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notis

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Epispadias or hypospadias is corrected surgically with a ________.
 
  A) lithotripsy
  B) cystectomy
  C) urethroplasty
  D) nephropexy

Question 2

Which medical term means disease-related death of tissue?
 
  A. necrosis
  B. onychomalacia
  C. onychophagia
  D. xanthoderma


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

C
Explanation: A) Lithotripsy is used to treat kidney stones.
B) The surgery cystectomy is used to remove the bladder because of cancer.
C) Correct Epispadias or hypospadias has an incorrectly positioned urethral meatus, and this is corrected surgically with a urethroplasty. The suffix -plasty means process of reshaping by surgery.
D) The surgery nephropexy is used to fix a kidney in a normal position.

Answer to Question 2

A


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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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