MEDA 110 Final Exam with 100%
complete solutions
-ic/-ac/-eal - correct answer ✔✔Pertaining to
-oid - correct answer ✔✔resembling
Plural for Thorax - correct answer ✔✔thoraces
-ecstasia/-ecstasis - correct answer ✔✔dilation, stretching
Define word order - correct answer ✔✔suffix, prefix, root
Ante- - correct answer ✔✔before, in front of
Juxta- - correct answer ✔✔near, beside
Anaplasia - correct answer ✔✔a change in the structure and orientation of cells, characterized
by a loss of differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form
Aplasia - correct answer ✔✔the defective development, or the congenital absence, of an organ
or tissue
Ring Worm - correct answer ✔✔tinea corporis. a fungal infection of the skin previously thought
to be due to a parasite (worm). The medical term for ringworm is tinea. The skin infections are
sometimes characterized by round lesions in the upper layers of the skin.
,Scleroderma - correct answer ✔✔a gradual thickening of the dermis and swelling of the hands
and feet to a state in which the skin is anchored to the underlying tissue
Pachyderma - correct answer ✔✔abnormal thickening of the skin
Kaposi's sarcoma - correct answer ✔✔a locally destructive malignant neoplasm of the blood
vessels associated with AIDS, typically forming lesions on the skin, visceral organs, or mucous
membranes. These lesions appear initially as tiny red to purple macules and evolve into sizable
nodules or plaques.
Eczema - correct answer ✔✔an acute or chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by
erythema, papules, vesicles, pustules, scales, crusts, or scabs and accompanied by intense
itching
Onychocryptosis - correct answer ✔✔ingrown toenail
Quadraceps femoris - correct answer ✔✔rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus
intermedius
Polymyositis - correct answer ✔✔a chronic, progressive disease affecting the skeletal muscles
that is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy
Ganglion - correct answer ✔✔a knotlike mass of nerve tissue found outside the brain or spinal
cord
Muscular Dystrophy Types - correct answer ✔✔Genetically transmitted, progressive
symmetrical wasting of skeletal muscles.
Most common: Duchenne's (pseudohypertrophic)
, Others:
Comminuted Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone is splintered or crushed
Colles' Fracture - correct answer ✔✔fracture of the distal radius at the wrist (within 1 inch)
Hairline Fracture (stress fracture) - correct answer ✔✔minor fracture in which the bone
continues to be in perfect alignment
Closed Reduction - correct answer ✔✔procedure in which the bone fragments are manipulated
into their normal positions without surgery
Open Reduction - correct answer ✔✔involves surgical exposure of the bone and the use of
plates, screws, or pins to realign the fragments
Transverse Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone break with fracture line straight across shaft of
bone
Oblique Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone break in which fracture line runs along an angle to
shaft of the bone
Osterochondroma - correct answer ✔✔a tumor made up of bone and cartilage
Buccinator - correct answer ✔✔compresses cheek
Ligaments - correct answer ✔✔Bone to bone
Tendon - correct answer ✔✔Muscle to bone
complete solutions
-ic/-ac/-eal - correct answer ✔✔Pertaining to
-oid - correct answer ✔✔resembling
Plural for Thorax - correct answer ✔✔thoraces
-ecstasia/-ecstasis - correct answer ✔✔dilation, stretching
Define word order - correct answer ✔✔suffix, prefix, root
Ante- - correct answer ✔✔before, in front of
Juxta- - correct answer ✔✔near, beside
Anaplasia - correct answer ✔✔a change in the structure and orientation of cells, characterized
by a loss of differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form
Aplasia - correct answer ✔✔the defective development, or the congenital absence, of an organ
or tissue
Ring Worm - correct answer ✔✔tinea corporis. a fungal infection of the skin previously thought
to be due to a parasite (worm). The medical term for ringworm is tinea. The skin infections are
sometimes characterized by round lesions in the upper layers of the skin.
,Scleroderma - correct answer ✔✔a gradual thickening of the dermis and swelling of the hands
and feet to a state in which the skin is anchored to the underlying tissue
Pachyderma - correct answer ✔✔abnormal thickening of the skin
Kaposi's sarcoma - correct answer ✔✔a locally destructive malignant neoplasm of the blood
vessels associated with AIDS, typically forming lesions on the skin, visceral organs, or mucous
membranes. These lesions appear initially as tiny red to purple macules and evolve into sizable
nodules or plaques.
Eczema - correct answer ✔✔an acute or chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by
erythema, papules, vesicles, pustules, scales, crusts, or scabs and accompanied by intense
itching
Onychocryptosis - correct answer ✔✔ingrown toenail
Quadraceps femoris - correct answer ✔✔rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus
intermedius
Polymyositis - correct answer ✔✔a chronic, progressive disease affecting the skeletal muscles
that is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy
Ganglion - correct answer ✔✔a knotlike mass of nerve tissue found outside the brain or spinal
cord
Muscular Dystrophy Types - correct answer ✔✔Genetically transmitted, progressive
symmetrical wasting of skeletal muscles.
Most common: Duchenne's (pseudohypertrophic)
, Others:
Comminuted Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone is splintered or crushed
Colles' Fracture - correct answer ✔✔fracture of the distal radius at the wrist (within 1 inch)
Hairline Fracture (stress fracture) - correct answer ✔✔minor fracture in which the bone
continues to be in perfect alignment
Closed Reduction - correct answer ✔✔procedure in which the bone fragments are manipulated
into their normal positions without surgery
Open Reduction - correct answer ✔✔involves surgical exposure of the bone and the use of
plates, screws, or pins to realign the fragments
Transverse Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone break with fracture line straight across shaft of
bone
Oblique Fracture - correct answer ✔✔bone break in which fracture line runs along an angle to
shaft of the bone
Osterochondroma - correct answer ✔✔a tumor made up of bone and cartilage
Buccinator - correct answer ✔✔compresses cheek
Ligaments - correct answer ✔✔Bone to bone
Tendon - correct answer ✔✔Muscle to bone
