MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL QUIZ
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
discharge of pus from the ear - Answer-otopyorrhea
lighted instrument used to look into ear - Answer-otoscope
fungal infection of the outer ear canal - Answer-otomycosis
smallest bone in body - Answer-stapes
endocrine gland that controls involuntary body functions, hormonal system and many
body functions - Answer-hypothalamus
round organ that lies underneath hypothalamus - Answer-pituitary or hypophysis
hyposecretion of GH that causes enlargement of extremities in ADULTS - Answer-
acromegaly
posterior pituitary secretes - Answer-ADH and oxytocin
diabetes insipidus caused by hyposecretion of - Answer-ADH
type of diabetes. abrupt onset. usually before age 30. involves destruction of beta
islet cells of pancreas - Answer-type 1 diabetes (autoimmune...the worst)
type of diabetes. more common among older and obese adults. may include insulin
resistance - Answer-type 2
type of diabetes. result of hormonal changes during pregnancy. may occur during
2nd or 3rd trimester. - Answer-gestational diabetes
type of diabetes. due to hyposecretion of ADH - Answer-diabetes insipidus
accts of 95% of patients w/ primary hyperparathyroidism - Answer-PT adenoma
one classic effect of hyperparathyroiditis - Answer-skeletal weakening
enlargment of thyroid gland - Answer-goiter
most common cause of hyperthyroidism is ______________ and results from
_____________disorder - Answer-Grave's disease, an autoimmune
protruding eyes - Answer-exophthalmos
advanced hypothyroidism in adults - Answer-myxedema
advanced hypothyroidism in children - Answer-cretinism
, moon shaped face, central obesity, muscle wasting. signs of this disease assoc. w/
hyposecretions of adrenal cortex - Answer-Cushing's syndrome
outer portion of adrenal gland - Answer-cortex
hyposecretion of adrenal cortex - Answer-Addison's disease
benign tumor causing hypersecretion of adrenal medulla - Answer-
phecochromocytoma
Mrs. Wilhelm Roentgen's hand - Answer-first x-ray picture
epilation - Answer-hair loss
researcher who discovered the element radium and received 2 Nobel prizes -
Answer-Madame Curie
study of medical imaging using ionizing radiation, radionuclides, nuclear magnetic
resonance, and ultrasound - Answer-radiology
cosmic radiation originates from - Answer-outer space
time required for a radionuclide to lose half its radiation by disintegration - Answer-
half life
characteristics of x-rays include ability to travel in - Answer-straight lines
chemical process in which energy of an x-ray beam causes rearrangement and
disruption - Answer-ionization
type of radioactivity that has greatest ability to penetrate - Answer-gamma
drooping eyelids - Answer-blepharoptosis
word root for lens - Answer-phac/phak
pinkeye - Answer-conjunctivitis
older patients w/ diabetes experience proliferative retinopathy - Answer-new, fragile
blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina
most common treatment for diabetic retinopathy - Answer-laser photocoagulation
accommodation - Answer-change of the shape of the lens
lay term for hordeolum - Answer-stye
diplopia - Answer-double vision
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
discharge of pus from the ear - Answer-otopyorrhea
lighted instrument used to look into ear - Answer-otoscope
fungal infection of the outer ear canal - Answer-otomycosis
smallest bone in body - Answer-stapes
endocrine gland that controls involuntary body functions, hormonal system and many
body functions - Answer-hypothalamus
round organ that lies underneath hypothalamus - Answer-pituitary or hypophysis
hyposecretion of GH that causes enlargement of extremities in ADULTS - Answer-
acromegaly
posterior pituitary secretes - Answer-ADH and oxytocin
diabetes insipidus caused by hyposecretion of - Answer-ADH
type of diabetes. abrupt onset. usually before age 30. involves destruction of beta
islet cells of pancreas - Answer-type 1 diabetes (autoimmune...the worst)
type of diabetes. more common among older and obese adults. may include insulin
resistance - Answer-type 2
type of diabetes. result of hormonal changes during pregnancy. may occur during
2nd or 3rd trimester. - Answer-gestational diabetes
type of diabetes. due to hyposecretion of ADH - Answer-diabetes insipidus
accts of 95% of patients w/ primary hyperparathyroidism - Answer-PT adenoma
one classic effect of hyperparathyroiditis - Answer-skeletal weakening
enlargment of thyroid gland - Answer-goiter
most common cause of hyperthyroidism is ______________ and results from
_____________disorder - Answer-Grave's disease, an autoimmune
protruding eyes - Answer-exophthalmos
advanced hypothyroidism in adults - Answer-myxedema
advanced hypothyroidism in children - Answer-cretinism
, moon shaped face, central obesity, muscle wasting. signs of this disease assoc. w/
hyposecretions of adrenal cortex - Answer-Cushing's syndrome
outer portion of adrenal gland - Answer-cortex
hyposecretion of adrenal cortex - Answer-Addison's disease
benign tumor causing hypersecretion of adrenal medulla - Answer-
phecochromocytoma
Mrs. Wilhelm Roentgen's hand - Answer-first x-ray picture
epilation - Answer-hair loss
researcher who discovered the element radium and received 2 Nobel prizes -
Answer-Madame Curie
study of medical imaging using ionizing radiation, radionuclides, nuclear magnetic
resonance, and ultrasound - Answer-radiology
cosmic radiation originates from - Answer-outer space
time required for a radionuclide to lose half its radiation by disintegration - Answer-
half life
characteristics of x-rays include ability to travel in - Answer-straight lines
chemical process in which energy of an x-ray beam causes rearrangement and
disruption - Answer-ionization
type of radioactivity that has greatest ability to penetrate - Answer-gamma
drooping eyelids - Answer-blepharoptosis
word root for lens - Answer-phac/phak
pinkeye - Answer-conjunctivitis
older patients w/ diabetes experience proliferative retinopathy - Answer-new, fragile
blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina
most common treatment for diabetic retinopathy - Answer-laser photocoagulation
accommodation - Answer-change of the shape of the lens
lay term for hordeolum - Answer-stye
diplopia - Answer-double vision
