Medical Terminology
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Medical Terminology
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Name ________________________________________ Period _______
1. ________ The prefix that means without or absence of is:
a. an b. endo c. pan d. ana e. aden/o
2. ________ The suffix that means pain is:
a. cele b. ante c. adip d. algia e. apheresis
3. ________ The suffix ary is defined as:
a. pertaining to b. referring to an enzyme
c. precursor d. state of or condition of
4. _________ The medical term that means absence of carbon dioxide is:
a. acapnia b. aphonia c. anticapnia d. antecapnia
5. _________ What does a barometer measure?
a. bacteria b. life c. eyelid d. pressure
6. _________ What color is the protein albumin?
a. red b. blue c. white d. black
7. _________ Afferent vessels carry lymph fluid in what direction?
a. away from the lymph node b. toward the lymph node
8. _________ What is found in adipose tissue?
a. urea b. air c. amnion d. fat
9. _________ What is drooping in blepharoptosis?
a. arm b. eyelids c. atrium d. arteries
10. _________ Androgens have hormones that are _______________ producing.
a. female b. male
11. _________ What is inflamed in adenitis?
a. adrenal glands b. glands c. appendix d. ear
12. _________ What is being viewed in an arthroscopy?
a. arteries b. fatty plaque c. veins d. joints
13. _________ In menarche, what is happening to the menstrual flow?
a. It is beginning b. It is ending
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