Deck 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology

Question 1

The combining form onc/o is defined as

A) cancer
B) disease
C) tumor
D) organ

Answer 1

tumor

Question 2

The suffix that means control, stop, and standing is

A) -osis
B) -plasm
C) -oid
D) -stasis

Answer 2

-stasis

Question 3

The abdominal cavity contains the

A) esophagus
B) urinary bladder
C) liver
D) spinal cord

Answer 3

liver

Question 4

Two or more kinds of tissue that together perform special body functions are called

A) a system
B) a cavity
C) an organ
D) cells

Question 5

Tissue responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities is

A) nervous tissue
B) connective tissue
C) muscle tissue
D) epithelial tissue

Question 6

The combining form my/o is defined as

A) flesh
B) nerve
C) muscle
D) cell

Question 7

The thoracic cavity contains the

A) stomach
B) lungs
C) gallbladder
D) ureters

Question 8

The structure in the cell that contains the chromosomes is

A) the cell membrane
B) the cytoplasm
C) the nucleus
D) DNA

Question 9

The prefix that means after, beyond, change, is

A) hyper-
B) neo-
C) hypo-
D) meta-

Question 10

The combining form lei/o is defined as

A) white
B) muscle
C) smooth
D) striated

Question 11

The combining form hist/o is defined as

A) fat
B) nucleus
C) organ
D) tissue

Question 12

The basic unit of all living things is the

A) organ
B) system
C) tissue
D) cell

Question 13

Groups of similar cells that perform specific function(s) make up

A) systems
B) organs
C) cavities
D) tissues

Question 14

The combining form carcin/o means

A) disease
B) mass
C) tumor
D) cancer

Question 15

The combining form that means internal organs is

A) viscer/o
B) sarc/o
C) epitheli/o
D) system/o

Question 16

A combining form that means flesh is

A) epitheli/o
B) viscer/o
C) my/o
D) sarc/o

Question 17

The combining form chrom/o is defined as

A) color
B) green
C) cause
D) nucleus

Question 18

The major covering of the external surface of the body is made up of

A) epithelial tissue
B) connective tissue
C) muscle tissue
D) nervous tissue

Question 19

The combining form that means cause (of disease) is

A) melan/o
B) path/o
C) carcin/o
D) eti/o

Question 20

The combining form that means red is

A) xanth/o
B) leuk/o
C) erythr/o
D) melan/o

Question 21

The prefix that means through, complete is

A) dia-
B) hyper-
C) dys-
D) pro-

Question 22

The term that means cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue is

A) adenocarcinoma
B) chloroma
C) lipoma
D) adenoma

Question 23

The term that means new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is

A) sarcoma
B) oncology
C) neoplasm
D) melanoma

Question 24

Hyperplasia is defined as cell development that is

A) excessive
B) incomplete
C) abnormal
D) late

Question 25

A tumor composed of muscle tissue is

A) lipoma
B) melanoma
C) sarcoma
D) myoma

Question 26

The suffix -sarcoma is defined as a

A) tumor, swelling
B) growth, substance, formation
C) malignant tumor
D) disease

Question 27

The study of cells is

A) cytology
B) etiology
C) histology
D) pathology

Question 28

The suffix -genic is defined as

A) producing, originating, causing
B) pertaining to
C) tumor, swelling
D) development, growth

Question 29

A tumor composed of fat is a

A) myoma
B) sarcoma
C) neuroma
D) lipoma

Question 30

Incomplete development of an organ or tissues is called

A) dysplasia
B) hypoplasia
C) hyperplasia
D) metastasis

Question 31

The study of tissue is called

A) histology
B) cytology
C) pathology
D) oncology

Question 32

The term that means disease of the body is

A) somatic
B) somatoplasm
C) somatogenic
D) somatopathy

Question 33

Which of the following terms is spelled incorrectly?

A) epithelioma
B) carcenoma
C) neuroma
D) lipoma

Question 34

The term carcinoma is defined as a

A) black tumor
B) cancerous tumor
C) tumor containing fat
D) tumor of green color

Question 35

The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is

A) -gen
B) -ous
C) -sis
D) -oid

Question 36

The term karyocyte is defined as

A) the study of cells
B) resembling a cell
C) an increase in the number of cells
D) a cell with a nucleus

Question 37

The suffix -plasia is defined as

A) a condition of formation, development, growth
B) pertaining to producing, originating, causing
C) a substance or agent that produces or causes
D) an abnormal condition

Question 38

The correct way to analyze the term melanocarcinoma is

A) melan/o/carcin/oma
B) mel/ano/car/cino/ma
C) melano/carcin/o/ma
D) melan/o/car/cin/oma

Question 39

The term rhabdomyosarcoma is defined as a

A) malignant tumor of striated muscle
B) tumor composed of striated muscle
C) tumor composed of smooth muscle
D) malignant tumor of smooth muscle

Question 40

The term neuroma is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?

A) word root and suffix
B) word root, combining vowel, and suffix
C) prefix and word root
D) prefix and word root embedded in suffix

Question 41

The term idiopathic is defined as

A) the absence of signs of disease
B) becoming progressively worse
C) pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
D) a response to injury

Question 42

The term that means pertaining to the internal organs of the body is

A) systemic
B) visceral
C) histology
D) somatic

Question 43

The term that means a physician who studies and treats tumors is

A) pathologist
B) etiologist
C) oncology
D) oncologist

Question 44

The term that means state of complete knowledge is

A) prognosis
B) diagnosis
C) etiology
D) iatrology

Question 45

The abbreviation for the medical term meaning state of complete knowledge is

A) Dx
B) Px
C) mets
D) XRT

Question 46

Which of the following is the plural form of the term that indicates the spread of cancer to more than one organ?

