Medical Terminolgy
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
What physicians use antagonistic substances to attach to disease organisms or illness?
Allopathic
A pathologist noted that a skin biopsy specimen exhibited "hyperplasia." This means there is/are:
An increase in cell number
Who is considered the founder of osteopathy?
Andrew Taylor Still
Which of these individuals promoted a holistic healing approach to medicine?
Andrew Weil
A PET scan is used to detect metabolism of glucose by the:
BRAIN
A patient having an electroencephalogram is having a recording made of the electrical activity in their:
BRAIN
Which of the following is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique?
CAT scan
Who is considered the founder of chiropractics?
Daniel David Palmer
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
EYE
Acupuncture needles are used in combination with which of these during treatment?
Electrical current
What method is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations?
Gamma Knife
Which type of medicine emphasizes self-care and illness prevention?
Holistic
What physicians administer small doses of similar disease substances to allegedly stimulate the natural body response of immunity?
Homeopathic
Complimentary or alternative medicine is now referred to as:
Integrated Medicine
Which of the following produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes?
MRI
Which of these conditions would be treated with phakic intraocular lenses?
Myopia
Which type of medicine uses vitamin therapy, herbal remedies, and chiropractic care?
Natural
The most common combining vowel is:
O
The term "graphy" means:
Procedure using an instrument to record something
What treats the body using principles similar to acupuncture and acupressure?
Reflexology
Who is considered the founder of homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann
Which was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
Spritam
The medical student class learned about "auscultation" today. In order to perform this procedure, they used a/an:
Stethoscope
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for:
The Stages of Death and Dying
Dr. X has put her patient in the "prone" position. This means that the patient is:
Turned down
The term "Cryo/surg/er/y" literally means:
a procedure of one who works by hand with cold
A "Defibrillator" is used to correct ________:
abnormal heart beats or rhythms
a defibrillator is used to correct
abnormal heart rhythms
Reflexology literally means
again/bends/of/procedure of
All hypnosis techniques promote a relaxed state and what type of brain wave activity?
alpha
Therapeutic touch therapy is classified as what type of medicine?
alternative
Acupuncture may be used during surgery for:
anesthesia
The term coronal plane divides the body into the:
anterior and posterior portions
The combining form "osmio-" indicates the principle which is used in this treatment to make it effective:
aromatherapy
The term "prognosis" means:
before knowledge
Ultrasonography literally means _______/"process of recording."
beyond normal ranges/sound
A self-suggestion technique which assists patients in controlling stress is:
biofeedback
A trephine is used to remove___.
bone
The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:
caudal
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:
cephalic
Which of these treatments would commonly be labelled "orthodox or conventional" medicine?
chemotherapy
The term 'af/ferent' which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:
conveying toward the center
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
crab-like tumor
"Lithotripsy" is a procedure for crushing ________:
crushing calculi
The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:
dorsal
An "Otoscope" is used to view the:
ear
Electric shock therapy is also known as:
electroconvulsive therapy
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:
extension
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:
fibrochondroma
A pacemaker can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with:
fixed and/or alternate impulses
Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called:
fracturing
A PET scan is used to detect:
glucose metabolism
A thallium scan is used to detect damage to the:
heart
. If an electrocardiogram shows that a patient has "tachycardia," it means that the patient's:
heart rate is elevated
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
Sally had a pyelogram performed today to help diagnose her:
kidney infection
A "Pyelogram" records information about the:
kidney pelvis
The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:
kidney, ureter, and bladder
Cancers of the circulatory system may include:
leukemia and lymphomas
Homeo/path/ic literally means:
like or same/as disease/refers
If an infection is "chronic" it is characterized by:
little change, slow progression, and long duration
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
LASIK laser surgery can be used to correct:
myopia
Any therapy that relies on the body's own healing powers is considered:
natural
"Acu/puncture" literally means
needle puncture
The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:
neoplasm
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut?"
nucleus
A lumbar puncture is used to:
obtain spinal fluid samples
Aromatherapy uses which principle
olfactory stimulation
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 :
pathology
The study of disease is referred to as:
pathology
The term "clinical" means:
patient's bedside
The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) for the phrase, "refers to or _____." to tear away from without or lack of pertains to related to a condition or disease
pertains to
In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts? osteo- and -sis osteo- and -por poro- and osis por- and -osis
por- and -osis
The term "Tympanostomy" literally means:
procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum
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 blood vessels
The term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is the:
sagittal
Holistic therapies stress the importance of:
self care and illness prevention
"Placebo" literally means:
shall please
An electromyogram is used to record information about electrical activity in the:
skeletal muscle
"Hypnosis" literally means:
sleep/condition
A "Myelogram" is used to record information about which tissue?
spinal cord and nerves
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
stem word
A patient who has a "cholecystolithotripsy" performed is having what process performed to their gall bladder?
stone crushed
Placebo effect therapy uses the principle of:
suggestion and believability
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.
supine
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
Diagnosis means
total knowledge
The directional term "inferior" describes movement:
toward the lower end of the body
What type of medicine has ancient origins, strong cultural ties, and trained healers?
traditional
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
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 that describes movement toward the belly is:
ventral
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
viscer/o-
The term "Intravenous Injection" means:
within a vein
