MEDICAL QUIZ

1. The position near the point of origin or central portion of the body is

a. distal

b. parietal

c. proximal

d. dorsal

e. lateral

2. Surgical repair of the vagina is

a. colpoplasty

b. colposcopy

c. colporrhaphy

d. vaginopexy

e. vaginomycosis

3. The lowest and strongest portion of the hipbone on which the body rests when sitting is the

a. ischium

b. pubis

c. coccyx

d. ilium

e. ileum

4. The mandible is raised and the mouth closed by using the muscle called the

a. procerus

b. masseter

c. superior oblique

d. superior rectus

e. occipitofrontalis

5. The term for tendon suturing and repair of torn muscles is

a. myorrhaphy

b. tenorrhaphy

c. tenoplasty

d. myoplasty

e. tenotomy

6. Visual examination of the bladder is

a. cystoscopy

b. coloscopy

c. rhinoscopy

d. proctoscopy

e. pyloroscopy

7. When the hand is raised away from the side of the body, the process occurring is

a. aberrant

b. abduction

c. adduction

d. addiction

e. afferent

8. Softening of the bone is termed

a. osteochondritis

b. osteomalacia

c. osteodystrophy

d. osteoclasis

e. osteonecrosis

9. A surgical opening into a fallopian tube is a/an

a. oophorectomy

b. oophorotomy

c. salpingectomy

d. salpingostomy

e. hysterotomy

10. A side-to-side (lateral) curvature of the spine is known as

a. kyphosis

b. scoliosis

c. lordosis

d. spondylitis

e. humpback

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