Medical Terminology self test 2

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The term cryosurgery literally means

A procedure of one who works by hand with cold

The term "mammogram" means:

A recording of the breast

A defibrillator is used to correct

Abnormal heart rhythms

A pathologist noted that a skin biopsy specimen exhibited hyperplasia. This means there is/are

An increase in cell number

The term coronal plane divides the body into the

Anterior and posterior portions

Ultrasonography literally means________ process of recording

Beyond normal ranges/sound

A trephine is used to remove___.

Bone

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 there

Brain

An electroencephalogram is used to record info about electrical activity in the

Brain

Which of the following is a noninvasive roentogenography

CAT scan

Lithotripsy is a procedure for

Crushing calculi

X-rays produce pictures of what type of body tissue and bones?

Dense

An otoscope is used to view the

Ear

Electric shock therapy is also known as

Electroconvulsive therapy

A Tonometer measures pressure within the

Eye

A pacemaker can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with

Fixed and or alternate impulses

What method is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations

Gamma knife

I PET scan is used to detect

Glucose metabolism

A thallium scan is used to detect damage of the

Heart

An EKG or ECG is used to record info about electrical activity in the:

Heart

The term ophthalmoscope means

Instrument to examine the eye

The term bronchoscope literally means

Instrument to view trachea like structures

The abbreviation ICU refers to an

Intensive care unit

Sally has a pyelogram performed today to help diagnose her

Kidney infection

A pyelogram records info about the

Kidney pelvis

The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:

Kidney, ureter, and bladder

Which of the following produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes?

MRI

"Fluoroscopy" is used to record:

Moving body parts

LASIK laser surgery can e used to correct:

Myopia

Which of these conditions would be treated with phakic intraocular lenses?

Myopia

What does organelle contains chromosomes that has a literal meaning "nut"?

Nucleus

A lumbar puncture is used to

Obtain spinal fluid samples

The term nebulizer means

One who causes a mist

Your body part which is formed up to a white types of body tissue and purple is one or more specific function is called a(n)

Organ

The term tympanostomy literally means

Procedure of cutting and making a mouth like opening in the eardrum

The auscultation literally means

Process or procedure for listening

The term percussion literally means

Processor procedure of striking

"Angiograms" are used for:

Recording pictures of blood vessels

The term ocular literally means

Refers to the eye

the term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is the

Sagittal

An electromyogram is used to record info about electrical activity in the

Skeletal muscles

A myelogram is used to record info about which tissue?

Spinal cord and nerve

The etiological agent of syphilis is a

Spirochete

Which was the first 3D- printed drug approved by the FDA?

Spritam

The medical student class learned about auscultation today. In order to perform the procedure, they used a

Stethoscope

A patient who has Cholecystolithotripsy performed is having what process performed in their gallbladder?

Stone crushed

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 term "Phlebotomy " means:

To cut into a vein

The term catheter literally

To let down, into

The term Sphygomanometer literally means

To measure the pulse by hand

The directional term lateral describes move it in which direction

To the side

The directional term "inferior" describes movement:

Toward the lower end of the body

Dr. ex has put her patient in the prone position. This means the patient is

Turned down

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

Ultrasonography

The term that describes movement toward the belly is:

Ventral

Cryosurgery is used to treat

Verrucae

Biopsy literally means ______ procedure of

View of life

The term intramuscular injection literally means

Within a muscle

The term "intravenous injection" means:

Within a vein

The directional term that means toward the lower end of the body is

caudal

The term that describes the movement toward the top of the body is:

cephalic

The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:

dorsal

The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:

extension

The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:

proximal

A plantar wart is located on the:

sole of foot

The combining form hist/o- means:

tissue or web-like


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