Chapter 3, Problem 21FITB

DIRECTIONS: In the blank provided, place a "T" if the statement is TRUE or place an "F" if the statement is FALSE. 1. The prefix hyper means above. 2. The study of skin is referred to as biology. 3. Nonconstructed terms are terms that are not formed from individual word parts. 4. Rhin/o is the combining form for nose. 5. The suffix -lepsy means "surgical repair". 6. Acronyms are medical terms made of multiple word parts. 7. The vowel "o" is the combining vowel used in most medical terms. 8. Pancreatic is the medical term that means "pertaining to the brain" 9. Prefix is the word part at the end of a word. 10. The suffix -ectomy means "surgical removal".

Provide an answer in number 1 to 9. Understand carefully the direction and given picture below. It’s not incomplete. Thank you in advance.

You develop a callus on the bottom of your hallux from a pair of ill-fitting shoes, and you feel the pain of an Onychocryptosis on the same hallux. clusive se 1. Describe both conditions and their symptoms using proper terminology. 2. To treat the callus, you decide to shave off some of the excess epidermis. While doing this, you notice that there is no pain or bleeding. Why wouldn't it cause pain to remove only the superficial part of the epidermis? Why wouldn't it bleed? 3. Unfortunately, you go a bit overboard and feel a sudden pinch, after which you notice you are bleeding. What has happened? Are you still in the epidermis? Explain. 4. A treatment for Onychocryptosis is to remove the nail and apply a chemical such as phenol to the cells of the nail matrix, which kills the cells. What effect will killing the cells of the nail matrix have on the nail? Explain.

Definition Correct Answer Possible Answers abnormal condition or disease ___________________ hypo- abnormal softening ___________________ -itis deficient, decreased ___________________ -malacia inflammation ___________________ -necrosis tissue death ___________________ -osis

The medical term meaning inflammation of the tonsils is tonsilitis

Discuss what might happen in a school if a cafeteria worker has a food-borne disease and after a trip to the lavatory does not wash his or her hands. Instead, the worker goes right back to work without putting on glovespreparing salads and putting out fresh fruit for lunch.