Medical Terminology Final

Question 1

Benign Sebaceous Cyst

Answer 1

Growth of bumps under the skin

Question 2

Red, Black, Yellow, Blue, and Color

Answer 2

Erythr/o, Melan/o, Juand/o or Xyan/o, Cyan/o, and Chrom/o

Question 3

Hepatomegaly

Answer 3

Enlargement of the Liver

Question 4

Malignant Melanoma

Answer 4

Black tumor, skin cancer

Question 5

Carcinogenesis

Answer 5

Development of cancer

Question 6

What bones make up the forearm?

Answer 6

The radius and the Ulna

Question 7

Foot and Finger bones

Answer 7

Phalangies

Question 8

Pericardiits

Answer 8

Inflammation above the heart

Question 9

Hematology

Answer 9

Study of the blood

Question 10

Tachycardia

Answer 10

Fast heart rate

Question 11

Posterior

Answer 11

Back (Analogy: The Past is left behind)

Question 12

Intravenous/ IV

Answer 12

Within the veins

Question 13

Patella

Answer 13

Knee bone

Question 14

Anterior

Answer 14

Front

Question 15

Auscultation

Answer 15

Listening to sounds within the body

Question 16

Femur

Answer 16

Thigh Bone (Largest bone in the body)

Question 17

NPO

Answer 17

Nothing By Mouth

Question 18

Medial

Answer 18

Toward the midline

Question 19

Lateral

Answer 19

Away from the midline

Question 20

Prone position

Answer 20

Lying face down

Question 21

CXR

Answer 21

Chest X-Ray

Question 22

RUQ

Answer 22

Right Upper Quadrant

Question 23

PTT

Answer 23

Partial Prothrobim time (Blood test)

Question 24

Pt

Answer 24

Patient

Question 25

SOB

Answer 25

Shortness of Breath