Basic Medical Terminology

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is the meaning of the suffix -plasty? dilation suture surgical repair discharge

2. What is the opening in bone for blood vessels and nerves called? fossa foramen fissure sinus

3. What is the abnormal development of enlarged breasts in a male? gynomamastia gynomastia gynecomastia gynacomastia

4. Which abdominopelvic quadrant contains the appendix? LUQ LLQ RUQ RLQ

5. What is the progressive loss of kidney function? PKU CKD CRF KUB

6. What is the instrument used to view the eye? ophthalmoscope opthalmoscopy opthalmoscope ophthalmoscopy

7. Which of the following is not a visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope? anoscopy esophagogastroduodenoscopy proctoscopy gastrojejunostomy

8. Which of the following is used to correct a tight/narrowing pyloric sphincter? pyloromyotomy gastroangioplasty pyloric stenosis gastropylorostomy

9. The ilium is the ____, and the ileum is the ____? part of the large intestine / part of the pelvis part of the small intestine / part of the pelvis part of the pelvis / part of the small intestine part of the pelvis / part of the large intestine

10. These are all the endocrine system's organs except: adrenal gland thyroid gland thymus gland pituitary gland