Deck 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology

Question 1

The basic unit of all living things is the

A) organ
B) system
C) tissue
D) cell

Answer 1

cell

Question 2

The combining form my/o is defined as

A) flesh
B) nerve
C) muscle
D) cell

Answer 2

muscle

Question 3

The combining form carcin/o means

A) disease
B) mass
C) tumor
D) cancer

Answer 3

cancer

Question 4

The combining form chrom/o is defined as

A) color
B) green
C) cause
D) nucleus

Question 5

The structure in the cell that contains the chromosomes is

A) the cell membrane
B) the cytoplasm
C) the nucleus
D) DNA

Question 6

The thoracic cavity contains the

A) stomach
B) lungs
C) gallbladder
D) ureters

Question 7

The combining form that means cause (of disease) is

A) melan/o
B) path/o
C) carcin/o
D) eti/o

Question 8

Groups of similar cells that perform specific functions make up

A) systems
B) organs
C) cavities
D) tissues

Question 9

The abdominal cavity contains the

A) esophagus
B) urinary bladder
C) liver
D) spinal cord

Question 10

The combining form hist/o is defined as

A) fat
B) nucleus
C) organ
D) tissue

Question 11

The combining form that means internal organs is

A) viscer/o
B) sarc/o
C) epitheli/o
D) system/o

Question 12

The combining form onc/o is defined as

A) cancer
B) disease
C) tumor
D) organ

Question 13

A combining form that means flesh is

A) epitheli/o
B) viscer/o
C) my/o
D) sarc/o

Question 14

Two or more kinds of tissue that together perform special body functions are called

A) a system
B) a cavity
C) an organ
D) cells

Question 15

The combining form lei/o is defined as

A) white
B) muscle
C) smooth
D) striated

Question 16

The major covering of the external surface of the body is made up of _____ tissue.

A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous

Question 17

The suffix that means control, stop, and standing is

A) -osis
B) -megaly
C) -oid
D) -stasis

Question 18

The combining form that means red is

A) xanth/o
B) leuk/o
C) erythr/o
D) melan/o

Question 19

The prefix that means after, beyond, change, is

A) hyper-
B) neo-
C) hypo-
D) meta-

Question 20

Tissue responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities is _____ tissue.

A) nervous
B) connective
C) muscle
D) epithelial

Question 21

The prefix that means through, complete is

A) dia-
B) hyper-
C) dys-
D) pro-

Question 22

The suffix -plasia is defined as

A) a condition of formation, development, growth
B) pertaining to producing, originating, causing
C) a substance or agent that produces or causes
D) enlargement

Question 23

Which of the following terms is spelled incorrectly?

A) epithelioma
B) carcenoma
C) neuroma
D) lipoma

Question 24

The term rhabdomyosarcoma is defined as a _____ muscle.

A) malignant tumor of striated
B) tumor composed of striated
C) tumor composed of smooth
D) malignant tumor of smooth

Question 25

A tumor composed of fat (benign tumor) is a

A) myoma
B) sarcoma
C) neuroma
D) lipoma

Question 26

The term karyocyte is defined as

A) the study of cells
B) resembling a cell
C) an increase in the number of cells
D) a cell with a nucleus

Question 27

Hyperplasia is defined as cell development that is

A) excessive
B) incomplete
C) abnormal
D) late

Question 28

The study of tissue is called

A) histology
B) cytology
C) pathology
D) oncology

Question 29

The study of cells is

A) cytology
B) etiology
C) histology
D) pathology

Question 30

The term that means new growth (of abnormal tissue, benign or malignant) is

A) sarcoma
B) oncology
C) neoplasm
D) melanoma

Question 31

A tumor composed of muscle tissue is

A) lipoma
B) melanoma
C) sarcoma
D) myoma

Question 32

The suffix -sarcoma is defined as a

A) tumor, swelling
B) growth, substance, formation
C) malignant tumor
D) disease

Question 33

The term neuroma is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?

