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Medical Terms Final
Over Chapters 1,2,3,4,6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Always use a combining vowel before a suffix that begins with a vowel. | False |
| In Medical language, the root is almost always written in the combining form. | True |
| Never use a combining vowel between two roots. | True |
| A suffix is found at the beginning of the words and is attached to a root or prefix. | False |
| Most medical terms have two or more parts. | True |
| A prefix can be attached to the beginning of the word root or sometimes a suffix. | True |
| A combining vowel is not used if it is not needed for pronunciation. | True |
| Which term means new opening in the colon. | Colostomy |
| when analyzing a medical word to determine the meaning, you should identify and define the: | Suffix first |
| What is the definition of dysphasia? | Difficulty speaking |
| A combining vowel is used when the: | Suffix starts with a consonant |
| The first part of a medical term is the: | Prefix |
| The suffix: | Is at the end of a medical term |
| Which term means inflammation around a nerve? | Perineuritis |
| What is the definition of adenoma? | Tumor of a gland |
| What is the definition of arthralgia? | Joint pain |
| The main part of a medical term is the: | Root |
| The suffix meaning inflammation is: | -itis |
| The prefix meaning many is: | poly- |
| What does the prefix arthr- mean? | Joint |
| What is the prefix for difficult? | Dys- |
| What does -logy mean? | study of |
| What is the suffix meaning speech? | -phasia |
| What does oste- mean? | Bone |
| Define adenoma | Tumor of a gland |
| What medical term means new opening into the colon? | Colostomy |
| What is the root meaning blood? | hemat/o |
| What does Osteoarthritis mean? | Inflamed bones and joints |
| What does poly- mean? | Many |
| Define arthritis | Inflammation of a joint |
| What does the suffix -oma mean? | Tumor: Mass |
| Define dynia- | pain |
| What is the study of blood called? | Hematology |
| What is the root for joint? | arthr/o |
| Define hematology | The study of blood |
| Define dysphasia | Difficulty speaking |
| What is an osteoma? | A tumor of the bone |
| What does Perineuritis mean? | Inflammation around the nerve |
| What is the root word for bone? | Oste/o |
| Give the medical term for joint pain | Arthralgia |
| State the medical term meaning difficulty speaking | Dysphasia |
| What does peri- mean? | Around |
| Define hematoma | A mass of blood |
| What is tumor of many glands called? | Polyadenoma |
| What is the inflammation of a joint? | Arthritis |
| A prefix can be attached to the beginning of the word root or sometimes a suffix. | True |
| Most medical terms have two or more parts. | True |
| A suffix is found at the beginning of the word and is attached to a root or a prefix. | False |
| Mucous membrane is a type of epithelial tissue. | False |
| Never use a combining vowel between two roots | False |
| In medical language, the root is almost always written in the combining form | True |
| A combining vowel is not used if it is not needed for pronunciation. | False |
| Skin is an epithelial tissue. | True |
| Always use combining vowel before a suffix that begins with a vowel. | False |
| Connective tissue lines that digestive tract. | False |
| The biceps brachii is a visceral muscle. | False |
| Tendons and ligaments are types of muscle tissue | True |
| A combining vowel is used when the: | suffix starts with a consonant |
| The first part of a medical term is the: | Prefix |
| Histi/o means: | Tissue |
| The suffix: | Is at the end of a medical term |
| What is the definition of dysphasia? | Difficulty speaking |
| Cutane/o means: | Skin |
| What is the definition of arthalgia? | Joint Pain |
| Phleb/o means: | Vein |
| Nephr/o means: | Kidney |
| Mucous membrane is a type of _____ tissue. | Connective |
| Enter/o means: | Small Intestine |
| Viscer/o means: | Internal organs |
| Laryng/o means: | Voice box ; Larynx |
| Which term means new opening in the colon? | Colostomy |
| The cellular structure containing little organs is called the: | Cytoplasm |
| Which term means inflammation around a nerve? | Perineuritis |
| Visceral muscle tissue is found in the: | Body organs |
| What is the definition of adenoma? | Tumor of a gland |
