1. The abnormal, inward curvature of the spine is called:
A) scoliosis
B) lordosis
C) kyphosis
D) swayback
E) B and D
2. Difficult or painful urination:
A) frequency
B) hesitancy
C) incontinence
D) dysuria
E) polyuria
3. Micturition is another term for:
A) pregnancy
B) labor
C) lactation
D) voiding
E) menstruation
4. The lateral curvature of the spine is called:
A) lordosis
B) sciatica
C) necrosis
D) scoliosis
E) kyphosis
5. Which of the following is the large, rounded process on a bone?
A) sulcus
B) fossa
C) condyle
D) tuberosity
E) articulation
6. The stiffening or freezing of a joint is called:
A) arthrolysis
B) arthroclasia
C) ankylosis
D) arthrodysplasia
E) necrosis
7. Which of the following is the site where hematopoiesis occurs?
A) capillaries
B) bone marrow
C) cartilage
D) liver
E) periosteum
8. An action that lowers the foot and points the toes is called:
A) abduction
B) dorsiflexion
C) adduction
D) pronation
E) plantar flexion
9. A pathological fracture is also called:
A) spontaneous
B) greenstick
C) impacted
D) hairline
E) comminuted
10. Inflammation of the vertebrae is:
A) osteoporosis
B) spondylitis
C) spina bifida
D) ankylosis
E) meningitis
11. Urine is expelled through the body through the:
A) vescul/o
B) ureter/o
C) pyel/o
D) balan/o
E) urethr/o
12. The tailbone is also known as the:
A) sacrum
B) axis
C) coccyx
D) lumbar
E) pubis
13. The combining form for heel bone is:
A) calcane/o
B) acromi/o
C) tars/o
D) calc/o
E) carp/o
14. The combining form brachi/o means:
A) digits
B) leg
C) kneecap
D) crooked
E) arm
15. The combining form patell/o means:
A) digits
B) leg
C) kneecap
D) crooked
E) childbirth
16. Which of the following terms means lameness or limping?
A) crepitation
B) hyperkinesia
C) strain
D) claudication
E) sciatica
17. A partial or incomplete dislocation is a/an:
A) talipes
B) strain
C) sprain
D) subluxation
E) sequestrum
18. The inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid accumulation is:
A) polyarthritis
B) gout
C) bursitis
D) bunion
E) osteitis
19. The term for a freely movable joint is:
A) synarthroses
B) amphiarthroses
C) suture joints
D) diarthroses
E) symphyses
20. The two main divisions of the skeleton are the axial and the:
A) articular
B) vertebral
C) peripheral
D) cephalic
E) appendicular
21. The combining form for thigh bone/ femur is:
A) fibul/o
B) rachi/o
C) humor/o
D) femor/o
E) patell/o
22. Which of the following refers to an increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms?
A) exacerbation
B) sequestrum
C) remission
D) hyperkinesia
E) claudication
23. A type of fracture in which the bone has injured another organ, such as a broken rib
piercing a lung, is called:
