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The psychiatrist has been asked to see a patient who feels a need to continuously wash her hands, now raw from the continuous scrubbing. After consulting with the patient, the psychiatrist concluded that the patient has a disorder characterized by a tendency to perform repetitive actions or rituals called:

The suffix -paresis is defined as:

A patient lying on their back facing upward would be in what position

The emergency department physician diagnosed the patient with ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot lodged in the cerebral artery, or a cerebral:

Use the diagram below to fill out space with the appropriate Combining Forms

The surgical term neurolysis is defined as:

A vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline dividing the body into right and left halves is the ___________ plane

A young Marine returned home after two tours of combat with symptoms that included mentally reexperiencing combat situations, increased autonomic arousal, social withdrawal, and other related symptoms. The physician diagnosed his condition as:

  63. BrainCF:64. Spinal cord CF: 65. Cerebrum CF: 66. Cerebellum CF: 67. MeningesCF:CF: 68. Ganglion CF:CF: 69. Dura mater CF: 70. Nerve root CF:CF:CF:

The suffix -paresis is defined as: