Bio term quiz 8

Bonus: What words can mean "oversensitivity to pain"?

Algesia, algesthesia or hyperesthesia

The bacteria that cause botulism can live and grow in canned meat and vegetables because they are ___ bacteria.

Anaerobic

The condition that occurs when the heat's demand for oxygen is higher than the amount of oxygen being supplied to the heart muscle is called.

Angina pectoris

Surface in front of elbow.

Antecubital

The term that means "pertaining to the front and side' is.

Anterolateral

Ear.

Aural

Modified True/False: An excision of living tissue for examination is called autopsy.

Biopsy

Upward or toward the head.

Cephal/o

An embryonic pigment cell is called a ___.

Chromoblast

Gram-negative bacteria do not attract stain or color from Gram stain and are thus referred to as ____.

Chromophobic

The purpose of a hemoglobin blood lab test is to.

Detect anemia

Menstruation that is painful is called.

Dysmenorrhea

If a vein becomes varicosed, this means it is.

Enlarged

The International Classification of Disease contains descriptions of common disease to assist providers in making diagnoses.

False

The term posterolateral means "pertaining to the back and center of the body".

False

Modified True/False: A person may be at risk for a heart attack if there is atherosclerosis of the iliac arteries.

False, coronary

Modified True/False: A rupture of the liver is called hepatorrhapy.

False, hepatorrhexis

The presence of blood in joint is called.

Hemarthrosis

The prefix pro- means.

In front of

Bonus: What is a myocardial infarction?

Is when the heart muscle artery is occluded and area of heart tissue has no blood supply.

The prefix meso- means "outer".

Middle

The prefix para- means.

Near

The study of the nervous system is called ___.

Neurology

A condition in which nerve tissues harden is called.

Neurosclerosis

A lab report notes that leukocytes "stain more easily than other cells" Should you substitute the medical term chromophobic for this phrase?

No

A patient asks you if he can become addicted to codeine. He think that only stronger narcotics such as morphine are addictive. Is this response correct?

No

A patient is undergoing treatment on crush calculi (stones) in the bladder so that they may be passed harmlessly out of body. Is this treatment named neurotrophy?

No

Your patient has a rupture of the small intestine. Is this properly named enterorrhea?

No

The terms paralgesia and paralgia both mean "abnormal___".

Pain

The suffix that can indicate a change in cell structure is ____.

Plasia

Located behind.

Poster/o

An organ that is closer to a designated point is referred to as ____, and an organ that is farther from a designated point is referred to as ___.

Proximal, Distal

___ is the medical term for a false or imaginary sensation such as phantom limb pain following an amputation.

Pseudoesthesia

The combining form for striated muscle is.

Rhabd/o/my/o

Any vertical slice from front to back is a__ view.

Sagittal

A woman who is a marathon runner does not have menstrual periods. This is called amenorrhea.

True

Hem/o and hemat/o are both correct combining forms for blood.

True

Modified True/False: One meaning of the combining form infer/o is "below".

True

The suffix -rrhexis means rupture.

True

Belly button.

Umbilicus

Which of the following words pertains to the development of organs?

Viscerogenic

You have a cut located on the front of your head. Is this procephalic?

Yes