A) closed
B) impacted
C) complicated
D) incomplete
E) compound
24. A women who has produced one viable infant is:
A) gravida 1
B) unigravida
C) multipara
D) primipara
E) unipara
25. A fracture that involves a broken bone and an external wound is called:
A) pathological
B) impacted
C) complicated
D) incomplete
E) compound
26. Which suffix means to break or surgical fracture?
A) -blast
B) -desis
C) -clasis
D) -centesis
E) -cleisis
27. An excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra is:
A) open reduction
B) sequestrectomy
C) synovectomy
D) laminectomy
E) bursectomy
28. The action of turning the palm up is called:
A) pronation
B) rotation
C) dorsiflexion
D) supination
E) adduction
29. The surgical repair of a joint is a/an:
A) arthroxesis
B) tendoplasty
C) arthroplasty
D) A and B
E) B and C
30. Bone-forming cells are called:
A) cancellous
B) periosteum
C) articular cartilage
D) osteoclasts
E) osteoblasts
31. A type of fracture where a bone breaks and splinters into pieces is called:
A) greenstick
B) comminuted
C) impacted
D) hairline
E) compression
32. This fracture involves a broken bone that is wedged into another bone:
A) greenstick
B) comminuted
C) impacted
D) closed
E) complete
33. The combining form for bones of fingers and toes is:
A) phalang/o
B) spondyl/o
C) fibul/o
D) patell/o
E) pod/o
34. The technical term for clubfoot is:
A) genic valgus
B) diapedesis
C) talipes
D) genu varum
E) genuclast
35. The combining form for kidney is
A) pyel/o
B) ren/o
C) nephr/o
D) urethr/o
E) ureter/o
36. Another term for articulation is:
A) knuckle
B) movement
C) joint
D) fontanelle
E) tuberosity
37. The body movement that turns the palm down is:
A) pronation
B) supination
C) inversion
D) dorsiflexion
E) abduction
38. The abnormal condition of a swayback posture is:
A) kyphosis
B) lordosis
C) ankylosis
D) scoliosis
E) arthrosis
39. An inflammation of the bone and bone marrow is called:
A) chondritis
B) osteitis
C) osteomyelitis
D) osteomyelitis
E) osteoporosis
40. The term meaning blood in urine is:
A) hyperuricemia
B) hematuria
C) azotemia
D) diuresis
E) hemoptysis
41. The combining form olig/o means:
A) scanty
B) testes
C) sperm
D) origin
E) hidden
42. Urine is expelled from the body through the:
A) renal tubule
B) ureter
C) renal pelvis
D) calyx
E) urethra
43. The combining form py/o means:
A) pus
B) fever
C) hidden
D) heat
E) renal pelvis
44. Sperm is produced in the:
A) seminiferous tubules
B) seminal vesicles
C) ductus deferens
D) prostate gland
E) epididymis
45. A structure that functions in both the urinary and the male reproductive systems is the:
A) prostate
B) urethra
C) testes
D) vas deferens
E) ureter
46. The testes are located in the:
A) epididymis
B) scrotum
C) ductus deferens
D) renal pelvis
E) abdominal cavity
47. The renal pelvis is:
A) an extension of the peritoneal cavity
B) an extension of the ureter
C) located at the base of the bladder
D) a portion of the urethra
E) a portion of the renal corpuscle
48. Surgical fixation of the testes is called:
A) orchiopexy
B) circumcision
C) prepectomy
D) prostatectomy
49. Agents that promote the secretion of urine are called:
A) diaphoretics
B) antidiuretics
C) uremics
D) uricosurics
E) diuretics
50. Hesitancy, dysuria, hematuria, and frequency are symptoms of:
A) hydronephrosis
B) prostatic carcinoma
C) glomerulitis
D) hydrocele
E) varicocele
51. The combining from crypt/o means:
A) epididymis
B) cold
C) testes
D) scrotum
E) hidden
52. .
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Which of the following is mismatched?
oliguria—decrease in urine volume
diuresis—painful urination
polyuria—increase in urine flow
anuria—complete absence of urine flow
hematuria—blood in the urine
53. A malformation in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis is called:
A) hydrocele
B) epispadias
C) impotence
D) hypospadias
E) varicocele
54. The combining form vesicul/o means:
A) seminal vesicle
B) vas deferens
C) vessels
D) bladder
E) prepuce
55. Surgical removal of the prepuce of the glans penis is called:
A) oligectomy
B) circumcision
C) orchiectomy
D) orchidectomy
E) balanectomy
56. A diagnostic test of the renal pelvis utilizing contrast medium is called a(n)
A) intravenous pyelogram
B) pyelonephritis
C) cystogram
D) hemodialysis
57. PSA is used as a screening test for:
A) urolithiasis
B) orchitis
C) prostatic hyperplasia
D) prostatic cancer
E) azotemia
58. The surgery to correct cryptorchidism is:
A) herniorrhaphy
B) lithotripsy
C) orchiopexy
D) nephrolithotomy
E) nephropexy
59. The combining form for renal pelvis is:
A) crypt/o
B) py/o
C) pyel/o
D) orchid/o
E) olig/o
60. The combining form for glans penis is:
A) orchi/o
B) orchid/o
C) crypt/o
D) balan/o
E) vas/o
61. The medical term for urination at night is:
A) nocturia
B) anuria
C) dysuria
D) enuresis
E) oliguria
62. Enuresis is also known as:
A) dysuria
B) anuria
C) incontinence
D) aspermia
E) azotemia
63. .
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
A laboratory test that is used as an indicator of renal function is:
BUN
C&S
PSA
UA
sp. gr.
