Which of the following may be used to perform cauterization?
a. caustic chemical
b. electric current
c. laser
d. all of the above may be used
QUESTION 2Fear of spiders is known as ________.
A) xenophobia
B) claustrophobia
C) acrophobia
D) arachnophobia
QUESTION 3The medical language definition of the word ________ is condition (of) blood (in the) urine.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
QUESTION 4The root somat in the term psychosomatic means:
A) mind.
B) body.
C) stomach.
D) inside.
QUESTION 5The combining form communicat/o- means listen and speak.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
QUESTION 6Laser surgery can be used for all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) treat the enlarged blood vessels of acne rosacea
B) do a punch biopsy
C) remove unwanted hair
D) remove birthmarks and tattoos
QUESTION 7Which word parts do you need to build the medical word that means one who specializes in vision measurement?
A) -logy, ophthalm/o-, log/o-
B) -ist, opt/o-, metr/o-
C) -oma, opt/o-, phak/o-
D) -ation, phot/o-, metr/o-
QUESTION 8The combining form men/o- means ________.
A) female
B) childbirth
C) month
D) monthly discharge
QUESTION 9By the definition of the combining form, we can tell that endothelium is a ________.
A) blood vessel
B) cellular layer
C) structure within
D) heart valve
QUESTION 10Select the combining form that means mind.
A. encephal/o
B. crani/o
C. psych/o
D. esthesi/o
QUESTION 11Fear of snakes is ________.
A) ophidiophobia
B) thanatophobia
C) arachnophobia
D) microphobia
QUESTION 12The combining forms mamm/o- and mast/o- mean ________.
A) breast
B) female
C) tumor; mass
D) milk
QUESTION 13Which of the following conditions is commonly called shingles?
a. urticaria
b. purpura
c. herpes zoster
d. herpes simplex
QUESTION 14In the medical word nephrolithiasis, the combining form lith/o- means ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
QUESTION 15The combining form cardi/o- means heart.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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