Pearson's Surgical Technology Exam Review Chapter 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Pearson's Surgical Technology Exam Review
Chapter 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The part of a word that comes after the root word and changes its meaning is the:


a- prefix
b- root
c- suffix

d- combining form - CORRECT ANSWER - c- suffix


A suffix comes at the end of a word and alters the meaning.


An agent used against fever is:


a- antiemetic
b- analgesic
c- antipyretic

d- anticholinergic - CORRECT ANSWER - c- antipyretic


anti- = against
pyr- = fever
-ic = pertaining to


A slow pulse rate is:


a- bradycardia
b- tachycardia

,c- myocardium

d- eucardia - CORRECT ANSWER - a- bradycardia


brady- = slow
cardia = heart


An incision made below the breast is:


a- hypodermic
b- suprapubic
c- inframammary

d- subcutaneous - CORRECT ANSWER - c- inframammary


infra- = below
mammary= pertaining to the breast


A congenital anomaly is a/an:


a- normal condition that one has at birth
b- abnormal condition existing at birth
c- birthmark

d- condition acquired after birth - CORRECT ANSWER - b- abnormal condition existing at
birth


con- = with
genital = birth
a- = without
normaly = normal

, An instrument used to view the large intestine is:


a- gastroscope
b- endoscopy
c- colonoscope

d- bronchoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - c- colonoscope


colon = large intestine
scope = instrument for visualization


Surgical removal of half the stomach is:


a- hemigastrectomy
b- hemiglossectomy
c- gastroscopy

d- gastropathy - CORRECT ANSWER - a- hemigastrectomy


hemi- = half
gastr- = stomach
ectomy- = surgical removal


You are scheduled to scrub on a cheiloplasty. The anatomical part to be revised is the:


a- hand
b- ear
c- eyelid

d- lip - CORRECT ANSWER - d- lip