Deck 3: Organization of the Body

Question 1

Which term means located between cells?

A) Cellular
B) Extracellular
C) Intercellular
D) Intracellular

Answer 1

Intercellular

Question 2

What does ante- mean?

A) Against
B) Before
C) Favoring
D) More than normal

Answer 2

Before

Question 3

Which term is descriptive of sound frequencies so high they cannot be perceived by the human ear?

A) Dysphoria
B) Tachyphasia
C) Ultrasonic
D) Ultraviolet

Answer 3

Ultrasonic

Question 4

What is the term for a vague feeling of bodily discomfort and fatigue?

A) Dyslexia
B) Dysphoria
C) Lethargy
D) Malaise

Question 5

What does centi- mean?

A) 1 cent
B) 100 or 1/100
C) 1000 grams
D) 1/1000

Question 6

What does the prefix in antibiotic mean?

A) Against
B) Before
C) Effective
D) Supporting

Question 7

In which type of injection is the needle placed into the subcutaneous tissue beneath the skin?

A) Intradermal
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
D) Subcutaneous

Question 8

Which term means a state of exhaustion or a loss of strength or endurance?

A) Fatigue
B) Lethargic
C) Malaise
D) Pandemic

Question 9

Which term describes a membrane that allows the passage of some substances but prevents the passage of others?

A) Contraceptive
B) Ipsilateral
C) Semipermeable
D) Transdermal

Question 10

Which term describes light beyond the visible spectrum at its violet end?

A) Hyperactive
B) Semipermeable
C) Ultrasonic
D) Ultraviolet

Question 11

What does hypo- mean?

A) Above
B) After
C) Before
D) Beneath

Question 12

Which term means a state of dullness,sluggishness,or prolonged sleepiness or drowsiness?

A) Fatigue
B) Lethargy
C) Malaise
D) Trauma

Question 13

What does semi- mean?

A) Beneath or below normal
B) Excessive
C) Half or partly
D) Same

Question 14

Which term describes a structure that can be seen with the naked eye?

A) Macroscopic
B) Microscopic
C) Ophthalmoscopic
D) Ophthalmoscopy

Question 15

Which statement is not true concerning the prefixes a- and an-?

A) Both a- and an- are related to negation.
B) Use a- before a consonant.
C) Use an- before a vowel or the letter "h."
D) Use both a- and an- before a consonant.

Question 16

What does the prefix in hemisphere mean?

A) All
B) Double
C) Favoring
D) Half

Question 17

What is the meaning of the prefix in dioxide?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

Question 18

Which term means within a cell?

A) Cellular
B) Extracellular
C) Intercellular
D) Intracellular

Question 19

Which term means absence of water?

A) Anesthetic
B) Anhydrous
C) Esthetic
D) Hydrous

Question 20

What does primi- mean?

A) Above
B) Beneath
C) Excessive
D) First

Question 21

What does precancerous mean?

A) Description of an abnormal growth that is likely to become cancerous
B) Morbid softening of a tissue or part
C) Tending to grow worse
D) Threatening to result in death

Question 22

Which type of injection deposits medication into a muscular layer?

A) Intradermal
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
D) Subcutaneous

Question 23

Which term means a set of symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular disease or condition?

A) Dysphoria
B) Symptomatic
C) Syndrome
D) Tachyphasia

Question 24

Which term means affecting the same side of the body?

A) Contralateral
B) Ipsilateral
C) Homeostasis
D) Mediolateral

Question 25

What does microtia mean?

A) Complete absence of the external ear
B) Normal external ears,but lacking eardrums
C) Surgical repair of the ear
D) Underdevelopment of the external ear

Question 26

What does the prefix in preview mean?

A) Across
B) After
C) Before
D) Joined

Question 27

What does postnasal mean?

A) Lying or occurring above the nose
B) Lying or occurring behind the nose
C) Lying or occurring within the nose
D) The secretion of the sinuses

Question 28

What does hypodermic mean?

