Chapter 2 Practice Quiz 4

1. The suffix "-ate" refers to ___.

Use, action, having the form of, or possessing

Pain, ache

To go

A surgical puncture

2. Which of the following suffixes refers to the skin?

-desis

-lymph

-derma

-cyst

3. The term that would be used to describe the "process of scraping away from a surface by friction" is ___.

Dysarthria

Epithelium

Exogenous

Abrasion

4. If a person's lungs were "unequal in size or shape," they could be referred to as ___.

Exogenous

Asystole

Dysarthria

Asymmetrical

5. Anesthetize means ___.

A state of alertness

Process of scraping away

Without contraction

To induce a loss of feeling

6. Which of the following refers to an "immature or embryonic cell"?

-dynia

-esis

-blast

-cyte

7. The suffix "-cyte" means ___.

Diction, word, phrase

Small

Bladder, sac

Cell

8. Which of the following suffixes would most appropriately be used to describe someone who studies the treatment of a specific area?

-drome

-iatry

-ior

-ive

9. Someone who stutters or has had a stroke may suffer from "difficult articulation of speech." This is called ___.

Abrasion

Asystole

Epithelium

Dysarthria

10. The tissue that "covers the internal and external organs of the body and the lining of vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs" is called ___.

Dysarthria

Asystole

Epithelium

Exogenous

11. If someone has a heart attack, the heart may also be described as ___ because of the "absence of electrical and mechanical activity."

Asystole

Exogenous

Dysarthria

Comatose

12. Something that is "produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body" is said to be ___ in origin.

Asymmetrical

Exogenous

Epithelium

Asystole

13. Which pair of terms would be MOST OPPOSITE in meaning?

Arousal & comatose

Epithelium & abrasion

Dysarthria & asystole

Exogenous & asymmetrical

14. Which pair of terms have the MOST SIMILAR meanings?

-edema & -cele

-cide & -cyte

-emesis & -asthenia

-cyst & ectasis

15. Which of the following could NOT effect epithelium or epithelial tissue?

Anesthetize

Abrasion

Arousal

Asystole

Chapter 2 Practice Quiz 4

1. The suffix "-ate" refers to ___.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following suffixes refers to the skin?

3. The term that would be used to describe the "process of scraping away from a surface by friction" is ___.

4. If a person's lungs were "unequal in size or shape," they could be referred to as ___.

5. Anesthetize means ___.

6. Which of the following refers to an "immature or embryonic cell"?

7. The suffix "-cyte" means ___.

8. Which of the following suffixes would most appropriately be used to describe someone who studies the treatment of a specific area?

9. Someone who stutters or has had a stroke may suffer from "difficult articulation of speech." This is called ___.

10. The tissue that "covers the internal and external organs of the body and the lining of vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs" is called ___.

11. If someone has a heart attack, the heart may also be described as ___ because of the "absence of electrical and mechanical activity."

12. Something that is "produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body" is said to be ___ in origin.

13. Which pair of terms would be MOST OPPOSITE in meaning?

14. Which pair of terms have the MOST SIMILAR meanings?

15. Which of the following could NOT effect epithelium or epithelial tissue?