Medical Terminology Test Bank exam
2024-2025 100% actual correct answer
-al:
a. pertaining to
b. without
c. toward
d. away from
e. within - VERIFIED ANSWER pertaining to
-algesia:
a. excessive sensitivity
b. pertaining to
c. pain
d. away from
e. green - VERIFIED ANSWER pain
-malacia:
a. enlargement
b. breast
c. muscle
d. softening
e. painful - VERIFIED ANSWER softening
-penia:
a. deficiency
b. genitalia
c. digestion
d. surrounding
e. uncomfortable - VERIFIED ANSWER deficiency
-phasia
A) movement
B) paralysis
C) nervous sensation
D) speech
E) slight paralysis - VERIFIED ANSWER speech
-plasty:
a. prolapse
b. formation
c. surgical repair
d. swallow
e. dissection - VERIFIED ANSWER surgical repair
,-plegia
A) action
B) seizure
C) paralysis
D) begging
E) slight paralysis - VERIFIED ANSWER paralysis
-tripsy means:
a. surgical puncture to remove fluid
b. destruction; breakdown; separation
c. to crush
d. opening
e. tightening, stricture - VERIFIED ANSWER to crush
A characteristic of x-rays:
A) Travel in straight lines
B) X-rays are invisible
C) Cause the ionization of substances trough which they pass
D) Exposure of a photographic plate
E) All of the above - VERIFIED ANSWER All of the above
A CT scan:
A) uses radioactive substances to produce an x-ray image
B) gives a vertical front-to-back image of body organs
C) magnetic and radio waves are used to create image
D) uses ionizing x-rays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the body
organs
E) shows the body in all three planes - VERIFIED ANSWER uses ionizing x-rays and a
computer to produce a transverse image of the body organs
A drug that acts against fever:
A) antipruritic
B) antipyretic
C) anesthetic
D) anticoagulant
E) hypnotic - VERIFIED ANSWER antipyretic
A forensic psychiatrist specializes in:
A) educational psychology
B) psychoanalysis
C) child psychiatry
D) experimental psychiatry
E) legal aspects of psychiatry - VERIFIED ANSWER legal aspects of psychiatry
, A hereditary, chronic hemolytic disease in which the RBC's are crescent shaped is
called:
a. Pernicious anemia
b. Thalassemia
c. Sickle cell anemia
d. Aplastic anemia
e. Iron-deficiency anemia - VERIFIED ANSWER Sickle cell anemia
A lobectomy is a procedure that would remove a portion of the:
A) Larynx
B) Diaphragm
C) Lung
D) Nose
E) Trachea - VERIFIED ANSWER Lung
A medical term for involuntary contractions of the bronchi is:
A) bronchiectasis
B) bronchospasm
C) bronchostenosis
D) bronchorrhagia
E) bronchitis - VERIFIED ANSWER bronchospasm
A narrowing or stricture of the voice box is called:
A) pharyngostenosis
B) laryngostenosis
C) pneumostenosis
D) laryngospasm
E) pharyngospasm - VERIFIED ANSWER laryngostenosis
A network of interlacing nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system:
A) microglia
B) ganglia
C) plexus
D) synapse
E) receptor - VERIFIED ANSWER plexus
A person with inflammation of a joint would experience:
A) Costalagia
B) Cephalalgia
C) Arthrodynia
D) Chondritis
E) Osteodynia - VERIFIED ANSWER Arthrodynia
A phrenectomy is a procedure that would remove a portion of the:
A) larynx
B) diaphragm
, C) lung
D) nose
E) trachea - VERIFIED ANSWER diaphragm
A platelet:
a. hematoma
b. thrombosis
c. leukocyte
d. thrombocyte
e. erythrocyte - VERIFIED ANSWER thrombocyte
A rhinoscope is used to examine the:
A) nose
B) trachea
C) bronchi
D) larynx
E) pharynx - VERIFIED ANSWER nose
A splintered or crushed bone:
a. comminuted fracture
b. greenstick fracture
c. crepitation
d. compression fracture
e. impacted fracture - VERIFIED ANSWER comminuted fracture
Abductor:
A) Afferent
B) Proximal
C) Bilateral
D) One who carries toward
E) One who carries away - VERIFIED ANSWER One who carries away
Abnormal accumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain:
A) spina bifida
B) Huntington's chorea
C) hydrocephalus
D) meningomyelocele
E) hydronephritis - VERIFIED ANSWER hydrocephalus
Abnormal development of bone:
A) osteolysis
B) osteodystrophy
C) decalcification
D) myelopoiesis
E) osteoclasis - VERIFIED ANSWER osteodystrophy