A) Absorbed through the skin
B) Across the skin
C) Beneath the skin
D) Muscular

Question 29

What does the prefix in addiction mean?

A) To carry away
B) To draw away from a given position
C) To draw toward
D) Through

Question 30

Which of the following means located above the kidneys?

A) Adrenaline
B) Intrarenal
C) Interrenal
D) Suprarenal

Question 31

What does diplopia mean?

A) A pair of bacteria
B) Concerned with or skilled in relations
C) Double vision
D) Two symptoms that are found in many diseases

Question 32

What do semicircle and hemisphere have in common?

A) Their prefixes mean half.
B) Their prefixes mean two.
C) Their suffixes have the same meaning.
D) Their suffixes mean two.

Question 33

What does microscopic mean?

A) An abnormally small erythrocyte
B) Of extremely small size and needing magnification to be seen
C) Of small size but not needing magnification to be seen
D) Viewing things with a microscope

Question 34

Which term means pertaining to a wound or injury?

A) Euphoric
B) Myalgia
C) Therapeutic
D) Traumatic

Question 35

Which of the following statements is not true of abduct?

A) It can mean to carry away by force.
B) It can mean to draw away from a given position.
C) It can mean to draw toward something.
D) It means the opposite of adduct.

Question 36

Which term means entering through or passing through the skin?

A) Intramuscular
B) Intravenous
C) Subcutaneous
D) Transdermal

Question 37

Which of the following terms means having no value,nothing,or equal to zero?

A) Cerebral
B) Null
C) Primitive
D) Stasis

Question 38

Which term means reduced sensitivity to pain?

A) Hyperpyrexia
B) Hypertrophy
C) Hypoalgesia
D) Hypochondriac

Question 39

What do perimeter and circumference have in common?

A) Their prefixes mean around.
B) Their prefixes mean outside.
C) Their suffixes mean around.
D) Their suffixes mean outside.

Question 40

Which term means occurring throughout the population of a country,a people,or the world?

A) Epidemic
B) Hysteria
C) Infectious
D) Pandemic

Question 41

What is the meaning of quadruplets?

A) Four identical objects
B) Four atoms of hydrogen
C) Four offspring born at one birth
D) Two pairs of identical twins

Question 42

Which term means situated outside a cell or the cells of the body?

A) Cellular
B) Extracellular
C) Intercellular
D) Intracellular

Question 43

Which term means a state of disquiet that is characterized by depression and anguish?

A) Antianxiety
B) Dysphoria
C) Dyslexia
D) Euphoria

Question 44

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to position or direction?

A) Abduct
B) Addiction
C) Multicellular
D) Postnasal

Question 45

Which term means not inflicting damage or injury?

A) Atraumatic
B) Antraumatic
C) Inability
D) Incapability

Question 46

Which term means affecting the opposite side of the body?

A) Contralateral
B) Ipsilateral
C) Homeostasis
D) Mediolateral

Question 47

Which term means a disorder characterized by difficulty in reading,often reversing letters or having difficulty distinguishing letter sequences?

A) Antianxiety
B) Dysphoria
C) Dyslexia
D) Euphoria

Question 48

Which of these terms does not contain a prefix that relates to a number?

A) Bicycle
B) Postdate
C) Tricycle
D) Unicorn

Question 49

Which of these terms does not contain a prefix that relates to a number?

A) Monorail
B) Dioxide
C) Euphoria
D) Millimeter

Question 50

Which of these terms does not contain a prefix that relates to position or direction?

A) Perimeter
B) Postnasal
C) Tachyphasia
D) Transdermal

Question 51

Which of the following terms contains a prefix that means 100?

A) Celsius
B) Centigrade
C) Fahrenheit
D) Temperature

Question 52

What does antiperspirant mean?

A) An agent that inhibits or prevents sweating
B) Causing an itching sensation
C) Relieving or preventing itching
D) Sweating

Question 53

What does the term postanesthetic describe?

