which of the following words has a prefix meaning complete?
A. Diarrhea
B. disease
C. defecation
D. dysentery
E. malnutrition
A. Diarrhea
the prefix in dia- means complete.
An increasingly common disorder of the large intestine characterized by crampy pains, gas, and changes in bowel habits is abbreviated.
A. IBS
B. IBM
C. BM
D. GERD
E. DRE
A. IBS
irritable bowel syndrome is an increasingly common large-bowel disorder, presenting with crampy pains.
The term that is used to describe an inflammation of the meninges is called?
A. meningitis
B. epilepsy
C. encephalitis
D. duramatitis
E. arachnophobia
A. meningitis
meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges.
The term cholelithotomy, if deconstructed, means, in the correct order
A. excision, bile, and liver
B. bile, stone, and surgical incision
C. stone, bile, and biopsy
D. liver, stone, and excision
E. surgical incision, bile, and stone
E. surgical incision, bile, and stone.
the suffix -tomy means surgical incision, chol/e means bile, and -lith- means stone.
the CNS consists of which of the following?
A. corticospinal and spinothalamic tracts
B. brain and spinal cord
C. PNS
D. ANS
E. sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
B. brain and spinal cord
The CNS, or central nervous system, consists of the brain and spinal cord.
Which of the following words end in a suffix meaning enzyme?
A. buccinators
B. bolus
C. peristalsis
D. secretion
E. lipase
E. lipase
The word lipase ends in the suffix -ase, meaning enzyme.
The word element that means half is?
A. osis
B. nacro
C. pleg
D. hemi
E. dys
D. Hemi
the prefix hemi- means half.
(hemiparesis is weakness of one side of the body)
The meninges that resembles a spider web is called the?
A. arachnoid mater
B. spinal mater
C. dura mater
D. alma mater
E. pia mater
A. arachnoid mater
The meninges that resembles a spider web is called the arachnoid mater.
The prefix in exocrine means
A. inside
B. before
C. body
D. outside
E. pertaining to
D. outside
the prefix exo- in exocrine means outside.
The chemicals responsible for helping to transfer messages from one nerve cell to another are called?
A. neurotoxins
B. chemicals
C. neurotransmitters
D. enzyme
E. nucleic acids
C. neurotransmitters
neurotransmitters are the chemicals responsible for helping to transfer messages from one nerve cell to another.
The word element that means nerve is?
A. anesth
B. globin
C. gastri
D. neuro
E. encephal
D. neuro
The word element that means nerve is neuro, which is a combining form.
The word efferent refers to?
A. moving away from the peripheral nervous system
B. moving toward the peripheral nervous system
C. moving away from the central nervous system
D. moving toward the central nervous system
E. moving between the neurons.
C. moving away from the central nervous system.
the word efferent refers to moving away from the central nervous system.
Which of the following terms has an element meaning flow?
A. perstalsis
B. pyorrhea
C. endoscopic
D. extracorporeal
E. postprandial
B. pyorrhea
the element -rrhea in pyorrhea means flow and the combining form py/o means pus.
The proper spelling for the term that means fatty white material found around a nerve axon is?
A. milin
B. mylin
C. myelin
D. myilin
E. miylen
C. myelin
Which of the following terms contains two suffixes?
A. ileocecal
B. colostomy
C. diverticulitis
D. hemorrhoidectomy
E. polypectomy
D. hemorrhoidectomy
the word hemorrhoidectomy contains two suffixes rrhoid=flow and ectomy=surgical removal.
The term for a chronic, progressive loss of cognitive and intellectual functions is
A. longevity
B. sedation
C. derangement
D. senescence
E. dementia
E. dementia
The term that describes the area above the dura mater is?
A. epidural
B. supradural
C. hyperdural
D. hypodural
E. subdural
A. Epidural
epi=above
Which of the following procedures records electrical impulses of the brain to measure brain activity?
A. electromyography
B. electrocardiography
C. electroencephalography
D. electroneurography
E. sonography
C. electroencephalography
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in
A. treating disorders of the digestive system
B. disorders of the skin
C. treating disorders of the integumentary system
D. disorders of the nervous system
E. brain surgery
D. disorders of the nervous system
The word afferent refers to
A. moving from the brain to the spinal cord
B. moving toward the peripheral nervous system
C. moving away from the central nervous system
D. moving toward the central nervous system
E. moving away from the peripheral nervous system
D. moving toward the central nervous system.
Which term with a prefix, root, and suffix refers to a condition involving the liver?
A. Glycemic
B. hypertension
C. hyperbilirubinemia
D. triglyceride
E. pancreatitis
C. hyperbilirubinemia
The word with a prefix meaning underneath is?
A. periodontal
B. monosaccharide
C. sublingual
D. triglyceride
E. bilirubin
C. sublingual
prefix sub- in the word sublingual means underneath.
What color does the element -rubin denote?
A. yellow
B. rust
C. black
D. green
E. blue
B. rust t
the element -rubin, as in bilrubin, denotes the color of rust.
In the word neuroglia, -glia means?
A. white matter
B. gray matter
C. pathway
D. nerve
E. glue
E. glue
in the word neuroglia, -glia means glue.
