Test Bank - Chapter 02
1. Suture of a blood vessel is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. angiectomy
b. angioplasty
c. angiorrhaphy ✔
d. angiotomy
ANS: C
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. adenectomy
b. amniocentesis ✔
c. angiorrhexis
d. glycolysis
ANS: B
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. neuralgia ✔
b. neurocele
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis
ANS: A
4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. a hernia ✔
b. dilatation
c. edema
d. emesis
ANS: A
,5. A term that means stretching of a structure is: [Multiple Choice]
a. dilatation ✔
b. ptosis
c. prolapse
d. spasm
ANS: A
6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. dilatation
b. edema ✔
c. emesis
d. ptosis
ANS: B
7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed: [Multiple Choice]
a. hydrophobia
b. kleptomania
c. paranoia
d. pyromania ✔
ANS: D
8. Carcinoma is: [Multiple Choice]
a. an abnormal fear of something
b. another term for cancer ✔
c. any disease of a body structure
d. excessive preoccupation with illness
ANS: B
9. Prolapse means: [Multiple Choice]
a. cramping
,b. discharge
c. sagging ✔
d. rupture
ANS: C
10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is: [Multiple Choice]
a. edema
b. mania
c. ptosis
d. stasis ✔
ANS: D
11. Surgical repair of the eye is: [Multiple Choice]
a. ophthalmalgia
b. ophthalmological
c. ophthalmoplasty ✔
d. ophthalmorrhagia
ANS: C
12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is: [Multiple Choice]
a. augmentation mammoplasty ✔
b. mammography
c. mastitis
d. reduction mammoplasty
ANS: A
13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. neurectomy ✔
b. neurology
c. neuroplasty
, d. neurosis
ANS: A
14. A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal wall is: [Multiple Choice]
a. colonoscopy
b. colopexy ✔
c. coloscopy
d. colostomy
ANS: B
15. A term that means vomiting is: [Multiple Choice]
a. amnion
b. emesis ✔
c. endocrine
d. forensic
ANS: B
16. The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss of feeling is:
[Multiple Choice]
a. anesthesiologist
b. anesthesiology ✔
c. immunologist
d. immunology
ANS: B
17. The physician who specializes in intestinal and gastric disorders is a: [Multiple Choice]
a. gastroenterologist ✔
b. gastroenterology
c. gerontologist
d. gerontology
ANS: A
1. Suture of a blood vessel is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. angiectomy
b. angioplasty
c. angiorrhaphy ✔
d. angiotomy
ANS: C
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. adenectomy
b. amniocentesis ✔
c. angiorrhexis
d. glycolysis
ANS: B
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. neuralgia ✔
b. neurocele
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis
ANS: A
4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. a hernia ✔
b. dilatation
c. edema
d. emesis
ANS: A
,5. A term that means stretching of a structure is: [Multiple Choice]
a. dilatation ✔
b. ptosis
c. prolapse
d. spasm
ANS: A
6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. dilatation
b. edema ✔
c. emesis
d. ptosis
ANS: B
7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed: [Multiple Choice]
a. hydrophobia
b. kleptomania
c. paranoia
d. pyromania ✔
ANS: D
8. Carcinoma is: [Multiple Choice]
a. an abnormal fear of something
b. another term for cancer ✔
c. any disease of a body structure
d. excessive preoccupation with illness
ANS: B
9. Prolapse means: [Multiple Choice]
a. cramping
,b. discharge
c. sagging ✔
d. rupture
ANS: C
10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is: [Multiple Choice]
a. edema
b. mania
c. ptosis
d. stasis ✔
ANS: D
11. Surgical repair of the eye is: [Multiple Choice]
a. ophthalmalgia
b. ophthalmological
c. ophthalmoplasty ✔
d. ophthalmorrhagia
ANS: C
12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is: [Multiple Choice]
a. augmentation mammoplasty ✔
b. mammography
c. mastitis
d. reduction mammoplasty
ANS: A
13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called: [Multiple Choice]
a. neurectomy ✔
b. neurology
c. neuroplasty
, d. neurosis
ANS: A
14. A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal wall is: [Multiple Choice]
a. colonoscopy
b. colopexy ✔
c. coloscopy
d. colostomy
ANS: B
15. A term that means vomiting is: [Multiple Choice]
a. amnion
b. emesis ✔
c. endocrine
d. forensic
ANS: B
16. The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss of feeling is:
[Multiple Choice]
a. anesthesiologist
b. anesthesiology ✔
c. immunologist
d. immunology
ANS: B
17. The physician who specializes in intestinal and gastric disorders is a: [Multiple Choice]
a. gastroenterologist ✔
b. gastroenterology
c. gerontologist
d. gerontology
ANS: A
