Med Term Quiz 5
Translate the medical term cerebral thrombosis as literally as possible.
"Pertaining to brain - clot condition": blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a blood clot
Which syllable receives the emphasis in the term neurasthenia?
3: then
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
Translate the medical term craniotomy as literally as possible.
skull incision
The widening or abnormal dilation of a blood vessel in the brain is known as a:
cerebral aneurysm.
A loss or decline in mental function is called
dementia
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term dysphasia?
dys (bad) + phas (speech) + ia (condition) = bad speech condition (difficulty speaking)
Translate the root esthesi/o.
feeling, sensation
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term ganglioma?
gangli (nerve bundle) + oma (tumor) = tumor of the ganglion (nerve bundles)
Which root refers to the nerve bundle?
gangli/o
Identify and define the root in the term hypnotic.
hypno - sleep
Identify the correct pronunciation for the term meningocele.
meh-NIN-goh-seel
Which root refers to the entire membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord?
mening/o, meningi/o
Which root refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow?
myel/o
Which is the correct breakdown of the medical term neuroarthropathy into its component parts?
neuro/arthro/pathy
Build a medical term that means "nerve tumor."
neuroma
Translate the medical term subdural hematoma as literally as possible.
Blood tumor located beneath the dura
Build a medical term that means "removal of a piece of the skull."
Craniectomy
Build a medical term that means "brain hernia."
Encephalocele
Translate the medical term cephalalgia as literally as possible.
Head pain
Translate the medical term lobectomy as literally as possible.
Lobe removal
Build a medical term that means "large head condition."
Macrocephaly
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term apathy?
a (not) + path (suffering, disease) + y (condition) = without feeling or emotion
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term anesthetic?
an (not) + esthestic (feeling, sensation) = a drug that causes loss of sensation