Question

Chapter 13: The Endocrine System. The review exercises are very important for your practice! Please answer these questions: 1-What means: acrio and crin/o? 2-The removal of the thyroid gland of a patient in medical words is: 3-What is Otosclerosis and, a surgical incision into the labyrinth of the inner ear is? 4. What means radiculo and mening/o? 5-What is goiter in medical terminology? Which other word can you use? 6-Pain felt in the Iris is? 7a-What is plexus? 7b-What is coma? 8a-What is papilledema? 8b-What is mastoiditis? 9.What is the difference between Cushing syndrome and Addison's disease? 10a-What means CSF and OCD? 100-What is the difference between Myopia and Hyperopla? Thank you

Answer 1

1.The word acr/o is used to refer any extremity or an extreme point

The word crin/o is used to refer any secret or secrete

2.Thyroidectomy (Tony refers to removal) .Hence thyroidectomy is the removal of thyroid gland

3.Osteosclerosis refers to thickening of hardening of the bone, this also increase the bone density.The incision of labyrinth is called as labirinthotomy

4.The word radicul/o stands for nerve root in the spinal cord (e.g., rsdiculopathy) and mening/o stands for meninges or membrane in the brain(meningitis)