64. What is the procedure for surgical fixation of a prolapsed uterus?
A) metroptosis
B) hysteroptosis
C) hysteropexy
D) hysteroplasty
E) A and B
65. Toxemia of pregnancy is called
A) syphilis
B) cervical cancer
C) gonorrhea
D) colpitis
E) eclampsia
66. PID affects all of the following structures EXCEPT the:
A) ovaries
B) fallopian tubes
C) endometrium
D) bladder
E) cervix
67. Multipara means:
A) woman who is pregnant for the first time
B) pregnant woman
C) woman who delivers her first offspring
D) woman who had multiple abortions
E) woman who delivered more than one viable offspring
68. The presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterus is called:
A) toxic shock syndrome
B) eclampsia
C) kernicterus
D) introitus
E) endometriosis
69. Postnatal means:
A) before birth
B) after birth
C) before conception
D) after conception
E) after menopause
70. The combining form episi/o means:
A) incision
B) the fundus of the uterus
C) the vagina
D) cervix
E) the vulva
71. The suffix -cyesis means:
A) offspring
B) pregnancy
C) labor
D) beginning
E) turning
72. The suffix -para means:
A) beginning
B) abnormal
C) to bear
D) abdomen
E) pregnancy
73. Two hormones secreted by the ovaries that are responsible for menstrual cycle and
menopause are:
A) follicle-stimulating hormone and estrogen
B) follicle-stimulating hormone and progesterone
C) luteinizing hormone and estrogen
D) estrogen and progesterone
E) luteinizing hormone and progesterone
74. An abbreviation for the instrumental expansion of the cervix and scraping of the uterine
cavity is:
A) C&S
B) E&S
C) D&C
D) IUD
E) PID
75. Which of the following terms means excessive menstrual bleeding?
A) menorrhea
B) dysmenorrhea
C) menorrhagia
D) oligomenorrhea
E) hemomenorrhea
76. Uterine bleeding between the menstrual cycles is
A) parturition
B) climacteric
C) primigravida
D) metrorrhagia
E) menarche
77. The term for onset of menses is:
A) parturition
B) climacteric
C) primigravida
D) metrorrhagia
E) menarche
78. The abbreviation “BPH” means:
A) Benign Prostratic Hypertrophy
B) Benign Prostratic Hypotrophy
C) Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
D) Benign Prostatic Hypotrophy
E) Beginning Prostatic Hypertrophy
79. What does colpodynia mean?
A) pain in the ovaries
B) pain in the fallopian tube
C) pain in the cervix
D) pain in the uterus
E) pain in the vagina
80. Another word for walking is:
A) gait
B) ambulate
C) articulate
D) exacerbate
E) A&B
81. The usual place for the fertilization of the egg is the:
A) salping/o
B) cervic/o
C) hyster/o
D) colp/o
E) oophor/o
82. The suffix -tocia means:
A) pregnancy
B) false
C) menstruation
D) poison
E) childbirth
83. Wavelike currents that move the ovum into the uterine tube are called:
A) crepitation
B) ovulation
C) peristalsis
D) gestation
E) auscultation
84. A type of sterilization surgery is:
A) tubal ligation
B) cryocautery
C) episiotomy
D) hymenotomy
E) conization
85. The period of pregnancy is called:
A) maturation
B) gestation
C) puerperium
D) parturition
E) coitus
86. What is another term that refers to STDs?
A) endometriosis
B) venereal disease
C) candidiasis
D) metrorrhagia
E) septicemia
87. The term for menstrual pain and tension is:
A) oligomenorrhea
B) dystocia
C) metrorrhagia
D) dysmenorrhea
E) dyspareunia
88. A hernia of the fallopian tube is a:
A) hysterocele
B) colpocystocele
C) salpingocele
D) hydrocele
E) metrocele
89. Connective tissue that connects a bone to another bone is called a/an:
A) synergist
B) tendon
C) ligament
D) fixation
E) antagonist
90. What is the reason why most women with PMS seek medical treatment?
A) hypermenorrhea
B) mood changes
C) water retention
D) breast tenderness
E) headaches
.
91. A woman who has given birth to one viable infant for the first time is identified as a/an:
A) gravida I
B) unigravida
C) multipara
D) primigravida
E) primipara
92. The permanent cessation of menstruation as a result of the aging process is called:
A) dysmenorrhagia
B) metrorrhagia
C) menopause
D) amenorrhea
E) amenorrhagia
93. An endoscopic procedure to visually examine the abdominal cavity through a small
incision in the abdominal wall is a/an:
A) colposcopy
B) vaginoscopy
C) endoscopy
D) endosalpingoscopy
E) laparoscopy