2024-2025 100% actual correct answer
-al:
a. pertaining to
b. without
c. toward
d. away from
e. within - VERIFIED ANSWER pertaining to
-algesia:
a. excessive sensitivity
b. pertaining to
c. pain
d. away from
e. green - VERIFIED ANSWER pain
-malacia:
a. enlargement
b. breast
c. muscle
d. softening
e. painful - VERIFIED ANSWER softening
-penia:
a. deficiency
b. genitalia
c. digestion
d. surrounding
e. uncomfortable - VERIFIED ANSWER deficiency
-phasia
A) movement
B) paralysis
C) nervous sensation
D) speech
E) slight paralysis - VERIFIED ANSWER speech
-plasty:
a. prolapse
b. formation
c. surgical repair
d. swallow
e. dissection - VERIFIED ANSWER surgical repair
,-plegia
A) action
B) seizure
C) paralysis
D) begging
E) slight paralysis - VERIFIED ANSWER paralysis
-tripsy means:
a. surgical puncture to remove fluid
b. destruction; breakdown; separation
c. to crush
d. opening
e. tightening, stricture - VERIFIED ANSWER to crush
A characteristic of x-rays:
A) Travel in straight lines
B) X-rays are invisible
C) Cause the ionization of substances trough which they pass
D) Exposure of a photographic plate
E) All of the above - VERIFIED ANSWER All of the above
A CT scan:
A) uses radioactive substances to produce an x-ray image
B) gives a vertical front-to-back image of body organs
C) magnetic and radio waves are used to create image
D) uses ionizing x-rays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the body
organs
E) shows the body in all three planes - VERIFIED ANSWER uses ionizing x-rays and a
computer to produce a transverse image of the body organs
A drug that acts against fever:
A) antipruritic
B) antipyretic
C) anesthetic
D) anticoagulant
E) hypnotic - VERIFIED ANSWER antipyretic
A forensic psychiatrist specializes in:
A) educational psychology
B) psychoanalysis
C) child psychiatry
D) experimental psychiatry
E) legal aspects of psychiatry - VERIFIED ANSWER legal aspects of psychiatry
, A hereditary, chronic hemolytic disease in which the RBC's are crescent shaped is
called:
a. Pernicious anemia
b. Thalassemia
c. Sickle cell anemia
d. Aplastic anemia
e. Iron-deficiency anemia - VERIFIED ANSWER Sickle cell anemia
A lobectomy is a procedure that would remove a portion of the:
A) Larynx
B) Diaphragm
C) Lung
D) Nose
E) Trachea - VERIFIED ANSWER Lung
A medical term for involuntary contractions of the bronchi is:
A) bronchiectasis
B) bronchospasm
C) bronchostenosis
D) bronchorrhagia
E) bronchitis - VERIFIED ANSWER bronchospasm
A narrowing or stricture of the voice box is called:
A) pharyngostenosis
B) laryngostenosis
C) pneumostenosis
D) laryngospasm
E) pharyngospasm - VERIFIED ANSWER laryngostenosis
A network of interlacing nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system:
A) microglia
B) ganglia
C) plexus
D) synapse
E) receptor - VERIFIED ANSWER plexus
A person with inflammation of a joint would experience:
A) Costalagia
B) Cephalalgia
C) Arthrodynia
D) Chondritis
E) Osteodynia - VERIFIED ANSWER Arthrodynia
A phrenectomy is a procedure that would remove a portion of the:
A) larynx
B) diaphragm
, C) lung
D) nose
E) trachea - VERIFIED ANSWER diaphragm
A platelet:
a. hematoma
b. thrombosis
c. leukocyte
d. thrombocyte
e. erythrocyte - VERIFIED ANSWER thrombocyte
A rhinoscope is used to examine the:
A) nose
B) trachea
C) bronchi
D) larynx
E) pharynx - VERIFIED ANSWER nose
A splintered or crushed bone:
a. comminuted fracture
b. greenstick fracture
c. crepitation
d. compression fracture
e. impacted fracture - VERIFIED ANSWER comminuted fracture
Abductor:
A) Afferent
B) Proximal
C) Bilateral
D) One who carries toward
E) One who carries away - VERIFIED ANSWER One who carries away
Abnormal accumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain:
A) spina bifida
B) Huntington's chorea
C) hydrocephalus
D) meningomyelocele
E) hydronephritis - VERIFIED ANSWER hydrocephalus
Abnormal development of bone:
A) osteolysis
B) osteodystrophy
C) decalcification
D) myelopoiesis
E) osteoclasis - VERIFIED ANSWER osteodystrophy
