An endemic goiter is related to a deficiency of ________.

[Answer to ques. #1]  D
Explanation: A) A deficiency of calcium does not cause a goiter in the thyroid gland.
B) A deficiency of sodium chloride does not cause a goiter in the thyroid gland.
C) A deficiency of potassium does not cause a goiter in the thyroid gland.
D) Correct An endemic goiter is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the soil.

[Answer to ques. #2]  A
Explanation: A) Correct Rhin/o- means nose and -phyma means growth; tumor.
B) Upper respiratory infection (URI) may make the nose red, but there is no hypertrophy.
C) Sinusitis affects the sinuses, not the nose.
D) Epistaxis is a nosebleed, not hypertrophy of the nose.

[Answer to ques. #3]  Mohs' surgery is done to remove skin cancer, particularly tumors with irregular shapes and depths. An operating microscope is used during surgery to examine each layer of tissue removed until all of the cancer is removed.

[Answer to ques. #4]  angiogram

[Answer to ques. #5]  B
Explanation: A) This does not describe a grand mal seizure.
B) Correct
C) This does not describe a psychomotor seizure.
D) This does not describe a focal motor seizure.

[Answer to ques. #6]  D
Explanation: A) Scrot/o-, not didym/o-, means bag; scrotum.
B) Genit/o-, not didym/o-, means genitalia.
C) Pen/o-, not didym/o-, means penis.
D) Correct

[Answer to ques. #7]  B

[Answer to ques. #8]  D
Explanation: A) Myelin covers the axon of a neuron.
B) A synapse is the space between two neurons.
C) An axon is the one long ending branch of a neuron.
D) Correct Dendr/o- means branching structure and -ite means thing that pertains to.

[Answer to ques. #9]  stomach

[Answer to ques. #10]  C
Explanation: A) There are no combining forms that mean reproductive.
B) Gon/o-, not coit/o-, means ovum; seed; spermatozoon.
C) Correct
D) There are no combining forms that mean join.

[Answer to ques. #11]  A
Explanation: A) Correct
B) FIGO staging is not used to detect cervical cancer.
C) Dukes classification is not used to detect cervical cancer.
D) Gleason score is not used to detect cervical cancer.