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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

combining form

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2
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Which of the following is NOT a common type of medical term?

A

French words

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3
Q

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

A

eponym

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4
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Gives the essential meaning of the term; foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)

A

word root

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5
Q

Found at the end of medical terms

A

suffix

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6
Q

Found at the beginning of medical terms

A

prefix

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7
Q

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

A

combining vowels

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8
Q

What is NOT information given by a word root?

A

disease

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9
Q

What is NOT information provided by a prefix?

A

procedure

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10
Q

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

A

prefixes indicate surgical procedures (not true)

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11
Q

Type of information provided by a suffix?

A

diagnostic procedure

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12
Q

Information that is NOT provided by a suffix?

A

not all medical terms contain a suffix

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13
Q

When do we never use a combining vowel?

A

between a prefix and word root

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14
Q

Which statement regarding a combining vowel is the truth?

A

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

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15
Q

-cele

A

protrusion

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16
Q

-edema

A

swelling

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17
Q

iasis, -osis

A

abnormal condition

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18
Q

-lysis

A

to destroy

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19
Q

-oma

A

tumor or mass

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20
Q

-rrhage

A

abnormal flow

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21
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary muscle contraction

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22
Q

-uria

A

urine condition

23
Q

a-, an-, de-

A

without

24
Q

de-

A

without

25
Q

endo-

A

inner/within

26
Q

trans-

A

across

27
Q

mono-

A

one

28
Q

mini-

A

small

29
Q

ultra-

A

excess

30
Q

parts of the anatomical position

A

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

31
Q

sagittal plane/lateral plane

A

divides body into left and right portions

32
Q

transverse plane

A

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

33
Q

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

A

cross section

34
Q

Sectional view produced by lengthwise slice along the long axis?

A

longitudinal axis

35
Q

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

A

frontal plane

36
Q

inferior (infer/o; -ior)

A

pertaining to below

37
Q

caudal (caud/o)

A

pertaining to your tail

38
Q

-partum

A

childbirth

39
Q

dys-

A

difficult, painful, abnormal

40
Q

epi-

A

above

41
Q

phil-

A

attracted to

42
Q

-kinesia

A

movement

43
Q

prone (word root)

A

lie face down

44
Q

ante-

A

before

45
Q

-opsy

A

view of

46
Q

rhin/o

A

combining form for nose

47
Q

cephal/o

A

head

48
Q

distal

A

further away, distance away

49
Q

pitting edema

A

Edema that retains an imprint when touched, has fluid

50
Q

brawny edema

A

hard as a rock

51
Q

-intra

A

within

52
Q

-peri

A

around

53
Q

-path

A

disease

54
Q

dorsal

A

back of body

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