Question

1. ______ is an inflammation of the tear sac.

○ stye
○ palpebritis
○ dacryocystitis
○ conjunctivitis

1. a tumor that is made up of nerve cells is:

○ neur/oma
○ poly/neur/itis
○ cerebr/al thromb/o/sis
○ en/cephalo/malacia

Explanation:

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• A stye is an infection of an oil gland in the eyelid.
• Palpebritis is inflammation of the eyelids.
• Dacryocystitis is inflammation of the tear sac (dacryocyst/o means tear sac, -itis means inflammation).
• Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva.

• Neur/oma: "neur-" refers to nerve, "-oma" means tumor, so neuroma is a tumor made of nerve cells.
• Poly/neur/itis: "poly-" means many, "neur-" means nerve, "-itis" means inflammation (inflammation of multiple nerves).
• Cerebr/al thromb/o/sis: Related to blood clot in the brain.
• En/cephalo/malacia: Softening of the brain.

Answer:

C. dacryocystitis

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