A) word root and suffix
B) word root, combining vowel, and suffix
C) prefix and word root
D) prefix and word root embedded in suffix

Question 34

The suffix -genic is defined as

A) producing, originating, causing
B) pertaining to
C) tumor, swelling
D) development, growth

Question 35

The term that means disease of the body is

A) somatic
B) somatoplasm
C) somatogenic
D) somatopathy

Question 36

The correct way to analyze the term melanocarcinoma is

A) melan/o/carcin/oma
B) mel/ano/car/cino/ma
C) melano/carcin/o/ma
D) melan/o/car/cin/oma

Question 37

The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is

A) -gen
B) -ous
C) -sis
D) -oid

Question 38

The term that means cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue is

A) adenocarcinoma
B) chloroma
C) lipoma
D) adenoma

Question 39

The term carcinoma is defined as a

A) black tumor
B) cancerous tumor (malignant)
C) tumor containing fat
D) tumor of green color

Question 40

Incomplete development of an organ or tissues is called

A) dysplasia
B) hypoplasia
C) hyperplasia
D) metastasis

Question 41

The term that means an increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms is

A) morbidity
B) exacerbation
C) remission
D) encapsulated

Question 42

A substance that produces cancer is said to be a(n)

A) cancerogen
B) oncogen
C) carcinogen
D) pathogen

Question 43

A term that means abnormal condition of bluish discoloration is

A) cyanosis
B) xanthosis
C) erythrocytosis
D) leukocytosis

Question 44

The term that means pertaining to the internal organs of the body is

A) systemic
B) visceral
C) organomegaly
D) somatic

Question 45

The term that means state of being mortal (death) is

A) hospice
B) mortality
C) morbidity
D) apoptosis

Question 46

If a tumor is becoming progressively worse and is likely to cause death, it is

A) oncoid
B) benign
C) malignant
D) encapsulated

Question 47

The term that means beyond control (transfer of cells from one organ to another) is

A) carcinoma
B) carcinogenic
C) metastasis
D) oncogenic

Question 48

The plural form for carcinoma is

A) carcinomae
B) carcinomata
C) carcinomy
D) carcinomies

Question 49

The term idiopathic is defined as

A) the absence of signs of disease
B) becoming progressively worse
C) pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
D) a response to injury

Question 50

A tumor of connective tissue usually develops rapidly and metastasizes through the lymph channels.This type of tumor is called

A) melanoma
B) lipoma
C) carcinoma
D) sarcoma

Question 51

The term that means cancer in the early stage, before invading the surrounding tissue is

A) carcinoma in situ
B) in vivo
C) benign
D) encapsulated

Question 52

The plural ending for "-ix" is

A) -aces
B) -e
C) -ices
D) -nges

Question 53

The term that means a physician who studies and treats malignant tumors is

A) pathologist
B) etiologist
C) oncology
D) oncologist

Question 54

If a tumor is found to be benign, it is

A) painful
B) cancerous
C) nonrecurrent
D) palliative

Question 55

The term that means state of complete knowledge is

A) prognosis
B) diagnosis
C) etiology
D) iatrology

Question 56

Which of the following is the plural form of the term that indicates the spread of cancer to more than one organ?

A) melanoma
B) melanomata
C) metastasis
D) metastases

Question 57

Xanthochromic means

A) an abnormal condition of yellow
B) colors not normal to the body
C) pertaining to yellow color
D) an abnormal condition of green

Question 58

The abbreviation for the medical term meaning state of complete knowledge is

A) Dx
B) Px
C) mets
D) XRT

Question 59

The abbreviation RBC means red blood cell, also known as

A) leukocyte
B) erythrocyte
C) erythrocytosis
D) radiation therapy

Question 60

The study of disease is called

A) visceral
B) etiology
C) somatogenic
D) pathology

Question 61

A disease or disorder originating in the body, as opposed to psychogenic origins, would be referred to as

A) somatoplasm
B) somatogenic
C) iatrogenic
D) systemic

Question 62

A patient with multiple sclerosis may experience an increase in the severity of symptoms or a(n)

A) exacerbation
B) encapsulation
C) malignancy
D) remission

Question 64

The physician wrote in her progress note that the patient is in remission, meaning

A) improvement or absence of signs and symptoms of the disease
B) providing relief but not cure of the disease
C) signs and symptoms of the disease have returned
D) the disease is enclosed within a capsule

Question 67

Match each item with the correct description below.

