Beginning Medical Terminology - Homework 3
Match the suffix with the correct meaning:
-gram: record -ectomy: removal -therapy: treatment -plasty: surgical repair
Match the correct suffix with the correct meaning:
-ia: condition -y: condition or process -ptosis: falling, drooping, prolapse -genic: pertaining to producing / produced by or in
Match the suffix with the correct meaning:
-tomy: incision -graph: instrument to record -stomy: new opening -opsy: to view
After undergoing _________________ on his knee the patient reported swelling and inflammation near the small incisions.
Arthroscopy
Match the terms with the correct meaning:
Atrophy - no development or shrinkage of cells Achondroplasia - improper form or cartilage in the embryo leads to short bones Hypertrophy - excessive development of cells Necrosis - condition of death of cells
Which leukocytes are considered granulocytes or polymorphonuclear
Basophils, Neutrophils, & Eosinophils
Which procedure is a surgical repair of the eyelid:
Blepharoplasty
Ischemia is affecting blood flow to the heart. What kind of health crisis is the patient experiencing:
Myocardial infarction
A large abdominal wall defect in a newborn in known as what kind of hernia:
Omphalocele
6-month-old baby is pulling the right ear, cranky, will not eat and is running a fever. What is the likely cause of distress:
Otalgia
Method of removing fluid from the chest (pleural effusion):
Thoracentesis
Which surgical puncture will remove fluid from the lung:
Thoracentesis
Surgical procedure to remove pharyngeal lymphatic tissue:
Tonsillectomy
