Question

1. what does the word part bucco- mean?

armpit
tooth
elbow
cheek

1. the surgical term phalang/ectomy means:

excision of a finger or toe bone
excision of the patella
surgical repair of the tendon and muscle
excision of the meniscus

Explanation:

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The prefix "Bucco - " is a medical or anatomical prefix. In anatomical and medical terminology, "Bucco - " is derived from the Latin "bucca" which means cheek. "Armpit" is related to "axillo - ", "tooth" is related to "dent - " or "odont - ", and "elbow" is related to "cubit - " or "olecran - ". So the correct meaning of "Bucco - " is cheek.

In medical terminology, the root "Phalang - " refers to phalanx (the bones of the fingers or toes), and the suffix " - ectomy" means excision (surgical removal). "Excision of the patella" would be related to "patell - ", "surgical repair of the tendon and muscle" would be related to terms like "tenomyoplasty" (with "teno - " for tendon, "myo - " for muscle, and " - plasty" for repair), and "excision of the meniscus" is related to "menisc - ". So "Phalang/ectomy" means excision of a finger or toe bone.

Answer:

D. cheek

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