Exam #1 Medical Term
Which of the following cranial nerves are responsible for caring nerve impulses associated with the special senses
1,2,8,9
There are _____ cranial nerves
12
Acupuncture has had mainstream appeal in the United States since
1970s
the optic, oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves all innervate the eye and are referred to as cranial nerves
2, 3, 4, and 6
What is the strongest tendon in the body?
Achilles tendon
All hypnosis techniques, promote a relaxed state, and what type of brainwave activity
Alpha
The diagnostic term for a disease characterized by early senility confusion, loss of recognition of persons, or familiar surroundings, and restlessness is
Alzheimer's disease
Lou Gehrig's disease is also known as
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Who is considered the founder of osteopathy?
Andrew Taylor Stiller
Which of these individuals promoted a holistic healing approach to medicine?
Andrew Weil
The term for an x-ray film recording of a joint is
Anthro /gram
The diagnostic turn rheumat/oid arthritis refers to
Auto immune disease often with cartilaginous hypertrophy
Which of these is one of Kübler-Ross stages of death
Bargaining
Which of the following is a noninvasive roentgenograohy diagnostic technique
CAT Scan
The diagnostic term that means abnormal buildup of lime or calcium in tissue is
Calvin/ osis
_____ is a gristle like connective tissue between the bones
Cartilage
The ___ deals with hearing, and the ______deals with balance
Cochlear and labyrinth
What is a brake in the distal portion of the radius and the ulna of the arm called
Colles' wrist fracture
The combining forms or terms that literally mean " rib" are
Cost/o and pleuro-
Meniscus literally means:
Crescent-shaped
With Mumps often there's information of the tear gland or
Dacryoadenitis
What is an inflammation of the tear sac
Dacryocystitis
Who is considered the founder of chiropractics?
Daniel David Palmer
Mydriatic drops____to pupils
Dilate
Groups of muscle fiber, bundles, and their coverage are referred to as an
Fasciculus
What method is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations
Gamma Knife
A condition that causes buildup of uric acid crystals in the blood with deposition in joints is
Gout
Thermogram literally means
Heat or temperature/ recording
What is paralysis on the opposite half of the body from where brain damage occurred
Hemiplegia
Blank is a defect in the vision, in which the race focused behind the retina due to a flat and eye globe, a flat and cornea, or some other type of reactive area
Hyperopia
The term which literally means "under/ribs cartilage/condition" refers to which diagnosis?
Hypochondriasis
The diagnostic term anterior polio/mey /itis means an
Inflammation of the spinal cord frontal gray horn
The term " ophthalmo/scope/e" means
Instrument to examine the eye
What kind of seizures has contractions that usually start in a group of muscles on one side of the body and spread to the extremities of the whole body?
Jacksonian
Which oil might an aroma therapist use to attempt to ease a clients joint pain
Juniper
Sally had a pyelogram perform today to help her diagnose her
Kidney infection
A " pyelogram" records information about the
Kidney pelvis
The medical condition of blank is the backward, bending of the thoracic spinal vertebra
Kyphosis
The small organs that produce and drain tears from the are
Lacrimal glands and ducts
Blank or bands of connective tissue that hold bones together
Ligaments
Aromatherapy starts to have its effects on which part of the brain
Limbic system
_____ is an abnormal anterior concave cover of the spine and is referred to as swayback
Lordosis
Which of the following produces a radio frequency radiation pulse, image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes
MRI
What is the manipulation of the body soft tissues by stroking, rubbing kneeing and tapping?
