Exam 2: The Body in Health and Disease

The human body can be studied by dividing the anterior surface of the abdomen into ________.

The combining form congenit/o- means ________.

The medical language definition of the word ________ is "pertaining to again and again (to)breathe."

Moving from either side of the body toward the midline is moving in a/an ________ direction.

The front of the body is known as the anterior or ________ section.

A patient who exhibits ________ symptoms has symptoms that continue for three months or more.

In the medical word orthopedics,the combining form ped/o- means "________."

Which of these word pairs is NOT related to each other?

A disease caused by medicine or treatment given to the patient.

Anteroposterior is moving from front to back and posteroanterior is moving from back to front.

In the medical word exacerbation,the combining form exacerb/o- means "recover."

The medical word medicine has ________.

Palliative care is supportive medical and nursing care that is given prior to curing the patient's disease.

The knowledge and practice of persons of old age and their medical treatment is known as ________.

The combining form surg/o- means "surgery."

The combining form scop/o- means "examine with an ________."

The combining form lumb/o- means "area between the ribs and pelvis;lower ________."

A doctor who has the initials D.P.M.after his or her name is a Doctor of ________ Medicine.

A gene is an area on a chromosome that contains all the DNA information needed to produce one type of protein molecule.

The combining form dist/o- means "away from the center;away from the point of ________."