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Translate the root tax/o.


A) Arrangement, order, coordination
B) Feeling, sensation
C) Know
D) Slight or partial paralysis
E) Weakness

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Build a medical term that means "head pain."


A) Cephalodynia
B) Dysesthesia
C) Encephalalgia
D) Neurodynia
E) Paresis

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Which root refers to the nerve bundle?


A) dur/o
B) gangli/o
C) mening/o, meningi/o
D) myel/o
E) phren/o

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B

Translate the root gnosi/o.


A) Feeling, sensation
B) Know
C) Mind
D) Sleep
E) Speech

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Translate the root esthesi/o.


A) Arrangement, order, coordination
B) Feeling, sensation
C) Know
D) Slight or partial paralysis
E) Weakness

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Identify the correct pronunciation for the term nystagmus.


A) nai-STAG-mus
B) nai-STAIG-mus
C) nih-STAG-mus
D) nih-STAIG-mus

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Which of following statements most accurately describes PET?


A) A procedure used to examine the blood vessels
B) A procedure used to examine the spinal cord
C) An imaging procedure that uses radiation to produce cross sections of the brain
D) An imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull
E) Inserting a needle into the lumbar region of the spine in order to collect spinal fluid

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Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term dysphasia?


A) dys (bad) + phas (feeling, sensation) + ia (condition) = bad feeling or sensation
B) dys (bad) + phas (speech) + ia (condition) = bad speech condition (difficulty speaking)
C) dys (good) + phas (feeling, sensation) + ia (condition) = good feeling or sensation
D) dys (not) + phas (feeling, sensation) + ia (condition) = absence or lack of feeling or sensation
E) dys (not) + phas (speech) + ia (condition) = not speaking (a mute)

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B

Translate the medical term myelomeningocele as literally as possible.


A) Condition of the spinal cord and meninges
B) Condition of the spinal cord and its muscles
C) Hernia of the spinal cord and meninges
D) Hernia of the spinal cord and its muscles
E) Hernia of the meninges and muscles

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A loss or decline in mental function is called:


A) aphasia.
B) catatonia.
C) dementia.
D) dyslexia.
E) dyskinesia.

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Which of the following abbreviation does NOT refer to a disorder or disease?


A) ADHD
B) ALS
C) HD
D) OCD
E) SRS

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What is the study of the effects of drug on mental processes called?


A) Neurology
B) Neuropharmacology
C) Psychiatry
D) Psychology
E) Psychopharmacology

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A patient experiencing an abnormal sensation, usually numbness or tingling in the skin, is experiencing:


A) dysesthesia.
B) hyperesthesia.
C) paresthesia.
D) pseudesthesia.
E) synesthesia.

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Which drug lessens anxiety?


A) Analgesic
B) Anticonvulsant
C) Anxiolytic
D) Hypnotic
E) Thrombolytic

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Which is the correct breakdown of the medical term encephalomyelitis into its component parts?


A) encephalo/myelitis
B) encephalo/myel/itis
C) en/cephalo/myel/itis
D) en/cephalo/mye/lit/is
E) en/ceph/alo/mye/lit/is

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Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term cerebrotomy?


A) cerebro (brain) + tomy (incision) = incision into the brain
B) cerebro (head) + tomy (loose) = destruction of tissue in the head
C) cerebro (head, skull) + tomy (reconstruction) = reconstruction of the skull
D) cerebro (nerve) + tomy (removal) = removal of a nerve
E) cerebro (skull) + tomy (suture) = suture of the skull

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Build a medical term that means "inflammation of the brain and meninges."


A) Cerebellitis
B) Cerebromeningitis
C) Encephalitis
D) Encephalomyelitis
E) Meningitis

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Build a medical term that means "brain hernia."


A) Cerebellitis
B) Cerebral atrophy
C) Cranial hematoma
D) Encephalocele
E) Macrocephaly

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Translate the medical term monoplegia as literally as possible.


A) "Half - partial paralysis": partial paralysis on half of the body
B) "Half - paralysis": paralysis on half the body
C) "One - partial paralysis": partial paralysis of one limb
D) "One - paralysis": paralysis of one limb
E) "To disable": complete loss of sensation and motor function

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Which root refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow?


A) dur/o
B) gangli/o
C) mening/o, meningi/o
D) myel/o
E) phren/o

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D

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