Chapter XXV Multiple Choice

What does an antisialogogue do?
1. produces mucus
2. reduces the concentration of bile
3. hinders muscular contraction
4. prevents the secretion of saliva
Where is melalgia felt?
1. in the side or ribs
2. in the knee
3. in the limbs
4. in the teeth
What is nephropoiesis?
1. the maldevelopment of body tissues (lit. "formation of dead tissue")
2. the formation of kidney tissue
3. the construction of bone, also known as "ossification"
4. a disease of the kidneys involving excess amounts of pus
What is the name for an erythrocyte that is dehydrated and has decreased cations due to abnormal permeability of the membrane that allows leakage of potassium and water out of the cell?
1. hematocyte
2. argyrocyte
3. hydrocyte
4. xerocyte
"Myosalpinx" refers to...
1. the muscular tissue of the uterine tube
2. a fungal infection of the uterine tube
3. the underdevelopment of the uterine tube
4. contraction of the uterine tube
"Ischiothoracopagus" is used to describe a situation in which twins are joined at the _____________ and ______________.
1. chest and neck
2. legs and pelvis
3. hips and chest
4. chest and legs
What means "tending toward the slender or longer type"?
1. bradyform
2. dolichomorphic
3. brachymorphic
4. tachyform
Cephalocentesis is the ______________ of the skull.
1. reinforcement via metal plate
2. suturing or sewing
3. examination via radio waves
4. surgical puncturing
Which term, literally meaning "death of fat," is a condition in which the neutral fats in the cells of adipose tissue are split by enzymatic action into fatty acids and glycerol?
1. stereothanatosis
2. steatonecrosis
3. seboplegia
4. stethatrophy