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Example Question #3 : Medical Terminology
The combining form "burs/o" means:
Bone marrow
Cartilage
Bone
Bursa
Joint
Bursa
The combining form "burs/o" means "bursa."
Example Question #4 : Medical Terminology
The prefix "macro-" means:
Unequal
Small
Moderate
Large
Many
Large
The prefix "macro-" means "large."
Example Question #11 : Cma
The combining form "chondr/o" refers to:
Bursa
Bone Marrow
Cartilage
Bone
Nerves
Cartilage
The combining form "chondr/o" refers to cartilage.
Example Question #6 : Medical Terminology
The combining form "therm/o" means:
Chest
Fever
Heat
Cold
Hot
Heat
The combinging form "therm/o" means heat.
Example Question #11 : Cma
In describing location in the body, the term superior means:
Above
Below
Back side
Belly side
Toward the midline
Above
In describing location in the body, the term superior means above another part or toward the head.
Example Question #12 : Cma
In describing location in the body, the term inferior means:
Below
Toward the midline
Away from the midline
Back side
Above
Below
In describing location in the body, the term inferior means below another part or toward the feet.
Example Question #13 : Cma
The sympathetic nervous system is a part of the:
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Somatic Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
None of the given answers is correct
Autonomic Nervous System
The sympathetic nervous system is a part of the autonomic nervous system. The parasympathetic nervous system comprises the other part of the autonomic nervous system.
Example Question #12 : Cma
Activation of the sympathetic nervous system will cause which of the following to occur?
Increase in intraocular pressure
Dilation of the pupil
Constriction of the pupil
A flattening of the lens
A rounding of the lens
Dilation of the pupil
Activation of the sympathetic nervous system will cause dilation of the pupil. Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system will cause constriction of the pupil.
Example Question #15 : Cma
The intrinsic rate of the pacemaker cells in the AV node is:
equal to the rate in the SA node
the AV node does not contain pacemaker cells
varies (sometimes faster, sometimes slower than the rate in the SA node)
faster than the rate in the SA node
slower than the rate in the SA node
slower than the rate in the SA node
The intrinsic rate of depolarization is slower among the pacemaker cells in the AV node compared to the rate in the SA node.
Example Question #16 : Cma
Which of the following can be described as an abnormal growth of spongy bone near the middle ear that can result in a stiffening of the stapes?
Meniere's
Otosclerosis
Otitis externa
Otitis media
Tinnitus
Otosclerosis
Otosclerosis can be described as an abnormal growth of spongy bone near the middle ear that can result in a stiffening of the stapes.
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