Test Bank - Medical
Terminology: An Illustrated
Guide, 9th Edition (Cohen,
2026), Chapter 1-16 | All
Chapters
ADNEXA refers to - answer-Accessory organs
A DROP is denoted by the abbreviation - answer-gt
The abbreviation UNG refers to - answer-ointment
PROXIMAL is a term that indicates a point - answer-Nearer to the body
ADDUCTION means - answer-Movement towards median plane
CYSTOCELE is - answer-A herniation of the urinary bladder
NULLI is a prefix that means - answer-None
FALSE is indicated by the prefix - answer-Pseudo
Tiny red or purple spots on the skin appearing as a result of small hemorrhages within
the dermal or sub muscular layers are called - answer-Petechia
KERATO refers to - answer-Horny
The suffix LYSIS means - answer-Breaking down
The LEFT EYE is indicated by the letters - answer-OS
Tissue death is called - answer-Necrosis
The secretion of excessive sweat is also known as - answer-DIAPHORESIS
A slow pulse is known as - answer-BRADYCARDIA
, The STSR is scheduled to scrub on a laparoscopic CHOLECYSTECTOMY. This is to
removal of the - answer-GALLBLADDER
The term HEPATOMEGALY refers to - answer-Enlarged liver
A record of joint is - answer-ARTHROGRAM
CYSTITIS is inflammation of - answer-Bladder
Removal of a sample of tissue for a pathological diagnosis is - answer-BIOPSY
The prefix DYS refers to - answer-Difficult/bad
The term referring to outside the body is - answer-Extra corporeal
A surgical endoscope that has the ability to morcellate or to fragment tissue is known as
- answer-RESECTOSCOPE
The region of the abdomen below the stomach is - answer-HYPOGASTRIC
Bulging of intestinal tissue into the vagina is - answer-VAGINOCELE
Surgical removal of the globe and accessory attachment of the eye is referred to as -
answer-ENUCLEATION
The term referring to chewing is - answer-MASTICATION
Movement of the body part toward the midline is referred to as - answer-ADDUCTION
An incision into an artery is referred to as - answer-ARTERIOTOMY
Which radiographic procedure has the ability to make images in multiple planes -
answer-MRI
The absence of a normal body opening duct, or canal is called - answer-ATRESIA
EPISTAXIS can be defined as - answer-Bleeding from the nose
Blood gas analysis is called - answer-ABG
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - answer-The Language of Medicine
Surgical removal of the stomach - answer-GASTRECTOMY
Instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain - answer-
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
Terminology: An Illustrated
Guide, 9th Edition (Cohen,
2026), Chapter 1-16 | All
Chapters
ADNEXA refers to - answer-Accessory organs
A DROP is denoted by the abbreviation - answer-gt
The abbreviation UNG refers to - answer-ointment
PROXIMAL is a term that indicates a point - answer-Nearer to the body
ADDUCTION means - answer-Movement towards median plane
CYSTOCELE is - answer-A herniation of the urinary bladder
NULLI is a prefix that means - answer-None
FALSE is indicated by the prefix - answer-Pseudo
Tiny red or purple spots on the skin appearing as a result of small hemorrhages within
the dermal or sub muscular layers are called - answer-Petechia
KERATO refers to - answer-Horny
The suffix LYSIS means - answer-Breaking down
The LEFT EYE is indicated by the letters - answer-OS
Tissue death is called - answer-Necrosis
The secretion of excessive sweat is also known as - answer-DIAPHORESIS
A slow pulse is known as - answer-BRADYCARDIA
, The STSR is scheduled to scrub on a laparoscopic CHOLECYSTECTOMY. This is to
removal of the - answer-GALLBLADDER
The term HEPATOMEGALY refers to - answer-Enlarged liver
A record of joint is - answer-ARTHROGRAM
CYSTITIS is inflammation of - answer-Bladder
Removal of a sample of tissue for a pathological diagnosis is - answer-BIOPSY
The prefix DYS refers to - answer-Difficult/bad
The term referring to outside the body is - answer-Extra corporeal
A surgical endoscope that has the ability to morcellate or to fragment tissue is known as
- answer-RESECTOSCOPE
The region of the abdomen below the stomach is - answer-HYPOGASTRIC
Bulging of intestinal tissue into the vagina is - answer-VAGINOCELE
Surgical removal of the globe and accessory attachment of the eye is referred to as -
answer-ENUCLEATION
The term referring to chewing is - answer-MASTICATION
Movement of the body part toward the midline is referred to as - answer-ADDUCTION
An incision into an artery is referred to as - answer-ARTERIOTOMY
Which radiographic procedure has the ability to make images in multiple planes -
answer-MRI
The absence of a normal body opening duct, or canal is called - answer-ATRESIA
EPISTAXIS can be defined as - answer-Bleeding from the nose
Blood gas analysis is called - answer-ABG
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - answer-The Language of Medicine
Surgical removal of the stomach - answer-GASTRECTOMY
Instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain - answer-
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
