Match the Following Common Procedures and Suffixes with the Correct

question 27

Multiple Choice

Match the following common procedures and suffixes with the correct definition.

-suture

• A) to remedy, replace, or heal
• B) suffix for molding or surgically forming
• C) free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a wound or cavity
• D) cutting or taking away
• E) to unite parts by stitching them together
• F) inspection of body organs or cavities by the use of a lighted scope that may be placed through an existing opening or through a small incision
• G) scraping of a cavity using a spoon-shaped instrument
• H) forcing a fluid into a vessel or cavity
• I) suffix for suturing
• J) suffix for puncture of a cavity
• K) suffix for removal of part or all of an organ of the body
• L) removal of a small piece of living tissue for diagnostic examination
• M) surgically cutting into
• N) binding or tying off, as in constricting blood flow of a vessel or binding fallopian tubes for sterilization
• O) suffix for incision into

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Definitions:

Development

Process of regulated growth and differentiation of cells and tissues.

Morphogenesis

Emergence of shape in tissues, organs, or the entire embryo during development.

Body Shape

The physical form or structure of a person's body, often described in terms of proportion, distribution of muscle and fat, and skeletal structure.

Gastrulation

A phase early in the embryonic development of most animals, during which the single-layered blastula is reorganized into a multilayered structure known as the gastrula.