Directions: Based
on vocabulary found on pages 38-66 in Medical Terminology, choose the
best term to complete each of the sentences below. Compare your choice to the
correct answer hidden under the answer button.
1. _____
is a word meaning herniation of brain tissue.
2. A pain
in the head can be referred to as _____ or _____.
3. Because
the man had an inflammation of the brain, the physician diagnosed him as having
_____.
4. I
learned the term _____, which means brain tumor.
5. The
accident caused a brain injury that resulted in softening of some brain tissue,
or _____.
6. She
wants a specialist in _____ because she is having trouble with her joints and
bones.
7. In
order to repair the patient's joint, the doctor performed _____.
8. The
main was suffering from _____ in his tendons; therefore, his physician
performed _____.
9. Muscles
that move when a person breathes are the _____ muscles.
10. The man
kept talking to himself and hitting himself in the face. His behavior was
certainly _____.
11. When
the fingers of the hand are spread apart, _____ has occurred in four fingers.
12. An
_____ is formed when two normally separate tissues join together.
13. The
physician had to surgically puncture the patient's abdomen. The word for this
procedure is _____.
14. The
word for incision into the bladder is _____, and the word for excision of the
bladder is _____.
15. He
suffered from a chest disease, or _____.
16. A _____
is a sac (or bladder) filled with watery fluid.
17. The
doctor used _____, or treatment by water.
18. The
surgery was very delicate, for the doctor had to make an incision into the
skull, or _____.
19. _____
are bacteria that grow in twisted chains.
20. A _____
is a hernia containing pus.
21. _____
is an accumulation of pus in the thoracic cavity.
22. A
bacterium that forms pus is referred is as a _____ bacterium.
23. _____
refers to the brain and spinal cord.
24. A
device used to measure the pelvis is a _____.