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Title: What is the meaning of the suffix -oma?
Post by: mmr53 on Feb 28, 2018
What is the meaning of the suffix -oma?
 A) fiber
  B) smooth muscle
  C) tumor
  D) striated muscle

QUESTION 2

Which condition is characterized by the destruction of skeletal muscle fibers and the release of muscle cell contents into the bloodstream?
 A) rhabdomyolysis
  B) dermatomyositis
  C) fibromyalgia
  D) leiomyofibroma

QUESTION 3

What is the meaning of the suffix -asthenia?
 A) presence of inflammation
  B) muscle tone
  C) without feeling or sensation
  D) connective tissue

QUESTION 4

Which suffix means destruction, or break down?
 A) -oma
  B) -itis
  C) -algia
  D) -lysis

QUESTION 5

Which term refers to increased muscular movement or physical activity?
 A) dystrophy
  B) hyperkinesia
  C) dyskinesia
  D) hypertrophy

QUESTION 6

What is the meaning of the term ganglion?
 A) noncancerous lump filled with jellylike fluid
  B) tumor of connective tissue
  C) shortening or tightening of a muscle
  D) tumor of smooth muscle

QUESTION 7

Which condition describes an abnormal and often permanent flexion at a joint caused by atrophy and shortening of muscle fibers?
 A) fibroma
  B) contracture
  C) leiomyofibroma
  D) contraction

QUESTION 8

Which word element refers to growth, or development?
 A) dys-
  B) -itis
  C) brady-
  D) -trophy


Title: What is the meaning of the suffix -oma?
Post by: Alekberli on Feb 28, 2018
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Title: What is the meaning of the suffix -oma?
Post by: mmr53 on Feb 28, 2018
Great answers! <3