FINAL EXAM: Human Anatomy & Medical Terminology Questions and Answers Graded A

FINAL EXAM: Human Anatomy & Medical Terminology Questions and Answers Graded A A lack of iodine before birth and during childhood can cause ___. - ANS- cretinism A loss of muscle mass regardless of the underlying cause is called ___. - ANS- muscle atrophy A movement that decreases the angle between two bones of a joint is called ___. - ANS- Flexion A patient with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 37.3 would be considered ____. - ANS- to be severely obese A thickening of part of the skin on the hands and feet because of repeated mechanical stress is called ____. - ANS- callus Acromegaly is caused by excessive activity of which endocrine gland? - ANS- Anterior pituitary An ACL injury would affect which of the following joints? - ANS- Knee joint Bile is produced by the ___. - ANS- Liver Breaking down food into smaller parts is called___. - ANS- digestion Celiac disease is another name for ___. - ANS- gluten-sensitive enteropathy Diabetes mellitus type I is caused by a lack of which hormone? - ANS- Insulin Enlargement of an organ or tissue due to an increase in cells is called ___. - ANS- hyperplasia Gross anatomy studies ___. - ANS- structures visible to the unaided eye Hypersecretion of growth hormone after puberty leads to ___. - ANS- acromegaly If you had a laparoscopy, the procedure would be performed to examine ____. - ANS- the organs inside your abdominopelvic cavity In ___ patients may notice that their hat size or shoe size has changed. - ANS- Paget's disease In girls puberty begins usually at age ____. - ANS- 10-11 Injecting a medication into the layer just below the skin is called ___. - ANS- subcutaneous injection Stability of shoulder joint depends on the ___. - ANS- rotator cuff Sudoriferous glands are responsible for ___. - ANS- sweating The ___ forms a flexible boundary around the cell - ANS- plasma membrane The abbreviation for hematocrit is___. - ANS- Hct The acronym IBS stands for ___. - ANS- irritable bowel syndrome The body's major metabolic hormone is called ___. - ANS- thyroid hormone The cancer form causing most cancer-related deaths in men and women is ___. - ANS- cancer of the lung and bronchi The combining form "angi(o)" relates to the ____. - ANS- blood vessels The combining form "gastr(o)-" in the word gastroenteritis means ___. - ANS- stomach The combining form "hidr(o)" relates to which of the following structures? - ANS- sweat glands The combining form "myel(o)" relates to which of the following structures? - ANS- Spinal cord The combining form "opt(o)" relates to ____. - ANS- vision The combining form pyel(o) relates to the ___. - ANS- renal pelvis The condition in which a person loses consciousness due to insufficient oxygen is called ____. - ANS- Asphyxia The cornea is labeled as # ___ below. - ANS- 7 (first layer) The epigastric region is labeled as number ___ in diagram below. - ANS- 2 b The function of the eyebrows is to ___. - ANS- to prevent sweat from reaching the eye The hormone that causes the release of a mature egg from the ovary (ovulation) is called____. - ANS- luteinizing hormone (LH) The image below shows which lymphoid organ? - ANS- Tonsils The meaning of olfactory is ___. - ANS- relating to the sense of smell The meaning of the combining form "cephal(o)" is ___. - ANS- head The meaning of the combining form "myring(o)" is ___. - ANS- tympanic membrane The meaning of the combining form "plant(o)" is ___. - ANS- sole of the foot The meaning of the combining form "py(o)--" is ___. - ANS- pus The medical term for inflammation of the voice box is ____. - ANS- Laryngitis The outermost layer of the skin is called _____. - ANS- epidermis The peripheral nervous system consists of ___. - ANS- cranial and spinal nerves The spinal cord is labeled as #____ below. - ANS- 5 The structure labeled as #10 below is the ____. - ANS- seminal vesicle The structure labeled as #6 below is the ____. - ANS- Trachea The study of the structure of the body and its parts is called ____. - ANS- Anatomy The suffix "-scopy" in the word laparoscopy means ___. - ANS- visual examination The sympathetic system is also known as the ____. - ANS- fight-or-flight division The term hypermenorrhea is used to describe ___. - ANS- an excessive menstruation lasting at least 7 days The white blood cell in image below is called ____. - ANS- eosinophil The white blood cells that allow our body to recognize and remember previous invaders are called ____. - ANS- Lymphocytes The white of the eye is formed by the ___. - ANS- sclera The word root "mast(o)" in mastectomy means ___. - ANS- breast