Self Test 1
An "Electro Shock Therapy - EST" is also known as:
Electric Convulsive Therapy
The Lamaze method of childbirth uses:
Focal points of concentration Breathing techniques Muscle control and relaxation
The ____________ is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations.
Gamma Knife
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath?
Hippocratic Oath
"Complementary or Alternative Medicine" is now referred to as ________:
Integrated Medicine
The abbreviation "ICU" refers to a(n):
Intensive Care Unit
A "_____" produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Which of these conditions would be treated with Phakic IOLs?
Myopia
The term "prognosis" means:
before knowledge
Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
Spritam
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for:
The Stages of Death and Dying
The term 'coronal' or 'frontal plane' divides the body into the:
anterior and posterior portions
The most common combining vowel is:
'o'
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 "Cryo/surg/er/y" literally means:
a procedure of one who works by hand with cold
The term "mammogram" means:
a recording of the breast
The term defined as the process of drawing away from the mid-line or middle is:
abduction
A "Defibrillator" is used to correct ________:
abnormal heart beats or rhythms
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
action taken, condition, or state
The term "clinical" means:
at patients bedside
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
About how many men will develop breast cancer?
1 in 1,000
A trephine would be used to remove ___.
Bone
A "_______" is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique.
Computerized Axial Tomography
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
An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):
carcinoma
The directional term that means "toward the tail" is:
caudal
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:
cephalic
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
Bone is described as _____ tissue.
connective
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as:
conveying toward the center
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths"
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
The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:
dorsal
An "Otoscope" is used to view the:
ear
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is:
encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive
"Therapeutic Touch Therapy" uses the principle that the body produces:
energy or an aura - "halo"
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:
eti/o
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:
extension
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
eye
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n):
fibrochondroma
A "Pacemaker" can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with ________:
fixed and/or alternate impulses
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:
formation, growth or development
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called:
fracturing
A "EKG or ECG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
heart
A "Thallium - Hot Spot Test" is used to detect _____ damage:
heart
The term "hyperplasia" means:
increase in development
The term "Stetho/scop/e" literally means:
instrument to examine the chest
The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:
instrument to examine the eye
The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:
instrument to view trachea-like structures
"Massage and Reflexology" are examples of ________:
integrated medicine
The "Pyelogram" records information about the _____:
kidney pelvis
The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:
kidney, ureter, and bladder
Cancers of the circulatory system include:
leukemia and lymphomas
Homeo/path/ic literally means:
like or same/as disease/refers
A fatty tumor is called a(n):
lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:
little change, slow progression, and long duration
The abdominal cavity contains the:
liver
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
melano/carcin/oma
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
Laser assisted surgery "LASIK" is used to correct:
myopia (and hyperopia)
"Acu/puncture" literally means ________:
needle puncture
The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:
neoplasm
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"?
nucleus
The term "Nebuliz/er" means:
one who causes a mist
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 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 phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um.
pertains to
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(n):
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 "Graphy" means ________:
procedure using an instrument to record something
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
"Biofeedback" is a type of _____ therapy:
psychosomatic
"Angiograms" are used for ________:
recording pictures of vessels
The term "ocular" literally means:
refers to the eye
The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the:
root word "stem word"
The term that divides the body into right and left halves is the:
sagittal plane "like an arrow"
An "EMG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
skeletal muscle
A 'Plantar Wart' is located on the:
sole of the foot
A "Myelogram" is used to record _______ information:
spinal cord/nerve tissue
"Lithotripsy" is a procedure for crushing ________:
stones or calculi debris
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?
sub- and -ic
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
suffix
"Aromatherapy" is a type of integrated therapy that some may feel is _________:
suggestive, or placebo effect unsupported by clinical evidence psychosomatic
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.
supine
A "Spinal Tap" is used to ________:
take fluid samples from the spinal fluid
The term "Laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:
the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
The term "Biopsy" literally means:
the procedure of viewing life
The combining form hist/o- means:
tissue or web-like
The term "phlebotomy" means:
to cut into a vein
The term "Catheter" literally means:
to let down, into
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 term "diagnosis" means:
total knowledge
The directional term 'inferior' describes movement:
toward the lower end of the body
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
The term that describes movement toward the front of the body is:
ventral
"Cryosurgery" is used to treat ________:
verrucae or warts
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
viscer/o-
The term "Intramuscular Injection-IM" literally means:
within a muscle
The term "intravenous injection" means:
within a vein
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____ _____ and _____ _____:
word root and combining vowel
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
word root or stem word