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Quiz about The Dark Arts  Cutting Body Parts
Quiz about The Dark Arts  Cutting Body Parts

The Dark Arts - Cutting Body Parts Quiz


Surgeons love to cut. But what are they cutting?

A multiple-choice quiz by onunodnumiar. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
onunodnumiar
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
360,055
Updated
Aug 28 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1905
Last 3 plays: teachdpo (6/10), agglida (9/10), Jeannie Marie (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. You know you're going to lose something when a surgery name ends with this suffix: Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Your doctor says he's going to conduct a tonsillectomy on you. You reply? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Your Doctor wants to remove your gallbladder. What does he say he's going to do? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "It can be solved with an auriculectomy, your doctor says. What do you say? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A man is to have a vasectomy. What is he NOT losing? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. You'll do anything to save your son and the doctor says he could do a nephrectomy on you before performing some more surgery on your son. What does he want to transplant? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Now is time for a mastectomy, says the Doctor. What do you think? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Now it's really going weird, the Doctor proposes a hysterectomy. What's going on? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This doctor doesn't talk funny. He just come out and said he wants to remove my ovaries. What is this surgical procedure name? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I finally leave the Doctor's consultory, and still have my vermiform appendix. What has the Doctor decided not to do? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You know you're going to lose something when a surgery name ends with this suffix:

Answer: ...ectomy

...ectomy - refers to excision of, as in appendectomy: excision of the appendix.
...tomy - refers to incision, as in tracheotomy: incision into the trachea.
...stomy - refers to creating an opening, as in tracheostomy: opening through the neck into the trachea to place a breathing tube.
...plasty - refers to a surgical repair as in rhinoplasty: surgical repair of the nose.
2. Your doctor says he's going to conduct a tonsillectomy on you. You reply?

Answer: Oh no, not my tonsils!

Tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils. This procedure has some 3000 years of history.
3. Your Doctor wants to remove your gallbladder. What does he say he's going to do?

Answer: A Cholecystectomy

Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. You can have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or an open cholecystectomy.
Colectomy is the ressection of any extension of the colon.
Ganglionectomy is the removal of a ganglion.
Gallbladderectomy doesn't exist...
4. "It can be solved with an auriculectomy, your doctor says. What do you say?

Answer: Oh, no. Not my ears!

Auriculectomy is the surgical removal of the ear.
5. A man is to have a vasectomy. What is he NOT losing?

Answer: His testicles

A vasectomy is a procedure in which a man's vas deferens are severed. It is used for male sterilization.
6. You'll do anything to save your son and the doctor says he could do a nephrectomy on you before performing some more surgery on your son. What does he want to transplant?

Answer: Your kidney

A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of the kidney. It can be performed for the purpose of a living donor kidney transplantation.
7. Now is time for a mastectomy, says the Doctor. What do you think?

Answer: Oh no, not my breasts.

A Mastectomy is the surgical removal of one or both breasts.
8. Now it's really going weird, the Doctor proposes a hysterectomy. What's going on?

Answer: He wants to remove the uterus.

Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus, it can be total or partial and is the most common gynecological surgical procedure.
9. This doctor doesn't talk funny. He just come out and said he wants to remove my ovaries. What is this surgical procedure name?

Answer: Oophorectomy

Oophorectomy is the removal of the ovaries.
Cystectomy removal of the urinary bladder.
Salpingectomy is the removal of a Fallopian tube.
Ovaryectomy doesn't exist...
10. I finally leave the Doctor's consultory, and still have my vermiform appendix. What has the Doctor decided not to do?

Answer: An appendectomy

The removal of the appendix is an Appendectomy (also appendisectomy or appendicectomy).
Source: Author onunodnumiar

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