Massage
If John is abducting his arm, he is
Moving it towards his body
Which of these conditions would be treated as phakic intraocular lenses
Myopia
Any therapy that relies on the body on healing powers is considered
Natural
The court likes structures that carry bioelectrical impulses from one part of the body to another are called
Nerves
The medical abbreviation, CNS,PNS and ANS referred to the divisions of
Nervous system
The most common combining vowel is
O
A lumbar puncture is used to
Obtain spinal fluid samples
The term " nebuliz/er" means
One who causes a mist
The _____ is devoid of rods and cones enhances referred to as the Blindspot
Optic nerve
The term that means one who studies and treats disease of the ear is
Otologist
The medical term that means a specialist who studies and treats, the disease and disorder of the ear, nose and throat is
Otorhinolaryngologist
The diagnostic term sublaxation actually means
Partial joint dislocation
The medical term for a specialist who treats and diagnosis foot diseases and disorders, such as corns bunions clawfoot ingrown toenails is an
Pod/iatr/ist
The diagnostic term for inflammation , or the gray matter of the spinal cord is called
Polio/myel / itis
A patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's diseases characterized by
Pre-senile dementia
The term "tympanostomy" literally means
Procedure of cutting and making a mouth like opening in the eardrum
Bio feedback is a type of_______ therapy
Psychosomatic
The combining words form that refers to the spine vertebral column, and or vertebrae are
Rachi/o- and spindly/o-
What treats the body using principles similar to acupuncture and acupressure
Reflexology
The_____ is made up of a vascular coat, and the rods and cones that help integrate light in colors
Retina
Blank is a pathological condition where the retina becomes partially or completely separated from the choroid portion of the eye, or vascular layer
Retinal detachment
What word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
Root word
The diagnostic term herniated disk in reference to an intervertebral cartilage means that cartilage is/has
Ruptured or protruded
Who is considered the founder of homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann
What do forensic psychiatrist specialize in?
Sanity during crimes
Holistic therapy stress the importance of
Self care and illness prevention
A muscular dystrophy patient who presents with a condition of winged scapular means that they have a a problem with their
Shoulder
Which was the first 3-D printed drug approved by the FDA
Spritam
A patient who has cholecystolithotripsy is having wet process, performed to their gallbladder
Stone Crushed
What is the disorder of the eye in which the optic access cannot be directed at the same object?
Strabismus
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for:
The Stages of Death and Dying
The diagnostic term hammertoe means
The toes are bent over or down
Personality disorders are grouped into blank type of clusters
Three
An old French strain means
To draw tight
The directional term lateral describes movement in which direction
To the side
The directional terminal lateral describes movement in which direction
To the side
What type of epilepsy caused by trauma to the brain
Traumatic
Dr. alexis put her patient in the prone position. This means that the patient is.
Turned down
The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called:
Ultra/sono/graph/y
What does Reiki mean in Japanese?
Universal vital force
Parkinson disease causes body tremors, weak speech, shuffling of feet and depression other patients make experience
Voice loss, sphincter problems fall and paralysis
The medical term glaucoma actually means
Waterfall, Cloudy, or Gray Vision
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven is the
Word root or stem word
Dyslexia literally means:
a condition of words that are faulty or difficult to
The term cryosurgery literally means
a procedure of one who works by hand with cold
The term "Mammogram" means:
a recording of the breast
A defibrillator is used to correct
abnormal heart rhythms
The medical term paranoia literally refers to a behavior that is out of touch with reality or
abnormal thinking or reasoning
Reflexology literally means
again/bends/of/procedure of
Aromatherapy oils are
all of the above (inhaled, applied during massage, used with baths)
What physicians use antagonistic substances to attach to disease organisms or illness?
allopathic
Therapeutic touch therapy is classified as what type of medicine
alternative
A pathologist noted that a skin biopsy specimen exhibited hyperplasia. This means there is/are
an increase in cell number
Acupuncture may be used during surgery for:
anesthesia
What does the word part talus mean?
ankles
The coronal plane divides the body into the
anterior and posterior portions
Which of the following is a personality disorder, and cluster b
antisocial personality disorder
The interruption of blood supply to the brain caused by a cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, or cerebral hemorrhage is called
apoplexy
cerebral ischemia results in a condition termed
apoplexy
The word part Axillo- means
armpit
The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is
arthr/itis
Specialist who specializes in the study of hearing is
audiologist
The word part Occiputo- means
back of head
What is the basis of Chinese traditional medicine?
