Medterm Final Exam

• The medical term for a thyroid tumor is:

  Thyroidoma (oma-tumor)
• What medical term is spelled correctly?

  calcipoenia

  adrenelectomy

  thyrotoxicosis

  pancriatitis
• The prefix ex- means:

  Outside
• As part of her standard pregnancy care, a young pregnant woman is given a test where she is administered glucose and then has her blood sugars checked at intervals afterward. The correct medical term for this test is:

  glucose tolerance test
• Ketosis is the result of normal cell metabolism (T/F)?

  False (Ketosis-
• Select the term with the correct spelling.

  dyabeetes

  diabetes

  diahbetes

  dyabetes
• Abnormally high production of growth hormone can result in a condition called:

  gigantism
• When a body is erect with palms, toes, and face pointing forward, the position is referred to as:

  anatomicaL position
• The combining form physi/o means "nature," and the suffix -logy means "study or learning of." (T/F)?

  False
• A cancer of bone marrow, the blood-forming tissue in bone, is:

  leukemia
• The rupture of the red blood cell membrane is called hemolysis. (T/F)?

  True
• A surgical procedure that destroys living tissue with an electric spark is fulguration. (T/F)?

  True
• When kidney function suddenly ceases, it is called:

  Acute Renal Failure
• A procedure using an endoscope modified to view the bladder is:

  Cystoscopy
• A procedure that removes nitrogenous wastes and excess ions directly from the blood, replacing the normal function of the kidneys, is:

  Hemodialysis
• Abnormal enlargement of a kidney is called nephroptosis. (T/F)?

  False
• Enuresis is the inability to pass urine (T/F)?

  False
• The medical term for stone is?

  calculus
• The patient is having difficulty voiding after surgery, and the nurse notes that the bladder is full. Abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder resulting from an inability to void is known as:

  Urinary Retention
• Select the prefix that means "below, under, or beneath."

  Sub-
• The prefix para- means "alongside or abnormal." (T/F)?

  True
• The medical term for indigestion is:

  dyspepsia
• A specialist in treating disease of the stomach and intestines is a:

  gastroenterologist (ist- specialist)
• Select the term with the correct spelling

  sirosis

  cirrhosis

  seerhosis

  cerosis
• Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder involving repeated gorging with food followed by induced vomiting or laxative abuse. (T/F)?

  False
• A chronic, progressive liver disease resulting from hepatic cell failure is:

  cirrhosis
• The medical term for inflammation of the colon is:


  colitis
• The medical term for a chronic liver disease characterized by the gradual loss of liver cells and replacement with fat and connective tissue is:

  cirrhosis
• The medical term for discharge of fat in the stool is:

  steatorrhea
• Suturing a tendon to repair a tear is known as:

  tenorrhaphy
• In the skeletal system, the combining form myel/o means:

  Bone marrow
• This combining form refers to a specific large artery.

  aort/o

  (think of aorta; the largest part of the heart)
• Select the term with the correct spelling.

  iskemeya

  iskemia

  ischemia

  eschemia
• Suffix that means "suturing"?

  -rrhaphy

  (think of tenorrhaphy- suturing a tendon to repair a tear)
• Suffix that means "surgical removal"?

  -ectomy
• The definition of myelitis is:

  Inflammation of the spinal cord
• The correct meaning of the word root in the term neuroma is:

  Nerve
• The medical term for paralysis of both legs is:

  paraplegia

  (Para-means 2)
• What disease characterizes hallucination, delusion, and a general loss of contact with reality.

  schizophrenia
• This disease is characterized by alternating mania (excessively high energy) and depression (excessively low energy).


  Bipolar Disorder