Chapter 1- Understanding Terminology

Question 1

Analyze words by dividing them into:

Answer 1

component parts

Question 2

Relate terms to the structure and function of:

Answer 2

the body

Question 3

Be aware of:

Answer 3

tricky/similar spelling and punctuation

Question 4

ilium

Answer 4

part of the hip (i for hip)

Question 5

ileum

Answer 5

3rd part of the small intestine (e for eating)

Question 6

ureter

Answer 6

between the kidneys and the bladder- 2 of them

Question 7

urethra

Answer 7

from the bladder to the outside of the body- one of them

Question 8

cephalgia

Answer 8

headache (cephalo/head, algia/pain)

Question 9

hepatitis

Answer 9

inflammation of liver (hepato/liver, itis/inflammation)

Question 10

opthalmologist

Answer 10

eye doctor

Question 11

hematology

Answer 11

hemat-/blood -ology/process of study (process of the study of blood)

Question 12

electrocardiogram

Answer 12

electro-/electricity, cardio-/heart, gram/record (record of the electricity in the heart)

Question 13

gastritis

Answer 13

gasto-/stomach, -itis/inflammation (inflammation of the stomach)

Question 14

gastroenterology

Answer 14

gasto-/stomach, entero-/ intestines, -ology/process of study (process of study of the stomach and intestines)

Question 15

combining vowels

Answer 15

links the root word to the suffix or the root word to another root word, usually an “o”

Question 16

this part of the terminology has no meaning on its own; it joins one word part to another

Answer 16

combining vowels

Question 17

determines which root word goes first

Answer 17

anatomic position

Question 18

the root word plus the combining vowel

Answer 18

combining form

Question 19

prefix

Answer 19

small part attached at the beginning of a term

Question 20

not all medical terms contain:

Answer 20

prefixes

Question 21

hypo/gastr/ic

Answer 21

hypo/below, gastr/stomach, -ic/pertaining to (pertaining to below the stomach)

Question 22

epi/gastr/ic

Answer 22

epi/upper, gastr/stomach, -ic/pertaining to (pertaining to above the stomach)

Question 23

BLANK the meaning of medical terms from the suffix back to the beginning of the term

Answer 23

READ

Question 24

the word ending

Answer 24

suffix

Question 25

all medical terms have a:

Answer 25

suffix

Question 26

important elements of medical terminology 1-5

Answer 26

ROOT, SUFFIX, PREFIX, COMBINING VOWEL, COMBINING FORM

Question 27

medical terms are derived from mainly these two languages:

Answer 27

greek and latin