MO3-Ch5 practice quiz
A patient experiencing an abnormal sensation,usually numbness or tingling in the skin, is experiencing:
Paresthesia
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term polyneuritis?
Poly(many)+neur(nerve)+itis(inflammation) = inflammation of multiple nerves
Build a medical term that means "head pain."
cephalodynia
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term encephalalgia?
encephal (head)+ algia( pertaining to)= pertaing to the head
Which root refers to the nerve bundle?
gangli/o
Build a medical term that means "excessive bleeding inside the brain."
intracerebral hemmorrhage
An excessive desire to steal is called:
kleptomania
Which root refers to the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord?
mening/o, meningi/o
Which root refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow?
myel/o
Build a medical term that means "nerve pain"
neuralgia
Build a medical term that means "removal of a piece of the skull."
Craniectomy
Build a medical term that means "abnormal narrowing of the skull."
Craniostenosis
Translate the root/suffix asthenia
Weakness
What is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term apathy?
a(no)+ path (suffering,disease)+ y(condition)= without feeling; lack of emotion
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term synesthesia?
syn (with,together) + estesia (feeling,sensation) = together sensation; condition where one sensation is experienced as another.