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The diagnostic term that means deficient supply of blood to the brain for a short time is called a(n):

Transient Ischemic Attack "TIA"

The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is:

arthr/itis

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

action taken, condition, or state

The surgical term that actually means "surgically breaking joint apart" is:

arthroclasia

The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:

-stasis

The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:

cephalic

The first seven bones of the vertebral column (forming the neck) are the:

cervical

The surgical term for the repair of cartilage is called:

chondr/o/plasty

The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is:

chondroma

In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the

combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"

The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as:

conveying toward the center

The surgical term that means "incision into the skull to drain fluid" is:

cranio/centesis

The combining form scolio- means:

crooked, curved

The term Ankylosis literally means:

crooked, stiff, bent/condition; bones pathologically fused together

The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:

dorsal

The machine that records muscle activity is called the:

electromyo/graph

The surgical terms Lamin/ectomy and Rachi/o/tomy actually mean

excision of posterior vertebral arch and cutting the vertebral column

A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:

eye

The term Dys/chrondro/plas/ia literally refers to:

faulty cartilage formation

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n):

fibrochondroma

The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:

formation, growth or development

The diagnostic term Ankylosing Spondylitis means:

fusing/process vertebrae/inflamed

The ____________is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations.

gamma knife

A group of nerve cell bodies that are found outside of the spinal cord and brain are referred to as:

ganglions or ganglia (pl.)

. What physicians administer small doses of similar disease substances to allegedly stimulate the natural body response of immunity?

homeopathic

diagnostic term for a condition caused by an increased amount of cerebral spinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain is:

hydrocephalus

The term "hyperplasia" means:

increase in development

The diagnostic term Pre/patellar Burs/itis means:

inflamed bursa below the knee

The diagnostic term Bunion (turnip sac) actually means:

inflamed bursa of the big toe's metatarsophalangeal joint

The diagnostic term Anterior Polio/myel/itis means an:

inflammation (viral based attack) of the frontal gray horn of the spinal cord

The diagnostic term Osteoarthritis means:

inflammation of a bone joint causing bone hypertrophy

The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:

instrument to view trachea-like structures

The diagnostic term Sub/luxation actually means:

partial joint dislocation

Iatro/genic means

physician caused

The diagnostic term for inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord is:

polio/myel/itis

The medical term "Gangli/ec/tom/y" means:

procedure of cutting out a knot

A "Myelogram" is used to record _______ information:

spinal cord/nerve tissue

If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.

supine

The ankle bones are called the ________ bones:

tarsal

The diagnostic term Avulsion means:

tearing lose of a body part like a bone chip or ligament

The term "Laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:

the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box

The medical term Burs/itis literally means:

wine sac or sac inflamed

The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____ _____ and _____

word root and combining vowel

About how many men will develop breast cancer?

1/1,000

Acupuncture has been practiced in the United States since:

1970s

The diagnostic term Hip Disarticulation (HD) also means:

A surgical amputation through the joint capsule of the hip joint

The diagnostic term for a process that includes the use of a computer to produce a series of images of the tissues of the brain at any desired depth is:

CAT Scan

CTS is an abbreviation for ___________ Syn/drome (sign and symptom complex).

Carpal Tunnel

The interruption of blood supply to the brain caused by a cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, or cerebral hemorrhage is called:

Cerebro/vascular Accident, Apoplexy, or Stroke

A "_______" is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique.

Computerized Axial Tomography

An Osteopathic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation ____ and a Chiropractic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation _______.

DO and DC

Who is considered the founder of chiropractics?

Daniel David Palmer

An "Electro Shock Therapy - EST" is also known as:

Electric Convulsive Therapy

The diagnostic term Genu Varum ( knees are in the varus position) means:

Knees are bent outward (bow-legged)

A "_____" produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Scan)-MRI

Which of these conditions would be treated with Phakic IOLs?

Myopia

Any therapy that relies on the body's own healing powers is considered:

Natural

The diagnostic term for an emotional disorder characterized by the use of ineffective skills for coping with anxiety or inner conflict is:

Neurosis

The most common combining vowel is

O

A Optometric Physician uses the Medical Abbreviation:

OD

A physician who uses techniques and treatments common to Medical Doctors and Chiropractic Physicians is a(n):

Oste/o/path

The medical term for a specialist who treats and diagnoses foot disease and disorders such as corns, bunions, claw foot, ingrown toenails, and par/onych/itis is a(n):

Pod/iatr/ist

What treats the body using principles similar to acupuncture and acupressure?

Reflexology

Who is considered the founder of homeopathy?

Samuel Hahnemann

Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?

Spritam

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

The term "Mammogram" means:

a recording of the breast

Muscle terms for belly or abdomen are

abdominus or laparal

The term defined as the process of drawing away from the mid-line or middle is:

abduction

What physicians use antagonistic substances to attach to disease organisms or illness?

allopathic

All hypnosis techniques put an individual in a relaxed state of ____ brain wave activity.

alpha

The term 'coronal' or 'frontal plane' divides the body into the:

anterior and posterior portions

The term for X-ray film (recording) of a joint is:

arthro/gram

The procedural term that means visual examination inside a joint is:

arthroscop/y

The term "Clinical" means:

at patient's bedside

The diagnostic term Rheumat/oid Arthr/itis means:

auto-immune disease often with cartilaginous hyper/troph/y

The term "Prognosis" means:

before knowledge

A trephine is used to remove

bone

The myeloid tissue in cancellous bone is semi-liquid and produces most RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets is usually referred to as:

bone marrow or red marrow

The diagnostic term Osteosarcoma means:

bone tumors that causes hard tissue to become soft and fleshy

A "EEG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.

