Question

question 31
otitis media is an inflammation of:
the middle ear
the outer ear
the inner ear
the ear canal

question 32
the medical term cephalo/dynia means:
hardening of the brain
pain in the head
mental disease
softening of the brain

question 33
the diagnostic term for inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord is:
mening/itis
polio/myel/itis
neur/algia
poly/neur/itis

Explanation:

• For Question 31: "Otitis media" - "media" refers to middle in Latin, so it's inflammation of the middle - ear.
• For Question 32: "Cephalo" means head and "dynia" means pain in medical - terminology, so it's pain in the head.
• For Question 33: Poliomyelitis affects the gray matter of the spinal cord, and "itis" indicates inflammation. Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, neuralgia is nerve - pain, and polyneuritis is inflammation of multiple nerves.

Answer:

• Question 31: the middle ear
• Question 32: pain in the head
• Question 33: polio/myel/itis