Chapter XXII Multiple Choice

Which word denotes an adnexal tumor of the distal, "extreme" portion of a sweat gland?
1. oxyspiroma
2. acrospiroma
3. hypospiroma
4. mediospiroma
Which term denotes the physiological death of a "living" cell?
1. biopathy
2. biotropia
3. thanatosis
4. necrobiosis
What is the opposite of orthopnea, a condition which a person has difficulty breathing while lying down flat, but can breathe better when upright?
1. hyperpnea
2. apnea
3. platypnea
4. metapnea
Which terms indicates an inability ot sense the form, size, weight, or texture of solid objects, owing to a cortical disease or an interruption of nerve tracts?
1. amblyopia
2. steatesthesia
3. stereoanesthesia
4. oxyisotropism
Which term indicates a cleft lip, but literally means "splitting of the mouth"?
1. somatoschisis
2. stomatoschisis
3. schizoglossia
4. somaschism
Argyrosis is a permanent discoloration of the skin, conjunctiva, and internal organs that results from long-continued use of _________ salts.
1. silver
2. gold
3. copper
4. tin
Where is cheiralgia felt?
1. in the lip
2. in the back
3. in the hand
4. Trick question: it is not felt at all.
Which word means "affecting the time or rate, as the rate of contraction of the heart"?
1. chronotropic
2. cheilotropic
3. chymotropic
4. coronotropic
Which ailment includes redness and pain in the face?
1. argyrocheiralgia
2. porphyrostomatalgia
3. melanophthalmalgia
4. erythroprosopalgia
What is pseudohematuria?
1. production of "false" blood cells that cannot carry on the normal functions of hemoglobin
2. presence in the urine of red or pink pigments when actual blood cells are not detectable
3. disease of "false sweating" in which cutaneous glands fail to produce normal perspiration
4. unusually high level of waste material in the blood