brain

A "PET Scan" is used to detect glucose or energy use levels of the ________:

brain

The diagnostic term that means abnormal build up of calcium on the kneecap (patella) surface is:

calcin/osis

An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):

carcinoma

The wrist bones composed of 8 small bones in two rows are called the:

carpus or carpals

The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:

caudal

The largest region of the brain is the:

cerebrum

The diagnostic term Cerebr/al Thromb/o/sis means

condition of a blood clot in the brain

Bone is described as _____ tissue.

connective

The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are:

cost/o and pleuro-

Body "X-rays" produce pictures of _____body tissue and bones:

dense

Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .

distinction of the object from something else

An "Otoscope" is used to view the:

ear

Small acupuncture needles are used for:

ears

A procedure of making a record of muscle activity is called:

electro/myo/graph/y

diagnostic term that means softening of the brain is:

en/cephalo/malac/ia

The combining form that means "physical sensation, sensitivity, or feeling" is

esthesi/o

The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:

eti/o

The surgical term Phalang/ectomy means:

excision of a finger or toe bone

The diagnostic term Syn/dactylia means:

fingers connected together

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 for a disease that causes excessive amounts of uric acid crystals in the blood to be deposited in joint (elbow or toe) is:

gout

Which of these body parts is commonly massaged by practitioners of reflexology?

hand

According to Barbara Ann Brennan's "Hands of Light," a white aura indicates:

health and happiness

A "Thallium - Hot Spot Test" is used to detect _____ damage:

heart

The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is:

heart/muscle/disease/condition

The diagnostic term My/asthenia Gravis actually means:

heavy because of muscle weakness

An ankle sprain is often characterized by ________:

hematoma formation, with ligaments that are stretched, or partially or fully torn

The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:

instrument to examine the eye

The "Pyelogram" records information about the _____:

kidney pelvis

The combining forms that mean "movement or motion" are

kinesio- and -praxia

Cancers of the circulatory system include:

leukemia and lymphomas

A fatty tumor is called a(n) :

lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma

The third set of 5 large vertebrae, which form the inward curve of the lower spine and are the spinal column's major weight bearers, are called:

lumbar vertebrae

What is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues by stroking, rubbing, kneading and tapping?

massage

The upper jawbone is called the:

maxilla

The prefix that means "change or after" is:

meta-

"Fluoroscopy" is used to record

moving body parts

My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:

muscle

The diagnostic terms My/asthenia and Neur/asthenia mean:

muscle weakness and nerve weakness

The diagnostic term Muscular Dys/trophy means:

muscles that have faulty development; and wasting away of the muscles that did develop properly

The term that means spinal cord inflammation is:

myel/itis

The combining form __________ means bone marrow or spinal cord.

myelo- "osteomyelitis or myelogram"

The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:

neoplasm

The diagnostic term Neur/asthenia means:

nerve weakness

The term Chiro/pract/or literally means:

one who practices by hand

The muscle term ad/duct/or literally means:

one who/draws/toward

A body part which 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 or increased bone poros/ity is:

osteo/por/o/sis

An instrument used to cut bone is called a(n):

osteo/tom/e

The medical term cephalo/dynia means:

pain in the head

The suffix -paresis means:

partial paralysis

The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is :

path/o/logy

The study of disease is referred to as:

pathology

The combining forms that mean "stone" are:

petro- and litho-

In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?

por- and -osis

The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a

prefix

The term "Tympanostomy" literally means:

procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum

The term "Surgery" literally means:

procedure of working by hand

The term "Auscult/ation" literally means:

process or procedure for listening

The term "Percuss/ion" literally means:

process or procedure of striking

The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:

proximal

A bone process or eye membrane disease term that means resembling a wing is ________:

pteryg/oid

The combining word form that refers to the "spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra" is:

rachi/o- and spondyl/o-

Irid/olog/y literally means

rainbow/science/procedure of

"Angiograms" are used for ________:

recording pictures of vessels

The term Anthropo/metr/ic means:

refers to the measurement of humans

the word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the

root word "stem word"

The diagnostic term Herniated Disc means:

ruptured or protruding inter/vertebral disk cartilage

The term that divides the body into right and left halves is the:

sagittal plane "like an arrow"

The diagnostic term for a viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes the skin to blister along the course of the nerve is:

shingles

An "EMG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.

skeletal muscle

The combining form phas/o- means

speech

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 surgical term that means fusing together of the spine (vertebrae) is:

spondyl/o/syn/desis

The surgical term Arthr/o/desis means:

surgical fixation or binding of a joint

The diagnostic term Rotator Cuff Avulsion actually means:

tearing of shoulder joint's soft tissues, ligaments, and deep tendons (rotator cuff muscles)

The diagnostic term that means pain in the tendon is:

tenalgia or tenodynia

The condition resulting in spasms of the nerves and muscles due to an abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood is:

tetany

The muscle term sphincter means

that which bind together

The diagnostic term Ankylos/ing Spondyl/itis refers to the auto-immune condition of Rheumatoid Arthritis and actually means:

the abnormal condition of stiffness and fusion of vertebrae

The term "Biopsy" literally means:

the procedure of viewing life

The diagnostic term Hammer Toe means:

the toe or toes of the foot are bent over or down - like a hammer

The combining form hist/o- means:

tissue or web-like

The term "Phlebotomy" means:

to cut into a vein

The term "Sphygmo/mano/meter" literally means:

to measure the pulse by hand

The term "metastasis" means:

to spread

The directional term 'lateral' describes movement in which direction:

to the side

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

The combining form onc/o- means:

tumor

The muscle term supinator means:

turns upward - one who

The term that describes movement toward the belly is:

ventral

The diagnostic term Spondylo/listh/esis literally and actually means:

vertebrae/slippage/condition

The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:

viscer/o-

In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:

word root or stem word