ANSWERS
. The diagnostic term that actually means "lack of a male erection or the ability to
copulate (diminished blood flow into penile caverns)" is: correct answer
im/potence - no power
"Acu/puncture" literally means: correct answer needle puncture
* puncture is literally in the name
"Angiograms" are used for ______: correct answer recording pictures of vessels
"Aromatherapy" is a type of integrated therapy that some may feel is _____:
correct answer All of the above (Suggestive or placebo effect, Unsupported by
clinical evidence, Psychosomatic)
"Biofeedback" is a type of _____ therapy: correct answer psychosomatic
"Complimentary or Alternative Medicine" is now referred to as ______: correct
answer Integrated Medicine
"Cryosurgery" is used to treat ____: correct answer verrucae or warts
"Fluoroscopy" is used to record _____: correct answer moving body parts
* fluo sounds like flow -- moving
,"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the
beginning of what famous oath? correct answer Hippocratic Oath
"Lithotripsy" is a procedure for crushing ____: correct answer stones or calculi
debris
* lith/o- = stones
"Massage and Reflexology" are examples of: correct answer integrated medicine
"Placebo Effect Therapy" (like hypnotherapy) uses the principle of _____: correct
answer suggestion and believability
"The combining form that means "small intestines" is:" correct answer enter/o-
"usually refers to small intestine: Colo- big intestine"
"Therapeutic Touch Therapy" uses the principle that the body produces: correct
answer energy or an aura
1. The lymphoid tissues located behind the nasal cavity are called: correct answer
adenoids
2. Both food and air travel through the: correct answer mouth and pharynx or
throat
,3. The double-sac membrane that covers each lung and lines the thoracic cavity is
the: correct answer pleura
4. The surgical term for the puncture of the chest cavity in order to aspirate fluid
is called: correct answer thoracocentesis
5. The medical term 'hypoxemia' means: correct answer deficient oxygen in the
blood
6. The area in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged is called
the: correct answer alveolus or cavity (alveolar sacs)
7. Pulmonary Endo/scop/y is best used to _____________ diseases of the
Respiratory System. correct answer view and diagnose
8. The term Ortho/dont/ist literally means: correct answer
straight/teeth/specialist
9. The term Eu/pnea actually means: correct answer well, easy, true, normal, or
good breathing
10. The term Dys/phasia means difficult or faulty: correct answer speech or
utterance
11. The term Trache/os/tom/y actually means: correct answer creation of an
artificial mouth-like opening in the throat and neck
, 12. The suffix ___________ is added to word part Pneumono-/________ to refer
to the surgical procedure of puncturing the lung and aspirating fluids like blood,
pus, & lymph. This procedure promotes easy breathing and cell oxygenation.
correct answer -centesis
13. The diagnostic term for pus in the pleural space in the chest is: correct answer
pyo/thorax
14. The diagnostic term for narrowing or contraction of the larynx or voice box is:
correct answer laryngospasm or laryngo/stenosis
15. A patient with diagnosis of blood in the chest has a: correct answer
hemo/thorax
16. The condition where the bronchi of the lungs are dilated outward is: correct
answer bronchi/ect/asis
17. When lung tissue swells as a result of distention and loss of elasticity in the
alveoli, the condition is called: correct answer emphysema "puffed up"
18. The diagnostic abbreviation for an infection of the nose, pharynx, larynx, and
trachea is: correct answer upper respiratory infection "URI"
19. The diagnostic term that is also referred to as whooping cough is: correct
answer per/tussis