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Kthamas

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Reattaching and fixing the membrane that lines the back of the eyeball when it has become detached is a surgical procedure known as ________.
 
  A) aphakia
  B) corneal transplant
  C) trabeculoplasty
  D) retinopexy

Question 2

The combining form claudicat/o-, as seen in intermittent claudication, means ________.
 
  A) narrowed lumen
  B) congested
  C) outer aspects
  D) limping pain


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
Explanation: A) Aphakia is an absence of the lens, not a surgical procedure.
B) Corneal transplant involves the cornea, not the membrane that lines the back of the eyeball.
C) Trabeculoplasty is a surgical procedure on the trabecular meshwork, not the membrane that lines the back of the eyeball.
D) Correct The membrane is the retina. The suffix -pexy means process of surgically fixing in place.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: A) There are no medical word parts that mean narrowed lumen.
B) There are no medical word parts that mean congested.
C) Peripher/o- means outer aspects.
D) Correct


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