MO3-Ch5 practice quiz

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

Build a medical term that means "head pain."

cephalodynia

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term encephalalgia?

encephal (head)+ algia( pertaining to)= pertaing to the head

Which root refers to the nerve bundle?

gangli/o

Build a medical term that means "excessive bleeding inside the brain."

intracerebral hemmorrhage

An excessive desire to steal is called:

kleptomania

Which root refers to the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord?

mening/o, meningi/o

Which root refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow?

myel/o

Build a medical term that means "nerve pain"

neuralgia

Build a medical term that means "removal of a piece of the skull."

Craniectomy

Build a medical term that means "abnormal narrowing of the skull."

Craniostenosis

Translate the root/suffix asthenia

Weakness

What is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term apathy?

a(no)+ path (suffering,disease)+ y(condition)= without feeling; lack of emotion

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term synesthesia?

syn (with,together) + estesia (feeling,sensation) = together sensation; condition where one sensation is experienced as another.