A) melanoma
B) melanomata
C) metastasis
D) metastases

Question 47

The term that means an increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms is

A) carcinoma in situ
B) exacerbation
C) remission
D) encapsulated

Question 48

The abbreviation RBC means red blood cell, also known as

A) leukocyte
B) erythrocyte
C) erythrocytosis
D) radiation therapy

Question 49

Organoid is a medical term meaning

A) pertaining to an organ
B) resembling an organ
C) abnormal condition of an organ
D) state of an organ

Question 50

Tumors of connective tissue usually develop rapidly and metastasize through the lymph channels. These tumors are called

A) melanomas
B) lipomas
C) carcinomas
D) sarcomas

Question 51

The study of disease is called

A) visceral
B) etiology
C) somatogenic
D) pathology

Question 52

A term that means abnormal condition of bluish discoloration is

A) cyanosis
B) xanthosis
C) erythrocytosis
D) leukocytosis

Question 53

The plural ending for "-ix" is

A) -aces
B) -e
C) -ices
D) -nges

Question 54

If a tumor is found to be benign, it is

A) painful
B) cancerous
C) nonrecurrent
D) becoming worse

Question 55

The term that means cancer in the early stage, before invading the surrounding tissue is

A) carcinoma in situ
B) in vivo
C) benign
D) encapsulated

Question 56

If a tumor is becoming progressively worse and is likely to cause death, it is

A) oncoid
B) benign
C) malignant
D) encapsulated

Question 57

A substance that produces cancer is said to be a

A) cancerogen
B) oncogen
C) carcinogen
D) pathogen

Question 58

The plural form for carcinoma is

A) carcinomas
B) carcinomata
C) carcinomy
D) carcinomies

Question 59

Xanthochromic means

A) an abnormal condition of yellow
B) colors not normal to the body
C) pertaining to yellow color
D) an abnormal condition of green

Question 60

Cancer that has spread to another organ is called

A) carcinoma
B) carcinogenic
C) metastasis
D) oncogenic

Question 66

The oncology patient's pathology report stated that there is metastasis present, which would mean that

A) no cancer is present
B) there is improvement
C) cancer is temporarily stopped
D) the cancer has spread (literally, beyond control)

Question 67

MATCHING
organ
b. abdominopelvic cavity
c. tissue
d. cranial cavity
e. cell
f. system
g. spinal cavity
h. chromosomes
i. abdominal cavity
j. genes
k. pelvic cavity
l. thoracic cavity
1. determine hereditary characteristics
2. contains the spinal cord
3. basic unit of all living things
4. contains the urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, parts of the small and large intestine, and the rectum
5. made up of two or more kinds of tissue
6. located in the nucleus of the cell
7. contains the brain
8. made up of a group of similar cells
9. both the pelvic and abdominal cavities
10. made up of a group of organs
11. contains the heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, and bronchi
12. contains the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters

Question 68

The patient may be diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a disease of unknown origin involving an increase in the total red cell mass of the blood. The patient originally presented with an increase in the number of red (blood) cells or

A) leukocytosis
B) leukocyte
C) erythrocytosis
D) erythrocyte

Question 69

MATCHING
-stasis
b. viscer/o
c. kary/o
d. somat/o
e. erythr/o
f. lip/o
g. hyper-
h. melan/o
i. path/o
j. dys-
k. -plasm
l. lei/o
13. black
14. control, stop, standing
15. above, excessive
16. growth, substance, formation
17. body
18. painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
19. red
20. internal organs
21. smooth
22. nucleus
23. fat
24. disease

Question 70

The presence of fibroid tumors is a common diagnosis in fertile women over 40 years of age. Because they are derived from the smooth muscle of the uterus, they are called

A) chloromas
B) leiomyomas
C) rhabdomyomas
D) sarcomas

Question 71

MATCHING
pathology
b. lipoid
c. rhabdomyoma
d. in vivo
e. malignant
f. erythrocyte
g. somatic
h. cyanosis
i. leukocytosis
j. visceral
k. oncogenic
l. diagnosis
25. abnormal condition of blue
26. pertaining to the body
27. pertaining to the internal organs
28. increase in white blood cells
29. causing tumors
30. resembling fat
31. state of complete knowledge
32. tumor composed of striated muscle
33. within the living body
34. study of disease
35. tending to become progressively worse
36. red (blood) cell

Question 72

A patient with multiple sclerosis may experience an increase in the severity of symptoms or a(n)

A) exacerbation
B) encapsulation
C) malignancy
D) remission

Question 73

The physician wrote in his progress note that the patient is in remission, meaning

A) there is improvement or absence of signs and symptoms of the disease
B) the disease is becoming worse
C) the signs and symptoms of the disease have returned
D) the disease is beyond control

Question 74

MATCHING
benign
b. carcinogen
c. melanoma
d. karyoplasm
e. leiomyosarcoma
f. cytogenic
g. adenocarcinoma
h. leukocyte
i. neoplasm
j. exacerbation
k. histology
l. prognosis
37. substance of a nucleus
38. new growth
39. producing cells
40. white (blood cell)
41. increase in the severity of a disease
42. black tumor
43. substance that causes cancer
44. cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
45. not malignant, non-recurrent
46. malignant tumor of smooth muscle
47. state of before knowledge
48. study of tissue

Question 75

MATCHING
WBC
b. Dx
c. chemo
d. RBC
e. XRT
f. CA
g. Px
h. mets
49. chemotherapy
50. white blood cell
51. prognosis
52. radiation therapy
53. metastasis
54. carcinoma
55. red blood cell
56. diagnosis

Question 76

A disease or disorder originating in the body as opposed to a psychological construct would be referred to as

A) somatoplasm
B) somatogenic
C) iatrogenic
D) systemic