Exam 2: Diseases and Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terms

What is the name of the instrument used in cerebrotomy?

Which term means surgical fixation of the colon?

What does lactose mean?

What does kinesi(o)mean?

Which of the following describes loss of feeling confined to a small area of the body?

Which term means surgical repair of the ear?

Which of the following means the introduction of a hollow flexible tube into a vessel or cavity of the body?

Which term means removal of a breast?

Write the meaning of each abbreviation. -PET ____________________

Which term describes a substance that does not permit the passage of x-rays?

Write one word for the following. -Any disease of a gland ____________________

Which term means herniation of part of the brain through an opening in the skull?

Which of the following is true of an iatrogenic disorder?

What does kleptomania mean?

Which of the following terms means a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood?

Which term means a condition that is characterized by a yellow discoloration of the skin?

Which term means treatment with chemical agents?

Which term means an instrument used to measure the head?

Which of the following statements is not true of radiation therapy?

Which of the following is a technique for visualizing internal structures based on the magnetic properties of chemical elements within the body?