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Quiz about The Dark Arts Cutting Body Parts

The Dark Arts - Cutting Body Parts Quiz

Surgeons love to cut. But what are they cutting?

A multiple-choice quiz by onunodnumiar. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
onunodnumiar

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360,055

Updated
Mar 02 26

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1964

Last 3 plays: 1963Kid (8/10), Guest 88 (9/10), Guest 75 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. You know you're going to lose something when a surgery name ends with this suffix: Hint

...tomy

...plasty

...stomy

...ectomy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Your doctor says he's going to conduct a tonsillectomy on you to remove which of these? Hint

Eyes

Tongue

Tonsils

Fingers

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Question 3 of 10

3. Your doctor wants to remove your gallbladder. What does he say he's going to do? Hint

A ganglionectomy

A colectomy

A cholecystectomy

A gallbladderectomy

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Question 4 of 10

4. "It can be solved with an auriculectomy, your doctor says. What do you say? Hint

Ok, as long as my heart gets well...

Oh, no. Not my ears!

Oh, I knew it was expensive. How much gold?

Can I live without a kidney?

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Question 5 of 10

5. A man is to have a vasectomy. What is he NOT losing? Hint

His ability to father children

He is losing all of them

His vas deferens

His testicles

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Question 6 of 10

6. You'll do anything to save your son and the doctor says he could do a nephrectomy on you before performing some more surgery on your son. What does he want to transplant? Hint

Your liver

Your nephew

Your kidney

Your spleen

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Question 7 of 10

7. The doctor says you need a mastectomy. What are you going to lose? Hint

Teeth.

Part of your liver

Part of your jaw

One or both breasts.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Now it's really going weird, the doctor proposes a hysterectomy. What's going on? Hint

He wants to remove the uterus.

He wants to take a new clinical history.

It's a brain surgery to stop me going hysteric.

He wants to remove the breasts.

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Question 9 of 10

9. This doctor doesn't talk funny. He just come out and said he wants to remove my ovaries. What is this surgical procedure name? Hint

Salpingectomy

Cystectomy

Ovaryectomy

Oophorectomy

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Question 10 of 10

10. I finally leave the doctor's consultation, and am going to keep my vermiform appendix. What has the doctor decided not to do? Hint

An appendectomy

A vermiformectomy

An appendixectomy

A vermectory

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. You know you're going to lose something when a surgery name ends with this suffix:

Answer: ...ectomy

...ectomy - refers to excision of, removing a body part.
...tomy - refers to incision, as in tracheotomy: incision into the trachea.
...stomy - refers to creating an opening, as in tracheostomy: opening through the neck into the trachea to place a breathing tube.
...plasty - refers to a surgical repair as in rhinoplasty: surgical repair of the nose.

2. Your doctor says he's going to conduct a tonsillectomy on you to remove which of these?

Answer: Tonsils

Tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils. This procedure has some 3000 years of history.

3. Your doctor wants to remove your gallbladder. What does he say he's going to do?

Answer: A cholecystectomy

Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. You can have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or an open cholecystectomy.
Colectomy is the ressection of any extension of the colon.
Ganglionectomy is the removal of a ganglion.
Gallbladderectomy doesn't exist...

4. "It can be solved with an auriculectomy, your doctor says. What do you say?

Answer: Oh, no. Not my ears!

Auriculectomy is the surgical removal of the ear.

5. A man is to have a vasectomy. What is he NOT losing?

Answer: His testicles

A vasectomy is a procedure in which a man's vas deferens are severed. It is used for male sterilization.

6. You'll do anything to save your son and the doctor says he could do a nephrectomy on you before performing some more surgery on your son. What does he want to transplant?

Answer: Your kidney

A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of the kidney. It can be performed for the purpose of a living donor kidney transplantation.

7. The doctor says you need a mastectomy. What are you going to lose?

Answer: One or both breasts.

A mastectomy is usually carried out when breast cancer is diagnosed, although it is sometimes carried out as a preventative measure if there are indicators, such as family history, that cancer may develop in the future.

8. Now it's really going weird, the doctor proposes a hysterectomy. What's going on?

Answer: He wants to remove the uterus.

Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus, it can be total or partial and is the most common gynecological surgical procedure.

9. This doctor doesn't talk funny. He just come out and said he wants to remove my ovaries. What is this surgical procedure name?

Answer: Oophorectomy

Oophorectomy is the removal of the ovaries.
Cystectomy removal of the urinary bladder.
Salpingectomy is the removal of a fallopian tube.
Ovaryectomy doesn't exist...

10. I finally leave the doctor's consultation, and am going to keep my vermiform appendix. What has the doctor decided not to do?

Answer: An appendectomy

The removal of the appendix is an appendectomy (also appendicectomy or appendicectomy).

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