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The suffix that means an instrument used for visual examination is

| A. | -meter |

| B. | -scopy |

| C. | -graph |

| D. | -scope |

Pinpoint hemorrhages are called

| A. | purpura |

| B. | leukoplakia |

| C. | an urticaria |

| D. | petechiae |

The word part that means within is

| A. | epi- |

| B. | per- |

| C. | -ia |

| D. | intra- |

The muscular partition between the thoracic and abdominal cavities is the

| A. | mediastinum |

| B. | pleura |

| C. | epiglottis |

| D. | diaphragm |

The term dermatoplasty is defined as

| A. | the surgical repair of wrinkles |

| B. | the excision of a nail |

| C. | the surgical repair of the skin |

| D. | a skin biopsy |

The term that means scraping away of the skin by mechanical process or injury is

| A. | laceration |

| B. | abrasion |

| C. | contusion |

| D. | lesion |

The combining form that means hidden is

| A. | coni/o |

| B. | rhytid/o |

| C. | xer/o |

| D. | crypt/o |

The suffix -ary is defined as

| A. | breathing |

| B. | blood condition |

| C. | constriction |

| D. | pertaining to |

The term that means a surgical puncture of the chest cavity to aspirate fluid is

| A. | thoracotomy |

| B. | pneumobronchotomy |

| C. | thoracocentesis |

| D. | pleuropexy |

The combining form that means grapelike clusters is

| A. | staphyl/o |

| B. | strept/o |

| C. | xer/o |

| D. | pachy/o |

The invasion of pathogens in body tissue is referred to as

| A. | infection |

| B. | psoriasis |

| C. | scabies |

| D. | impetigo |

The outer layer of the skin is called

| A. | dermis |

| B. | corium |

| C. | epidermis |

| D. | keratin |

The term hypoxia is defined as a deficiency in

| A. | oxygen to the tissues |

| B. | carbon dioxide in the lungs |

| C. | oxygen in the blood |

| D. | carbon dioxide in the blood |

The term that means localized collection of pus is

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