Medical Terms
Topic 1 Quiz
Abbreviations
Topic 2 Quiz
Root Words
100

What means abnormal fear?

What is Phobia?

100

Migraines are a form of ____ headache.

What is vascular?

100

-esthesia

What is sensation and feeling?

100

Glaucoma causes severe:

visual impairment.

100

Migraines are a form of ____ headache.

What is caus/o?

200

What means inflammation of the uvea?

What is iritis ?

200

Which is the tough, outermost membrane of the meninges?

What is Dura mater?

200

neur/o

What is nerve or nerve tissues? 

200

Which muscle of the eye does not move the eyeball but is attached to and moves the eyelid?

what is levator palpebrae superioris ?

200

Which combining form means root?

What is radicul/o ?

300

What does the aqueous humor do:

what is assists in the refraction process?

300

What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

what is sympathetic and parasympathetic?

300

Psych

What is the mind?

300

The area where the optic nerves exit the retina contains neither rods nor cones and is referred to as the:

What is optic disc?

300

Which combining form means old age?

What is presby/o ?

400

 What is Encephalitis?

What is causes nerve cell destruction?

400

Which of the following is not found in all nerve cells?

what is mitochondrion ?

400

encephal

What is the Brain

400

What are the two forms of age-related macular degeneration?

What is optic disc ?

400

Which combining form means turn?

What is trop/o ?

500

What is tetanus?

What is a disease condition that results from the effects of the bacterium Clostridium tetani on the nervous and muscular systems?

500

When a neuron is stimulated, ions move across the membrane, creating a current that, if large enough, will briefly change the area inside of the neuron to be more positive than the outside area. This state is known as:

What is action potential?

500

Contus

What is a bruise?

500

In the eye, when the ciliary body contracts, the lens becomes:

What is rounder?

500

Which combining form means eyelid?

What is blephar/o ?

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