Surgical excision of part of a vertebra as part of treatment for a herniated disk is:
A) rachiotomy
B) neurectomy
C) diskectomy
D) laminectomy
D
Explanation: Looking at the answers, the two choices referencing anatomy of the spine are the disk and lamin. The question mentions that part of the vertebra is removed, which is the lamina not the disk, which is soft tissue. The suffix -ectomy means "removal."
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