chapter one and two

Question 1

how should you read a medical term?

Answer 1

from the suffix back to the beginning of the term and then back

Question 2

when should you drop the combining vowel?

Answer 2

before a suffix that starts with a vowel

Question 3

where should you keep combining vowels?

Answer 3

between 2 roots

between root and suffix if the suffix does not begin with a vowel already

Question 4

what is the root word?

Answer 4

the foundation of the term

Question 5

what is a suffix?

Answer 5

the word ending

Question 6

what is a prefix?

Answer 6

the word begining

Question 7

what is a combining vowel?

Answer 7

a vowel that links the root word to the suffix or another root word

Question 8

what is the combining form?

Answer 8

the combination of the root word and combining vowel

Question 9

what is my study mantra?

Answer 9

read
write
recite
review

Question 10

what is supine?

Answer 10

person lying upward

Question 11

what is prone?

Answer 11

person lying belly down

Question 12

what is Cephalad?

Answer 12

toward the head along the central line of the body

Question 13

what is Caudad?

Answer 13

toward the tail end

Question 14

subdivisions of the dorsal cavity are?

Answer 14

cranial cavity and spinal cavity

Question 15

organs in the cranial cavity:

Answer 15

brain

Question 16

organs in the spinal cavity:

Answer 16

spinal cord

Question 17

subdivisions of the ventral body cavity

Answer 17

thoracic and abdominopelvic

Question 18

subdivisions of the thoracic cavity?

Answer 18

pleural cavity, mediastinum cavity,

Question 19

organs in the pleural cavity?

Answer 19

lungs, pleura

Question 20

organs in the mediastinum cavity?

Answer 20

heart, trachea, esophagus, aorta

Question 21

what are the subdivisions of the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 21

abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity

Question 22

what is viscera?

Answer 22

large internal organs