Principles & Practices - Ch.4

Medical Terminology

The term for toward the midline is:

a. medial

b. lateral

c. proximal

d. distal

a. medial

The paw is ____ to the shoulder

a. cranial

b. caudal

c. distal

d. proximal

c. distal

Another term for growth plate is:

a. physis

b. shaft

c. diaphysis

d. trophic

a. physis

The part of the small intestine is the:

a. ileum

b. ilium

c. cecum

d. ischium

a. ileum

Gastroplasty contains the suffix “plasty” that means

a. excision

b. forming an opening

c. surgical repair

d. incision

c. surgical repair - plasty

Enteritis means inflammation of the:

a. internal organs

b. peritoneum

c. small intestine

d. esophagus

c. small instestine

Cystotomy is:

a. resection of the urinary bladder

b. incision of the urinary bladder

c. inflammation of the urinary bladder

d. herniation of the urinary bladder

b. incision of the urinary bladder