A) organ
B) abdominopelvic cavity
C) tissue
D) cranial cavity
E) cell
F) system
G) spinal cavity
H) chromosomes.
I) abdominal cavity
J) genes
K) pelvic cavity
L) thoracic cavity

1.determine hereditary characteristics
2.contains the spinal cord
3.basic unit of all living things
4.contains the urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, parts of the small and large intestine, and the rectum
5.made up of two or more kinds of tissue
6.located in the nucleus of the cell
7.contains the brain
8.made up of a group of similar cells
9.both the pelvic and abdominal cavities
10.made up of a group of organs
11.contains the heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi, and mediastinal area
12.contains the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters

Question 68

The presence of fibroid tumors is a common diagnosis in fertile women over 40 years of age.Because they are derived from the smooth muscle of the uterus, they are called

A) chloromas
B) leiomyomas
C) rhabdomyomas
D) sarcomas

Question 69

Match each item with the correct description below.

A) -stasis
B) viscer/o
C) kary/o
D) somat/o
E) erythr/o
F) lip/o
G) hyper-
H) melan/o
I) path/o
J) dys-
K) -plasm
L) lei/o


13.black
14.control, stop, standing
15.above, excessive
16.growth, substance, formation
17.body
18.painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
19.red
20.internal organs
21.smooth
22.nucleus
23.fat
24.disease

Question 72

Match each item with the correct description below.

A) pathology
B) lipoid
C) rhabdomyoma
D) in vivo
E) biological therapy
F) erythrocyte
G) somatic
H) cyanosis
I) leukocytosis
J) visceral
K) hospice
L) diagnosis

25.abnormal condition of blue
26.pertaining to the body
27.pertaining to the internal organs
28.increase in white blood cells
29.provides palliative care for terminally ill patients and their families
30.resembling fat
31.state of complete knowledge
32.tumor composed of striated muscle
33.within the living body
34.study of disease
35.treatment of cancers with biological response modifiers
36.red (blood) cell

Question 73

The oncology patient's pathology report stated that there is metastasis present, which would mean that

A) no cancer is present
B) there is improvement
C) cancer is temporarily stopped
D) the cancer has spread (literally, beyond control)

Question 74

Match each item with the correct description below.

A) benign
B) apoptosis
C) melanoma
D) karyoplasm
E) leiomyosarcoma
F) morbidity
G) adenocarcinoma
H) leukocyte
I) neoplasm
J) exacerbation
K) palliative
L) prognosis

37.substance of a nucleus
38.new growth (of abnormal tissue, benign or malignant)
39.state of being diseased or unwell
40.white (blood cell)
41.increase in the severity of a disease
42.black tumor
43.programmed cell death
44.cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
45.not malignant, non-recurrent
46.malignant tumor of smooth muscle
47.state of before knowledge
48.providing relief but not cure

Question 75

Match each item with the correct description below.

A) WBC
B) Dx
C) chemo
D) RBC
E) XRT
F) CA
G) Px
H) mets

49.chemotherapy
50.white blood cell
51.prognosis
52.radiation therapy
53.metastases
54.carcinoma
55.red blood cell
56.diagnosis

Question 76

The patient may be diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a disease of unknown origin involving an increase in the total red cell mass of the blood.The patient originally presented with an increase in the number of red (blood) cells or

A) leukocytosis
B) leukocyte
C) erythrocytosis
D) erythrocyte