Medical Terminology Quiz

What does the term 'Otosclerosis' refer to?

• Irregular ossification in the middle ear causing hearing loss

• Pain in the ear

• Paralysis of the eye muscles

• Inflammation of the brain tissue

What is the medical condition characterized by a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth?

• Cerebral palsy

• Retinopathy

• Neuralgia

• Myelitis

What is the term for the surgical repair of the tympanic membrane?

• Dacryorrhea

• Keratoplasty

• Myringotomy

• Salpingoscopy

What does the term 'Neuropathy' refer to?

• Paralysis of the eye muscles

• Pain in the ear

• Inflammation of the brain tissue

• Disease of a nerve

What is the condition characterized by an acute infectious virus disease caused by the poliovirus?

• Poliomyelitis

• Choroidopathy

• Blepharitis

• Dacryocystitis

What is the term for the absence of speech due to an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex?

• Diplopia

• Keratotomy

• Blepharospasm

• Aphasia

What does the term 'Myelalgia' refer to?

• Excessive secretion of tears

• Pain of the spinal cord or its membranes

• Inflammation of the brain tissue

• Inflammation of the eye lid

What is the term for the elevation of the line of vision of one eye above that of the other?

• Myopia

• Exotropia

• Hypertropia

• Hypotropia

What is the condition characterized by a reduction or dimness of vision, usually in one eye, with no apparent pathological condition?

• Ophthalmoplegia

• Blepharoptosis

• Amblyopia

• Keratoplasty

Interpret the medical term 'Retinopathy'.

• Inflammation of the retina

• Inflammation of the choroid

• Excessive secretion of tears

• Disease of the cornea