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| Medical language is made up of primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from which two ancient languages? |
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| The diagnostic imaging process called magnetic resonance is frequently called MRI. |
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| Thinking of medical language as sentences to be translated instead of words to be memorized allows one to: |
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| Break down and understand new words |
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| In medical terminology, what is a root? |
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| The foundation or subject of the term |
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| Which root would be used in medical terms pertaining to suffering or disease? |
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| What is the meaning of the prefix poly-? |
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| Translate the root xer/o. |
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| Which medical term means against histamine? |
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| Which of the following roots is part of the lower gastrointestinal tract? |
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| What root refers to the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach? |
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| What root refers to the large intestine? |
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| Translate the root stomat/o. |
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| Which combination of roots refers to the gallbladder, a small organ located under the liver that stores bile? |
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| Identify and define the root in the term glossoplasty. |
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| Identify and define the root in the term sialolith. |
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| Which medical term means "excessive vomiting"? |
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| Translate the medical term gastromalacia as literally as possible |
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| A person's belly button is in which region of the abdomen? |
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| Which is the correct breakdown of the medical term pancreatoduodenectomy into its component parts |
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| The muscular wave-like movement to transport food through the digestive system is called |
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| Difficulty in swallowing is |
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| The combining term for the first part of the large intestine is |
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| The small sac under the liver that stores bile is the |
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Ridges on the hard palate and wall of the stomach: |
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| The S-shaped portion of the large bowel is the |
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| The hormone produced by the pancreas is |
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| The digestive juice made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder is called |
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| The blind sac hanging from the initial part of the colon |
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| The tube connecting the throat to the stomach and is a common passage for food and air is the: |
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| A ring of muscles is called |
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| The study of the cause of disease is called |
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| Icterus, or the yellow coloring of the skin is called |
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| defecation/elimination of wastes |
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| Enlarged veins in or near the anus that may cause pain and bleeding: |
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| The semifluid mass of partly digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter and into the small intestine is: |
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| A strong and flexible organ in the mouth that aids in speech and moves food during chewing and swallowing: |
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| Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder |
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| Which disease of the liver is caused by chronic alcohol abuse? |
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| The small, round mass of chewed food at the moment of swallowing is called a |
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| When the upper part of your stomach bulges through the large muscle separating your abdomen and chest, it is called a(n) |
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