____ are the most common type of white blood cells.
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Neutrophils
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92. The word part that completes the medical term meaning excision of an ovary, _______/ectomy, is:
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93. The word lateral pertains to the ________ of a structure.
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94. The term _____ means any pathologic change or disease in a muscle.
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Myelopathy
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95. The term _____ means abnormally increased carbon dioxide in the blood.
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hypercapnia
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96. The term _____ describes the congenital absence of a normal body opening.
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97. The resulting film created by angiography is known as a/an _____.
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Angiogram
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98. The patient complained of pain inferior to the umbilical region or in the _____ region.
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Hypogastric
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99. The medical language definition of the word ________ means "pertaining to (the) bladder"?
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100. The inside of a person's thigh is also known as its ________ aspect.
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101. The condition known as _____ is characterized by hypertension, edema, and proteinuria.
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Preeclampsia
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102. The combining form that means infection is _____.
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103. The 12 pairs of _____ originate from the undersurface of the brain.
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Cranial nerves
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104. Pelvic __________ is the surgical removal of pelvic organs.
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Pelvic Exenteration
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105. The combining form systol/o- means ________.
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Contracting
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106. Form refers to ________, and function refers to ________.
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Anatomical structure; physiological actions
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107. The visceral pericardium is ________ to the parietal pericardium.
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108. The hiv retrovirus is particularly deadly because _____.
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It attacks the body's immune system
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109. The suffix in the term peritoneal is _____, which means ________.
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Al, pertaining to
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110. To set your intensity level, you need to __________.
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Use your maximum heart rate, which is determined by subtracting age from 220
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111. Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful
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Adaptation
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112. A bone process or eye membrane disease term that means resembling a wing is ________:
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Pterygoid
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113. The last stage of labor is __________.
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Transition
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114. An object lodged in the airway can cause a mild or severe ________.
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Airway Obstruction
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115. A/an _____ is a surgical incision into the colon.
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colotomy
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116. A/an _____ is a somewhat independent part of the body that performs a specific function.
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117. A/an ____ is a carcinoma derived from glandular tissue.
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Adenocarcinoma
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118. A specialist in the study of outbreaks of disease within a population group is known as a/an _____.
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Epidemiologist
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119. A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites is known as ____.
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Rickettsia
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120. A _____ is the surgical repair of parts of the nasal septum.
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septoplasty
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121. _____ is inflammation of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of the joint.
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Tendinitis
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122. _____ is a surgical puncture of the joint space to remove synovial fluid.
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Arthrocentesis
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123. _____ is a form of treatment that disrupts the blood supply to the tumor.
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Antiangiogenesis
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124. The _________ contain(s) about 75% of the brain's total volume.
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125. Cervical means pertaining to the _______.
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126. Antero_____ means from the front to the back of the body.
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Posterior
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127. A kub is a type of ________.
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X-Ray without contrast media
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128. The _____physis pubis is the joint formed by the fusion of the two pubic bones.
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129. Inferior to the hypochondriac region is the _____ region.
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130. Body “x-rays” produce pictures of _____body tissue and bones:
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Transparent
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131. Another name for a seminoma is ________.
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Testicular cancer
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132. A peptide bond _____.
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Forms the primary structure of proteins
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133. The word part _____ refers to the renal pelvis, which is part of the kidney.
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134. Atrial depolarization causes the ________.
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135. Over-the-counter drugs ______________________.
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Are those available without prescription
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136. Evidence-based medicine proposes to incorporate _____ in medical care delivery.
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Best practices
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137. Intrapleural pressure __________ during expiration.
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Pleural pressure
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138. The combining form phag/o- means ________.
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Eating; swallowing
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139. When the glucose transport maximum is reached, _______.
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Glucose is excreted in the urine and not all of the glucose is reabsorbed
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140. Biomedical therapies are provided by _____.
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Psychiatrists and other medical professionals
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141. Among shamans medicine power is considered spiritually __________
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142. The prefix ab- means ________.
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Away from, ad-
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143. The problem of infertility related to sperm cells may include all of the following except ________.
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Poor sleeping habits
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144. Stimulants can generate a__________
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False sense of well being
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145. Postpartum hemorrhage is due to hyposecretion of ________.
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Hypophysis
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146. Medication for psychological disorders is generally prescribed by _____, who have _____ degrees.
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Psychiatrists; MD
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147. Many fear responses are acquired through the process of _______ conditioning.
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Classical
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148. In myasthenia gravis, antibodies destroy _____ or its receptors.
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Acetylcholine
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149. Humanistic psychologists believed that ____.
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People only behave badly when corrupted by society
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150. Client-centered therapy _____.
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All of these
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151. Cephalo_____ means from the head to the feet.
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152. An inactive substance administered only for its suggestive effects is called a _____.
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153. A/an _____ is a band of fibrous tissues that holds structures together abnormally.
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154. A(n) ________ is an unexpected drug effect in a particularly sensitive person.
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Idiosyncrasy
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155. A_____ means condition of no growth.
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156. A _______tomy is a surgical incision of the chest wall.
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157. A _____ is a sudden, involuntary contraction of one or more muscles.
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