Exam 1

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the word parts in a medical term?

Answer 1

combining form

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a common type of medical term?

Answer 2

French words

Question 3

Terms that use a person’s name; example: Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Crohn’s disease (named after the doctor who discovered it)

Answer 3

eponym

Question 4

Gives the essential meaning of the term; foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)

Answer 4

word root

Question 5

Found at the end of medical terms

Answer 5

suffix

Question 6

Found at the beginning of medical terms

Answer 6

prefix

Question 7

Used to connect word parts and make terms easier to spell and say

Answer 7

combining vowels

Question 8

What is NOT information given by a word root?

Answer 8

disease

Question 9

What is NOT information provided by a prefix?

Answer 9

procedure

Question 10

Which of the following statements about a prefix are NOT true?

Answer 10

prefixes indicate surgical procedures (not true)

Question 11

Type of information provided by a suffix?

Answer 11

diagnostic procedure

Question 12

Information that is NOT provided by a suffix?

Answer 12

not all medical terms contain a suffix

Question 13

When do we never use a combining vowel?

Answer 13

between a prefix and word root

Question 14

Which statement regarding a combining vowel is the truth?

Answer 14

a combining vowel is placed between two word roots (true)

Question 15

-cele

Answer 15

protrusion

Question 16

-edema

Answer 16

swelling

Question 17

iasis, -osis

Answer 17

abnormal condition

Question 18

-lysis

Answer 18

to destroy

Question 19

-oma

Answer 19

tumor or mass

Question 20

-rrhage

Answer 20

abnormal flow

Question 21

-spasm

Answer 21

involuntary muscle contraction

Question 22

-uria

Answer 22

urine condition

Question 23

a-, an-, de-

Answer 23

without

Question 24

de-

Answer 24

without

Question 25

endo-

Answer 25

inner/within

Question 26

trans-

Answer 26

across

Question 27

mono-

Answer 27

one

Question 28

mini-

Answer 28

small

Question 29

ultra-

Answer 29

excess

Question 30

parts of the anatomical position

Answer 30

-Standing upright -Legs together feet forward -Arms at the sides, palms forward, fingers extended ---Eyes straight ahead

Question 31

sagittal plane/lateral plane

Answer 31

divides body into left and right portions

Question 32

transverse plane

Answer 32

horizontal plane/ divides body into superior and inferior sides (top and bottom)

Question 33

What sectional view is produced by a slice perpendicular through the long axis?

Answer 33

cross section

Question 34

Sectional view produced by lengthwise slice along the long axis?

Answer 34

longitudinal axis

Question 35

Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions (front and back halves)

Answer 35

frontal plane

Question 36

inferior (infer/o; -ior)

Answer 36

pertaining to below

Question 37

caudal (caud/o)

Answer 37

pertaining to your tail

Question 38

-partum

Answer 38

childbirth

Question 39

dys-

Answer 39

difficult, painful, abnormal

Question 40

epi-

Answer 40

above

Question 41

phil-

Answer 41

attracted to

Question 42

-kinesia

Answer 42

movement

Question 43

prone (word root)

Answer 43

lie face down

Question 44

ante-

Answer 44

before

Question 45

-opsy

Answer 45

view of

Question 46

rhin/o

Answer 46

combining form for nose

Question 47

cephal/o

Answer 47

head

Question 48

distal

Answer 48

further away, distance away

Question 49

pitting edema

Answer 49

Edema that retains an imprint when touched, has fluid

Question 50

brawny edema

Answer 50

hard as a rock

Question 51

-intra

Answer 51

within

Question 52

-peri

Answer 52

around

Question 53

-path

Answer 53

disease

Question 54

dorsal

Answer 54

back of body