A) Pertaining to or producing anesthesia
B) The production of numbness of a part of the body
C) The time after an anesthetic is administered
D) The time before an anesthetic is administered

Question 54

What does addiction mean?

A) The act of drawing away from the median plane
B) The act of occurring together
C) The state of being drawn toward some habit or compulsion
D) The state brought about by a congenital defect in vision

Question 55

Which type of injection places very small amounts of a drug into the outer layers of the skin with a slender short needle?

A) Intradermal
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
D) Subcutaneous

Question 56

Which term contains a prefix that means not?

A) Abduct
B) Addiction
C) Inconsistent
D) Ipsilateral

Question 57

Which term means abnormally slow speech?

A) Bradyphasia
B) Bradypnea
C) Tachyphasia
D) Tachypnea

Question 58

Which term means a feeling or state of well-being?

A) Antidepressant
B) Dysphoria
C) Euphoria
D) Tachyphasia

Question 59

Which term means excessively active?

A) Adipsia
B) Hyperactive
C) Hypoactive
D) Polydipsia

Question 60

Which term means rapid speech?

A) Bradyphasia
B) Bradypnea
C) Tachyphasia
D) Tachypnea

Question 61

Which of the following prefixes does not relate to size?

A) Dys-
B) Macro-
C) Megalo-
D) Micro-

Question 62

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to quantity?

A) Hemisphere
B) Intracollegiate
C) Multitude
D) Polyunsaturated

Question 63

Which of the following prefixes does not relate to time?

A) Ante-
B) Post-
C) Pro-
D) Mal-

Question 64

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to position or direction?

A) Anhydrous
B) Circumference
C) Enclose
D) Perspiration

Question 65

Which of the following are threadlike structures within the nucleus that contain DNA?

A) Chromosomes
B) Deoxyribonucleic acid
C) Epithelia
D) Phalanges

Question 66

Which of the following terms does not relate to quantity?

A) Diploid
B) Null
C) Antibiotics
D) Semiconscious

Question 67

Which term means nearest the point of origin?

A) Proximal
B) Plantar
C) Palmar
D) Caudal

Question 68

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to quantity?

A) Pandemic
B) Primary
C) Primitive
D) Postanesthetic

Question 69

Which of the following have the ability to divide without limit and give rise to specialized cells?

A) Molecules
B) Organelles
C) Stem cells
D) Viscera

Question 70

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to position or direction?

A) Bradyphasia
B) Extracellular
C) Interval
D) Syndrome

Question 71

Which term means pertaining to the skull?

A) Lumbar
B) Peritoneal
C) Cranial
D) Visceral

Question 72

Which term means the protrusion of internal organs through an open wound?

A) Ambulation
B) Dehiscence
C) Evisceration
D) Hyperplasia

Question 73

Which term means lying horizontal with the face downward?

A) Pronation
B) Prone
C) Supine
D) Supination

Question 74

What is another name for a dactylogram?

A) Encephalogram
B) Fingerprint
C) Brain disorder
D) Diagnostic blood test

Question 75

What is the term for the divisions of the abdomen that are determined by drawing imaginary vertical and horizontal lines through the umbilicus?

A) Hypochondriacs
B) Epigastrics
C) Inguinals
D) Quadrants

Question 76

Which of the following structures is more complex?

A) Cell
B) Organ
C) Organelle
D) Tissue

Question 77

Which statement is true of the prefixes dys- and eu-?

A) They both mean bad.
B) They both mean good.
C) They have opposite meanings.
D) They have the same meaning.

Question 78

Which of the following terms does not contain a prefix that relates to position or direction?

A) Centigrade
B) Intramuscular
C) Ipsilateral
D) Suprarenal

Question 79

Which statement is true of the prefixes hyper- and hypo-?

A) They both pertain to position.
B) They both pertain to time.
C) They give opposite meanings when added to a word.
D) They mean excessive and none,respectively.

Question 80

Which word means pertaining to an inferior position?

A) Proximal
B) Plantar
C) Palmar
D) Caudal