Chapter IX Multiple Choice

Which term means "the act of forming, or state of being formed, into a rounded mass"?
1. congermination
2. conglabration
3. congranulation
4. conglobation
Which word means "causing to sprout or bud"?
1. follicular
2. reanimative
3. germinative
4. reticulative
Lactoferrin is a(n) ________________ protein found in the specific granules of neutrophils and also occurs in many secretions, including milk.
1. transporting
2. iron-binding
3. bag-like
4. smooth
Which word means "a person trained to care for the dead"?
1. molist
2. mortician
3. corporealist
4. necromancer
What do unguligrade creatures do?
1. walk on the most distal parts of their digits (e.g., hooves)
2. step in a straight line, with each foot placed directly in front of the other
3. move about on four legs
4. gnaw at their fingernails and toenails
Which term means "controlling movement of or relaying impulses to the guts"?
1. vitamotor
2. vesiculomotor
3. visceromotor
4. viscuomotor
What are tubercula?
1. diseases of the respiratory tract
2. bacterial infections
3. microscopic parasites
4. nodules or eminences
What does a retinaculum do? [NB: here the suffix is not a diminutive, but rather the suffix from Chapter VII.]
1. holds an organ or tissue in place
2. relaxes a muscle by chemical means
3. opens a vein or artery
4. reinflates a collapsed lung