Chapter XX Multiple Choice

Haptephobia is the irrational fear of...
1. blood
2. things that come in halves
3. fate
4. being touched
What is a myeloblast?
1. an immature cell found in the bone marrow
2. a cell that causes muscle growth
3. a mouse embryo
4. a premature cancer cell
Which term denotes abnormal length and slenderness of the digits?
1. osteodactyly
2. megadactyly
3. heliodactyly
4. arachnodactyly
Which term means "union or connection of bones by means of muscle, as between the hyoid bone and the mandible, scapula, and breast bone" (lit. "[growing] together of flesh")?
1. syllogism
2. symphonesis
3. syssarcosis
4. synesthesia
Encephalonarcosis is a stupor caused by a disease in the...
1. brain
2. neck
3. stomach
4. intestines
Which term denotes the splitting of the iris?
1. ophthalmofracture
2. arteriospasm
3. iridoschisis
4. keratinoma
Which pathology involves deossification of a weight-bearing bone, followed by bending and fracture leading to the existence of a "false joint."
1. pseudonym
2. pseudarthrosis
3. pseudoligature
4. pseudogyrus
Where may a symblepharon be found?
1. the eye
2. the heart
3. the tongue
4. the ear