Test Bank for Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 7th Edition By Peggy C. Leonard Chapter 2-15
Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Suture of a blood vessel is called: A. angiectomy B. angioplasty C. angiorrhaphy D. angiotomy ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: 29
TOP: Surgical Suffixes
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called: A. adenectomy B. amniocentesis C. angiorrhexis D. glycolysis ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: 29
TOP: Surgical Suffixes
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called: A. neuralgia B. neurocele C. neuroplasty D. neurosis ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called: A. a hernia B. dilatation C. edema D. emesis ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes 5. A term that means stretching of a structure is: A. dilatation B. ptosis