MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL TEST
REVIEW EXAM Q&A
multiple sclerosis - Answer-myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve impulse
conduction
aphasia - Answer-inability to speak
anencephaly - Answer-congenital deformity in which some or all of fetal brain is
missing
analgesia - Answer-inability to feel pain
dementia - Answer-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including
memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
anesthesia - Answer-loss of feeling or sensation of the nerve
diastole - Answer-Relaxation of the heart
systole - Answer-Contraction of the heart
tarsal bones - Answer-ankle bones
carpal bones - Answer-wrist bones
ulnar bone - Answer-Longer of the two bones in the forearm
sternum - Answer-breastbone
clavicle - Answer-collar bone
scapular - Answer-shoulder blade region
ophthamologist - Answer-medical doctor who studies and treats diseases of the eye
optometrist - Answer-health professional who prescribes corrective lenses and/or
eye exercises
auditometry - Answer-process of measuring hearing
otoscopy - Answer-visual examination of the ear
tonometry - Answer-measurement of pressure (within the eye)
vas deferens - Answer-tube that carries sperm from the epididymis to the urethra
Epididymis - Answer-located on top of the testes and stores sperm
, pacemaker of heart - Answer-SA node
AV node - Answer-relays electrical impulses from atria into ventricles
Melanocytes - Answer-Cells that produce skin pigment
arteries - Answer-carry blood away from the heart
veins - Answer-carry blood to the heart
cauterize - Answer-to burn to destroy abnormal tissue and/or stop bleeding
hypobilirubinemia - Answer-Abnormally low levels of bilirubin in the blood
celiac - Answer-pertaining to the abdomen
gastric - Answer-pertaining to the stomach
in the cheek - Answer-buccal
stomat/o - Answer-mouth, opening
rapid breathing - Answer-tachypnea
A rapid heartbeat is called: - Answer-tachycardia
slow heart rate - Answer-bradycardia
difficulty digesting - Answer-dyspepsia
difficulty speaking - Answer-dysphasia
difficulty swallowing - Answer-dysphagia
palatoplasty - Answer-surgical repair of the roof of the mouth
-stenois - Answer-narrowing
-ptysis - Answer-to spit
-spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
-stasis - Answer-stopping, controlling
-lysis - Answer-loosening, destruction
-emesis - Answer-vomiting
-rrhaphy - Answer-suturing
REVIEW EXAM Q&A
multiple sclerosis - Answer-myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve impulse
conduction
aphasia - Answer-inability to speak
anencephaly - Answer-congenital deformity in which some or all of fetal brain is
missing
analgesia - Answer-inability to feel pain
dementia - Answer-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including
memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
anesthesia - Answer-loss of feeling or sensation of the nerve
diastole - Answer-Relaxation of the heart
systole - Answer-Contraction of the heart
tarsal bones - Answer-ankle bones
carpal bones - Answer-wrist bones
ulnar bone - Answer-Longer of the two bones in the forearm
sternum - Answer-breastbone
clavicle - Answer-collar bone
scapular - Answer-shoulder blade region
ophthamologist - Answer-medical doctor who studies and treats diseases of the eye
optometrist - Answer-health professional who prescribes corrective lenses and/or
eye exercises
auditometry - Answer-process of measuring hearing
otoscopy - Answer-visual examination of the ear
tonometry - Answer-measurement of pressure (within the eye)
vas deferens - Answer-tube that carries sperm from the epididymis to the urethra
Epididymis - Answer-located on top of the testes and stores sperm
, pacemaker of heart - Answer-SA node
AV node - Answer-relays electrical impulses from atria into ventricles
Melanocytes - Answer-Cells that produce skin pigment
arteries - Answer-carry blood away from the heart
veins - Answer-carry blood to the heart
cauterize - Answer-to burn to destroy abnormal tissue and/or stop bleeding
hypobilirubinemia - Answer-Abnormally low levels of bilirubin in the blood
celiac - Answer-pertaining to the abdomen
gastric - Answer-pertaining to the stomach
in the cheek - Answer-buccal
stomat/o - Answer-mouth, opening
rapid breathing - Answer-tachypnea
A rapid heartbeat is called: - Answer-tachycardia
slow heart rate - Answer-bradycardia
difficulty digesting - Answer-dyspepsia
difficulty speaking - Answer-dysphasia
difficulty swallowing - Answer-dysphagia
palatoplasty - Answer-surgical repair of the roof of the mouth
-stenois - Answer-narrowing
-ptysis - Answer-to spit
-spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
-stasis - Answer-stopping, controlling
-lysis - Answer-loosening, destruction
-emesis - Answer-vomiting
-rrhaphy - Answer-suturing