balance within the body
The hypoglossal nerve is located
below the tongue
Ultrasonography literally means process of recording
beyond normal ranges/sound
A self suggestion technique, which assist patients in controlling stress is
biofeedback
Which mental disorder involves manic periods and depressive episodes?
bipolar disorder
The medical term hematoma means
blood swelling or tumor
A trephine is used to remove
bone
Osteomyelitis literally means:
bone/marrow/inflamed
A PET scan is used to detect metabolism of glucose by the:
brain
A patient having an electroencephalogram is having a recording made of the electrical activity in their:
brain
The combining form encephalo refers to
brain
The word part Cerebro- means:
brain
The cranial nerves are string, like groups of nerves coming off the
brain and brain stem
Blank is characterized by soreness, tenderness, and weakness of the muscles of the thumb caused by pressure on the median nerve.
carpal tunnel syndrome
The directional term that means towards the lower end of the body is
caudal
The term that describes movement towards the top of the body is
cephalic
The diagnostic term for condition, characterized by brain damage and lack muscle control, and partial paralysis is
cerebral palsy
Folk remedies are based on
charms
What does the word bucco- mean
cheek
Which of these treatments would commonly be labelled "orthodox" medicine?
chemotherapy
The word part Mento- means:
chin
The surgical term for the repair of cartilage is called
chondr/o/plasty
The term that means cartilage, swelling or cartilage tumor is
chondroma
If an athlete is circumducting in their arm, they are moving it
circle
The word part Cleido- means
clavicle
The diagnostic term Cataract actually means:
clouding of the lens of the eye
A blank fracture means the bones are broken up into small parts
comminuted
What interprets color?
cones
The mucous membrane lining the inner eyelids and eyeball globe is the
conjunctiva
Blank is caused by foreign bodies or pathogenic organisms that cause inflammation and petechial hemorrhages.
conjunctivitis
Miotic eye drops cause the eyes pupils to
constrict
Which of the following means skull?
cranio
Herpes in Greek means
creep
The combining form Scolio means
crooked, bent
The term Ankylosis literally means:
crooked, stiff, bent/ condition
Lithotripsy is a procedure for:
crushing calculi
"X-rays" produce pictures of what type of body tissue and bones?
dense
The diagnostic medical term multiple sclerosis refers to
deterioration or loss of the myelin sheath nerve body covering
Which of the following can be diagnosed by looking at the retina
diabetes
What uses a high frequency electromagnetic current produced by a microwave device to generate heat within body tissues?
diathermy
Which of the following means double vision
diplopia
The directional term for movement towards the back of the body is
dorsal
an otoscope is used to view the
ear
the word part oto- means:
ear, hearing
Small acupuncture needles are used to treat which area of the body?
ears
Acupuncture needles are used in combination with which of these during treatment
electrical current
Electric shock therapy is also known as:
electroconvulsive therapy
The surgical term Phalang/ectomy means:
excision of a finger or toe bone
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:
extension
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
eye
The medical terms Palpebr/itis and Blepharo/ptosis refer to:
eyelid inflammation and eyelid drooping
The diagnostic term "Hyperopia" means:
farsightedness
Stress fractures are also referred to as
fatigue fractures
The diagnostic term muscular dystrophy means
faulty muscle development
The word part Fibro- means
fiber
"Fibromyalgia" literally means:
fibers/muscle/pain
The word part Dactylo- means:
finger, toe
A "Pacemaker" can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with ________:
fixed and/or alternate impulses
The diagnostic term pes planus means
flat foot
The diagnostic term avulsion means
forceful tearing away of part of a body structure
The word part Frons- means:
forehead or front
The prefix quadri- and tetra- mean:
four
The word part Pia- means:
gentle
A PET scan is used to detect
glucose metabolism
the word part Gilo- means:
glue
What is the word part for jaw?
