One surgical option for a person with heart disease is ________, which involves taking blood vessels from elsewhere in the body and attaching them to the coronary arteries to allow a bypass of blood flow around a narrowed vessel.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


coronary artery bypass grafting

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Which medical term means surgical fixation of testes?

A) orchidopexy B) orchioplasty C) orchiotomy D) orchidectomy

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A combining form that means colon is ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The prefix ab- means ________

A) "away from" B) "moving down" C) "moving up" D) "toward"

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Two forms of evaluating flexibility are the shoulder flexibility test and the ________ test

A) curl-up B) cycle ergometer C) 1RM D) sit-and-reach

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