Chapter X Multiple Choice

Which word means "between two small plates"?
1. interlaminal
2. interlamellar
3. intralaminal
4. intralamellar
____________ is a challenge test (lit. "calling forth") in which a nonspecific agent such as histamine or methacholine is applied to the air tubes.
1. bronchodilatation
2. bronchoprovocation
3. bronchovasation
4. bronchopermeation
What is the name of a condition in which opposing forces exactly counteract each other (a Latin term referring to a balanced scale).
1. centrifusion
2. varitude
3. equilibrium
4. penultimatum
What does a lactifuge do?
1. diminishes or stops the production of milk
2. escapes the plasma membrane by dissolution
3. induces childbirth
4. causes someone to fall asleep
What does "vermiform" mean?
1. infested with worms
2. caused by worms
3. worm-killing
4. shaped like a worm
"Uncinate" means shaped like a ____________.
1. fingernail
2. hook
3. tumor
4. hoof
What does "plantigrade" mean?
1. measured by the sole of the foot
2. located at the sole of the foot
3. walking on the sole of the foot
4. shaped like a foot
Which term means "related to or affecting several organs in the gut"?
1. plurivisceral
2. multimammary
3. pluriseptic
4. multiglandular