gnatho-
The prefix is hemi and semi mean
half
The word part Mano- means
hand
Which of these body parts is commonly massaged by practitioners of reflexology?
hand
The word part Duro- means:
hard
The combining forms of acous- and Audi/o- both mean
hearing
A thallium scan is used to detect damage to the
heart
An EKG or ECG is used to record information about electrical activity in the
heart
If an electrocardiogram shows that a patient has tachycardia, it means that the patients
heart rate is elevated
Which of the following is not a personality disorder,in cluster c
histrionic personality disorder
Which type of medicine emphasize self-care, and illness prevention
holistic
What physicians administer small doses of similar disease substances to allegedly stimulate the natural body response of immunity?
homeopathic
Gout is caused by
hyperuricemia
Which of these is not a sign of brain concussion?
increased appetite
Osteoarthritis is
inflammation of a bone joint causing bone hypertrophy
The diagnostic term encephalitis actually means
inflammation of the brain
The medical term myringitis actually means
inflammation of the eardrum
The medical term Kerat/itis actually means:
inflammation of the eye's cornea
The diagnostic term blepharitis means
inflammation of the eyelid
The term conjunctivitis literally means together/joined/inflamed. It actually means:
inflammation of the membrane that covers the eyeball and the eyelid
The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:
instrument to view trachea-like structures
"Complementary or Alternative Medicine" is now referred to as ________:
integrated medicine
Massage and reflexology are examples of
integrated medicine
The abbreviation ICU refers to an
intensive care unit
The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the
kidney, ureter, bladder
A patient with "genu osteoporosis" means the condition is located in their:
knee
The diagnostic term genu varum means
knees are bent outward
The combining form of a term that means hump or hunchback is
kypho-
The tear glands that lubricate and protect the eye are called
lacrimal glands
The eye structure that lies directly behind the pupil and iris is the:
lens
Homeopathic literally means
like or same/as disease/refers
What is the yellow spot in the retina lateral to the optic nerve?
macula
Three. Layered membrane that covers the brain in spinal cord and literally means membrane is called the
meninges
What is an inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord?
meningitis
opisthotonos is frequently associated with
meningitis
Otitis media is an inflammation of
middle ear
The combining form phren/o- means:
mind
The word part Mater- means:
mother
Fluoroscopy is used to record
moving body parts
Demyelination occurs in which of the following diseases?
multiple sclerosis
The diagnostic term, my/asthenia gravis actually means
muscle heavy and weak
The medical term tetanus usually refers to
muscle spasms
The somatic peripheral nervous system is composed of neurons that control the soma or body they specifically control, which of the following
muscles
The term that means spinal cord inflammation is:
myel/itis
The combining form ______ means bone marrow or spinal cord
myelo-
A group of myofilaments make up:
myofibril
Lasik laser surgery can be used to correct
myopia
Concave lenses are used to correct
myopia; presbyopia
Which type of medicine uses vitamin therapy, herbal remedies and chiropractic care
natural
The medical term myopic actually means
nearsighted
acupuncture literally means
needle puncture
the word part Neuro- means
nerve
The term neuralgia is defined as:
nerve pain
The diagnostic term that means tumor made up of nerve cells
neur/oma
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"?
nucleus
aromatherapy uses which principal
olfactory stimulation
A cortical cataract occurs:
on the edge of the lens nucleus
The muscle term adductor literally means
one who/draws/toward
If a fracture has a protrusion through the skin, it is a
open fracture
The nerve in the eye that carries visual impulses from the retina to the brain is the:
optic nerve
What word part means socket?
orbito
A body part that is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called a(n)
organ
The diagnostic term that means abnormal loss of bone density is
osteoporosis
The medical term for a fungal infection of the ear is
otomycosis
The diagnostic term ot/algia means
pain in the ear
The medical term cephalodynia means
pain in the head
What is the temporary or permanent loss of sensation loss of ability to move or inability to control movement
palsy
The medical term quadriplegia means
paralysis of all four limbs
Which of the following is a personality disorder in cluster A
paranoid personality disorder
What covers the inner surface of the ciliary process?
