Straightening and extending a joint to increase the angle between two bones or two body parts is known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
QUESTION 2The ruptured follicle that secretes estradiol and progesterone is known as the ________.
A) ovum
B) oocyte
C) corpus luteum
D) uterine tube
QUESTION 3The heart is a/an ________ organ that contracts at least once every second to pump blood through the body.
A) endocrine
B) lymphatic
C) muscular
D) pulmonary
QUESTION 4The combining form dacry/o- means ________.
A) darkness
B) eye; vision
C) lacrimal sac; tears
D) light
QUESTION 5What does the abbreviation CBT mean?
A) compulsive behavior therapy.
B) counter-blocking therapy.
C) complete brain testing.
D) cognitive-behavioral therapy.
QUESTION 6To define a medical word that contains a combining form and a suffix, you start with the meaning of the ________ first.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
QUESTION 7A patient with glossitis has inflammation of the ________.
A) mouth
B) throat
C) tongue
D) abdomen
QUESTION 8Which of the following is NOT categorized as a blood vessel?
A) artery
B) capillary
C) endothelium
D) vein
QUESTION 9Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word glomerulus (gloh-mair-yoo-lus)?
A) gloh
B) mair
C) yoo
D) lus
QUESTION 10The combining form ________ means bruising.
A) rhytid/o-
B) -rrhage
C) contus/o-
D) wart/o-
QUESTION 11A patient with conversion disorder first has ________ of an overwhelming anxiety or internal conflict that is then converted to physical symptoms.
A) depersonalization
B) regression
C) malingering
D) repression
QUESTION 12Which of the following is the inkblot test?
A) Stanford-Binet
B) Rorschach
C) TAT
D) Minnesota
QUESTION 13Osteoclasts are bone cells that move around bone to dissolve bone matrix.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false