Medical Terminology Chapter 1 and 2 – Flashcards
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The basic unit of all living things is the: a. organ b. system c. tissue d. cell
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d. cell
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The abdominal cavity contains the: a. esophagus b. urinary bladder c. liver d. spinal cord
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c. liver
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The major covering of the exernal surface of the body is made up of?
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epithelial tissue
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the throacic cavity contains the?
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lungs
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The structure in the cell that contains the chromososmes is the?
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nucleus
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Groups of similar cells that perform specific functions make up?
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tissues
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Tissue responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities is?
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nervous tissue
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Two or more kinds of tissue that together perform special body functions are called?
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an organ
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The combining form of hist/o is defined as
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tissue
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the combinging form of my/o is defined as
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muscle
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the combining form that means internal organs is
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viscer/o
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A combining form that means flesh is
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sarc/o
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The combining form onc/o is defined as
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tumor
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the combining form that means cause (of disease) is
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eti/o
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The combining form of carcin/o means
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cancer
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The combining form chrom/o is defined as
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color
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The combining form that means red is
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erythr/o
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The combining form lei/o is defined as
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smooth
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The prefix that means after, beyond, change is
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meta
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The suffix that means control, stop, and standing is
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stasis
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The suffix-plasia is defined as
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a condition of formation, development, growth
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The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is
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-gen
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The prefix that means through, complete is
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dia
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The suffix -genic is defined as
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producing, originating, causing
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The suffix -sarconoma is defined as
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malignant tumor
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The term taht means new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is
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neoplasm
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A tumor composed of muscle tissue is
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myoma
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The term rhabdomyosarcoma is defined as
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malignant tumor of striated muscle
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the term carcinoma is defined as
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cancerous tumor
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The correct way to analyze the term melanocarcinoma is
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melan/o/carcin/oma
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A tumor composed of fat is a
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lipoma
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The term neruroma is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?
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word root, combining vowel, and suffix
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The term that means cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue is
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adenocarcinoma
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The term that means disease of the body is
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somatopathy
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The study of tissue is called
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histology
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hyperplasis is defined as cell development that is
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excessive
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Incomplete development of an organ or tissues is called
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hypoplasia
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The study of of cells is
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cytology
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the term karyocyte is defined as
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a cell with a nucleus
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the term that means pertaining to the internal organs of the body is
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visceral
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If a tumor is becoming progressively worse and is likely to cause death, it is
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malignant
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The term idiopathic is defined as
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pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
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If a tumor is found to be benign, it is
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nonrecurrent
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The term that means cancer in the early stage, before invading the surrounding tissue is
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carcinoma in situ
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The term that means an increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms is
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exacerbation
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A substance that that produces cancer is said to be a
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carcinogen
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The term that means state of complete knowledge is
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diagnosis
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A term that means abnormal condition of bluish discolorationis
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cyanosis
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the study of disease is called
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pathology
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The term taht means a physician who studies and treats tumors is
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oncologist
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Cancer that has spread to another organ is called
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metastasis
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Xanthochromic means
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pertaining to yellow color
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Organoid is a medical term meaning
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resembling an organ
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The plural form for carcinoma is
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carcinomata
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The plural ending for "-ix" is
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-ices
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The abbreviation RBC means red blood cell, also known as
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erythrocyte
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The abbreviaton for the medical term meaning state of complete knowledge is
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Dx
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Tumors of connective tissue usually develop rapidly and metastasize through the lymph channels. These tumors are called:
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Sarcomas
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The presence of fibroid tumors is a common diagnosis in fertile women over 40 years of age. Becuase they are derived from the smooth muscle of the uterus, they are called
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leiomyomas
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A disease or disorder orgininating in the body as opposed to a psychological construct would be referred to as
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somatogenic
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The oncology patient's pathology report stated that there is metastasis present, whcih would mean that
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the cancer has spread literal beyond control
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The physician wrote in his progress note that the patient is in remission, meaning
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there is imporovement or absence of signs and symptoms of the disease
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A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
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an acroym
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Terms built from the name of a person, often a physician or scientisit who was the first to identify a condition or technique, such as alzheimer disease is
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an eponym
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The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the
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word root
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The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the
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prefix
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The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the
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suffix
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All medical terms have at least one
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word root
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A combining form is made up of a
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word root and a combining vowel
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A combining vowel is used to
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ease word pronunciation
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The most common combining vowel is
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o