pars ciliaris
Which part of the retina is the sensory portion associated with sight?
pars optica
Cerebral palsy is characterized by
partial or complete paralysis caused by a brain injury
Which term means flat footed
pes planus
What word part means thumb?
pollex
Swelling of the bursa below the knee is diagnostically referred to as:
prepatellar bursitis
The term Auscultation literally means
process or procedure for listening
The term percussion literally means
process or procedure of striking
The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is
proximal
The word part Iro- means:
rainbow
"Angiograms" are used for ________:
recording pictures of blood vessels
The term ocular literally means
refers to the eye
What is the pathological condition where the retina becomes separated from the choroid layer?
retinal detachment
The medical term Trach/oma refers to a chlamydial infection causing:
rough swollen eye lesions
The medical term Burs/itis literally means:
sac inflamed
The term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is the
sagittal
The outer layer of the eye is the
sclera
The medical term epilepsy means
seizure upon the mind and body
Placebo literally means
shall please
The word part omo- means
shoulder
An electromyogram is used to record information about electrical activity in the:
skeletal muscle
"Hypnosis" literally means:
sleep/condition
a planter wart is located on the
sole of foot
The medical term optometrist literally means
specialist in measuring sight
The structure that conducts nerve impulses to, and from the brain, and serves as a reflex center for some sensory information, without input from the brain is the
spinal cord
The word part myelo- means
spinal cord
the word part Myelo- means
spinal cord
A "Myelogram" is used to record information about which tissues?
spinal cord and nerves
What does the word part Rachio- mean
spine
The etiologic agent of syphilis is a
spirochete
The medical student class learned about auscultation today in order to perform this procedure they used a/an
stethoscope
What is caused by a staphylococcus infection of the eyelid and sebaceous gland?
stye
Placebo effect therapy uses the principle of
suggestion and believability
pectus excavatum is more commonly referred to as
sunken chest
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in _______ position
supine
The diagnostic term rotary cuff avulsion actually means
tearing of shoulder joint soft tissues, ligaments, and deep tendons
What attaches muscle to bone?
tendons
A tear of the tendons that hook the muscles of the forearm to the elbow is
tennis elbow
The medical term Opistho/tonos means:
tension that bends head backward
The medical term that means the same as quadriplegia is
tetraplegia
The medical term psychiatry literally means
the procedure of process of treating or curing the mind
The lungs and heart are found in the
thoracic cavity
The term schizophrenia actually refers to a type of psychosis that is also characterized by
thought deterioration and lack of social functioning
The combining form hist/o- means
tissue or web-like
The term "Phlebotomy" means:
to cut into a vein
The word part Fiss- means
to divide, split
The term "Catheter" literally means:
to let down into
The term sphygmomanometer literally means
to measure the pulse by hand
The term "depression" derives from the Latin word deprimere, meaning:
to press down
The medical term Concussion means:
to shake violently
A Blank is usually a sudden traction on a muscle, ligament, and joint capsule.
to sprain
Dento-, Donto- and Odonto- all mean:
tooth
The directional term 'inferior' describes movement:
toward the lower end of the body
What type of medicine has ancient origins, strong cultural ties, and trained healers?
traditional
Psychotherapy is the process of
treating the mind with nonphysical therapies
Anterior movement can also be called:
ventral
Cryosurgery is used to treat
verrucae
Biopsy literally means Blank /"procedure of."
view of life
The E Eye Chart is used to measure:
visual acuity
The combining form asthenia means
weakness
Pterygium literally means:
wing
The term intravenous injection means
within a vein
The term intramuscular injection literally means
within the muscle
Idiopathic epilepsy is:
without known cause
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts the :
word root and combining vowel
The term trauma refers to a
wound
