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Discuss the cause of macular degeneration.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

QUESTION 2

The pharynx has three pairs of lymphoid tissues, which are tonsils. Name these lymphoid tissues and where they are located.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

QUESTION 3

The medical term for a soft and flabby muscle is:
 
  A) fatigue.
  B) flaccid.
  C) rigor mortis.
  D) pallor.

QUESTION 4

Integument means a covering. The term integumentary (integument + -ary) means:
 
  A) to make a covering.
  B) pertaining to a covering.
  C) the process of covering.
  D) to resemble a covering.

QUESTION 5

The medical term for an X-ray image of the bladder is:
 
  A) nephrotomogram
  B) nephroscope
  C) cystoscope
  D) cystogram
  E) pyelogram

QUESTION 6

Surgical excision of part of a vertebra as part of treatment for a herniated disk is:
 
  A) rachiotomy
  B) neurectomy
  C) diskectomy
  D) laminectomy

QUESTION 7

The prefix that means two is ____________________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

QUESTION 8

This type of word part comes before a word root.
 
  A) combining vowel
  B) suffix
  C) prefix
  D) none of the above

QUESTION 9

A radical mastectomy removes breast tissue, chest muscles, and the axillary lymph nodes.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

QUESTION 10

Croup is an acute condition found in children that is characterized by a barking type of cough.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[Answer to ques. #1]  Macular degeneration is caused by the deterioration of the macula, the central portion of the retina responsible for fine, close vision.

[Answer to ques. #2]  The nasopharynx contains the adenoids or pharyngeal tonsils. The oropharynx contains the faucial or palatine tonsils and the lingual tonsils. The tonsils are accessory organs of the lymphatic system that aid in filtering bacteria and other foreign substances from the circulating lymph.

[Answer to ques. #3]  B
Explanation: B) Correct.

[Answer to ques. #4]  B
Explanation: The suffix -ary is an adjective suffix that means pertaining to.

[Answer to ques. #5]  D
Explanation: The combining form for bladder is cyst/o and the suffix for a record or image is -gram. Not to be confused with cystoscope, which is an instrument utilized for the visual examination.

[Answer to ques. #6]  D
Explanation: Looking at the answers, the two choices referencing anatomy of the spine are the disk and lamin. The question mentions that part of the vertebra is removed, which is the lamina not the disk, which is soft tissue. The suffix -ectomy means removal.

[Answer to ques. #7]  bi-; bi

[Answer to ques. #8]  C
Explanation: The prefix is at the beginning of the word to expand or enhance the meaning of the word.

[Answer to ques. #9]  TRUE

[Answer to ques. #10]  TRUE

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