A morbid fear of a specific object or situation is called:
A) fugue.
B) phobia.
C) mania.
D) psychosis.
QUESTION 2The syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word pyelonephritis (py-eh-loh-neh-fry-tis) is ________.
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QUESTION 3A medical word can only contain one combining form.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
QUESTION 4The esophagus is a flexible tube that connects the ________.
A) rectum to the outside of the body
B) pharynx to the stomach
C) stomach to the duodenum
D) small intestine to the large intestine
QUESTION 5A suffix allows the combining form to join with other word parts.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
QUESTION 6The three layers of the meninges are the dura mater, the arachnoid, and the ________.
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QUESTION 7Corneal ________ is a surgical procedure to replace a damaged or diseased cornea with a donor cornea.
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QUESTION 8________ muscles provide the means by which the bones can move and are voluntary muscles that contract and relax in response to conscious thought.
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QUESTION 9A mental disorder that is marked by an altered mood is:
A) depression.
B) affective disorder.
C) neurosis.
D) all of the above.
QUESTION 10Because of the meaning of the suffix, a patient scheduled for an aneurysmectomy is going to have a ________.
A) procedure to puncture (the) aneurysm
B) process of measuring (the) aneurysm
C) surgical removal(of an) aneurysm
D) surgically created opening (in an aneurysm)
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