Cengage Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025/2026

Cengage Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025/2026 malacia - Answers softening areteriostenosis - Answers abnormal narrowing of an artery of arteries Dysfunctional body part - Answers organ or body part that is not working properly appendicitis - Answers inflammation of the appendix melanosis - Answers abnormal amounts of black pigment disease - Answers a condition in which one or more body part isn't working right abdominal regions - Answers right hypochondriac epigastric left hypochondriac right lumbar umbilical left lumbar right iliac hypogastric left iliac dominant - Answers inherited from either parent, the offspring will inherit that genetic condition or characteristic recessive - Answers inherited from both parents, the offspring will have that condition communicable disease - Answers Any disease transmitted from one person to another either directly or by indirect contact with contaminated objects. (contagious) mandible - Answers also known as the jawbone, only moveable bone of the jaw primary cancer - Answers original site of cancer secondary cancer - Answers Describes either a new primary cancer (a different type of cancer) that develops after treatment for the first type of cancer, or cancer that has spread to other parts of the body from the place where it started (see metastasis, above). ostectomy - Answers surgical removal of bone arthrosclerosis - Answers stiffness of joints, especially in the elderly talipes - Answers also know as clubfoot; describes any congenital deformity of the foot involving the talus (ankle bone) autologous transplant - Answers the patient receives his or her own bone marrow cells, which have been harvested, cleansed, treated, and stored before remaining bone marrow in the patient's body is destroyed allogenic transplant - Answers uses healthy bone marrow cells from a compatible donor, often a sibling fascioplasty - Answers surgical repair of the fascia neurologist - Answers physician who specializes in treating the cause of paralysis and similar muscular disorders in which there is a loss of function deep vein thrombosis - Answers blood clot attached to a deep vein polyarteritis - Answers rare but serious blood vessel disease that occurs when certain immune cells attack the affected arteries inflammation of more than one artery myocarditis - Answers inflammation of the myocardium influenza - Answers acute, highly contagious viral infection characterized by respiratory inflammation, fever, chills, and muscle pain oncologist - Answers physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating malignant disorder such as tumors and cancers adnenoids - Answers also known as nasopharyngeal tonsils, are located in the nasopharynx, which is the upper part of the pharynx radical mastectomy - Answers surgical removal of the breast and many surrounding tissues intact skin - Answers prevents organisms from entering the body no cuts, sores, or breaks in the skin internal/ external respiration - Answers internal: act of taking air as the diaphragm contracts and pulls downward. external :act of breathing out apnea - Answers absence of breathing pleural effusion - Answers excessive accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (lungs) ventilator - Answers forces air into the lungs maxillary sinus - Answers Largest of the paranasal sinuses, and drains into the nose bronchiectasis - Answers permanent dilation of the bronchi hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Answers involves breathing pure oxygen in a special chamber that allows air pressure to be raised three times higher than normal. ascending colon: - Answers travels upward from the cecum to the undersurface of the liver transverse colon - Answers passes horizontally across the abdominal cavity from the right and left towards the spleen descending colon - Answers travels down the left side of the abdominal cavity to the sigmoid colon sigmoid colon - Answers S-shaped structure that continues from the descending colon above and joins the rectum below Stomatomycosis - Answers any disease of the mouth due to a fungus ileum - Answers Last and largest part of small intestine catobolism - Answers breaking down of body cells or substances, releasing energy and carbon dioxide orthodontist - Answers dental specialist who prevents or corrects malocclusion of the teeth and related facial structures upper gi series - Answers radiographic studies to examine the digestive system. A contrast medium is required to make these structures visible barium x-ray