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Hodgkin's disease is a type of ________.
 
  A) sarcoma
  B) adenocarcinoma
  C) lymphoma
  D) lung cancer

QUESTION 2

What disease can be described as a softening of the cartilage of the kneecap?
 
  A) bone tumor
  B) pectus excavatum
  C) hemarthrosis
  D) chondromalacia patellae

QUESTION 3

Cardiac tamponade is:
 
  A. acute compression of the heart due to the accumulation of fluid within the pericardial cavity
  B. a general disease of the heart muscle
  C. blockage of an artery that supplies the heart
  D. death of a portion of the myocardium, usually caused by an occluded vessel interrupting blood flow

QUESTION 4

The medical specialty of immunology focuses on the ________.
 
  A) blood
  B) heart
  C) immune response
  D) intestines

QUESTION 5

________ is sinusitis that involves all of the sinuses or all of the sinuses on one side of the face.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

QUESTION 6

ALT and AST are enzymes found in the liver.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

QUESTION 7

Which of the following words or phrases is MISSPELLED?
 
  A) vanillylmandelic acid
  B) adenomatous goiter
  C) galactorhea
  D) ketoacidosis

QUESTION 8

Which of these is a combining form meaning rib?
 
  A) arthr/o-
  B) myel/o-
  C) cost/o-
  D) oste/o-

[Answer to ques. #1]  C
Explanation: A) Hodgkin's disease is not a sarcoma.
B) Hodgkin's disease is not an adenocarcinoma.
C) Correct Hodgkin's disease is also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma.
D) Hodgkin's disease is not a lung cancer.

[Answer to ques. #2]  D
Explanation: A) A bone tumor does not involve softening of the cartilage.
B) Pectus excavatum is in the sternum, not the kneecap.
C) Hemarthrosis is blood in the joint, not softening of the cartilage.
D) Correct Chondr/o- means cartilage and malac/o- means softening.

[Answer to ques. #3]  A

[Answer to ques. #4]  C
Explanation: A) Hematology is the study of the blood.
B) Cardiology is the study of the heart.
C) Correct
D) Gastroenterology studies the intestines.

[Answer to ques. #5]  Pansinusitis

[Answer to ques. #6]  TRUE

[Answer to ques. #7]  C
Explanation: A) This is spelled correctly.
B) This is spelled correctly.
C) Correct The correct spelling is galactorrhea.
D) This is spelled correctly.

[Answer to ques. #8]  C
Explanation: A) Arthr/o- means joint, not rib.
B) Myel/o- means bone marrow, spinal cord, myelin.
C) Correct
D) Oste/o- means bone, not rib.

Were some really tough homework problems!