If I haven't been brushing my teeth often enough, I may end up with bleeding from my gums, a condition called

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Gingivitis


A patient has had a diagnosis of colon cancer and will need surgical removal of the colon.  She will end up with a permanent hole in her abdomen for drainage into a bag.  The permanent opening is called a

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Colostomy


You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen, and your family physician refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a


THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Gastroenterologist


You have just been diagnosed as having an enlarged liver.  The doctor describes it as

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Hepatomegaly


You have taken your friend to the emergency room with severe lower back pain and blood in his urine.  After examination and lab tests, the physician reports that your friend has an inflammation of his kidneys and makes a diagnosis of

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Nephritis


Your friend who is a long distance runner is told by his physician that he has an enlarged heart, but that this can be a normal finding in well conditioned athletes.  The doctor writes on his chart that your friend has

 
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Cardiomegaly


Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries.  Removal of ovaries is called

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Oophorectomy


A prostitute has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Salpingitis


A patient with epilepsy has had a procedure performed that records brain electrical activity.  This procedure is called 

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Electroencephalography


A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed.  The X-ray image is called a 

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:
Mammogram

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