| Phrayng/o means: | Throat |
| Gloss/o means: | Tongue |
| The main part of a medical term is the: | Root |
| When analyzing a medical word to determine the means, you should identify and define the: | Suffix first |
| Mast/o means: | Breast |
| Cyst/o means: | Bladder |
| Metr/o means: | uterus |
| Cheil/o means: | Lips |
| Vulv/o means: | External genitalia |
| Angi/o means: | Vessel |
| Pneum/o means: | Lung |
| Myel/o means: | Bone marrow ; Spinal Cord |
| Trache/o means: | Windpipe |
| Cephal/o means: | Head |
| Studying how the heart pumps blood is learning the _____ of the heart. | Physiology |
| Blephar/o means: | Eyelid |
| Hyster/o means: | Uterus |
| What does rhin/o mean? | Nose |
| What does cheil/o mean? | Lips |
| What is the medical term or terms for hair? | Cili/o ; Pil/o |
| What is the medical term for pituitary gland? | Pitu/o |
| What does phren/o mean? | Lungs |
| What does abdomin/o mean? | Abdomen |
| What is the medical term or terms for nerve? | Neur/o |
| What does lymphaden/o mean? | Lymph nodes; Lymph gland |
| What is the medical term or terms for fat? | Lip/o |
| What is the medical term or terms for disease? | Path/o |
| What does pharyng/o mean? | Pharynx ; throat |
| What does cardi/o mean? | Heart |
| what does laryng/o mean? | Larynx ; voice box |
| List the levels, in the correct sequence, into which the body is organized. | 1. Cells 2. Tissues 3.Organs 4.Body systems 5. Human Beings |
| What is the definition of anatomy? | The study of structures in the body |
| What is the definition of physiology? | The study of the body's structural functions and how it works. |
| Bleeding from the stomach is spelled: | Gastrorrhagia |
| Unknown cause: | Idiopathic |
| To cut a tendon: | Tentomy |
| A nose job: | Rhinoplasty |
| Rupture of the spleen is spelled: | Splenorrhexis |
| Balanced yet varied state: | Hemeostasis |
| -ptosis means: | Drooping; Sagging |
| Abnormal condition of the kidney? | Nephrosis |
| Mass of blood outside a blood vessel: | Hematoma |
| Suffix meaning bursting forth: | -rrhagia |
| New opening into the colon: | Colostomy |
| Cephal/o means: | Head |
| Sudden muscular contraction of the voice box: | Laryngospasm |
| Process of viewing the inside of a body cavity: | Endoscopy |
| Osteomalacia: | Softening of bone |
| Headache: | Cephalgia |
| -ectomy means: | Surgical removal |
| Home/o means: | Same |
| Pertaining to the breast: | Mammary |
| Stomat/o means: | Mouth |
| Dermat/o means: | Skin |
| -gnosis means: | Knowledge |
| Suffix meaning surgical creation of a new opening: | -ostomy |
| -ous means: | Pertaining to |
| Root meaning birth: | Nat/o |
| Forecast of the outcome of the disease: | Prognosis |
| Root meaning spinal cord: | Myel/o |
| Suffix meaning tumor;mass: | -oma |
| What is a fat cell called? | Adipocyte |
| Excessive growth or enlargemnt of an organ is? | Hypertrophy |
| Root meaning nose: | Rhin/o |
| Root meaning kidney: | Nephr/o |
| Incision into the windpipe: | Tracheotomy |
| Suffix meaning record: | -gram |
| Wasting away of muscle: | Atrophy |
| -graphy means: | Process of recording |
| -itis means: | Inflammation |
| Suffix meaning the instrument used to view inside a body cavity or organ: | -scope |
| Enter/o means: | Small instestine |
| Enlarge internal organs: | visceromegaly |
| Pertaining to skin: | Cutaneous |
| Image of a blood vessel produced using x-rays: | Angiogram |
| Suffix meaning narrowing: | -stenosis |
| Inflammation of the mouth: | Stomatitis |
| Prefix meaning within: | endo- |
| Root meaning woman: | Gynec/o |
| Process of viewing the abdomen: | Laparoscopy |
| Specialist in the study of diseases and treatment of eye disorders: | Ophthalmologist |
| -algia means: | Pain |
| -rrhaphy means: | to suture |
| Surgical repair of a vessel | Angioplasty |
| Inflammation of the small intestine | Enteritis |
| Surgical reconstrucction of a joint: | Arthroplasty |
| Excision of the larynx | Laryngectomy |
| Uterus | Hyster/o; uter/o; metr/o |
| Disease of the kidney | Nephropathy |
| Spinal cord: | Myel/o |
| Viscer/o | Internal organs |
| Vein | Ven/o ; Phelb/o |
| Cist/o means: | To cut |
| Ultra- means: | Beyond |
| Outer wall of the heart muscle: | Epicardium |
| Suffix meaning abnormal condition: | -iasis |
| Prefix meaning through: | per- |
| Macro- means: | Large |
| Process of cutting and separating parts of the body: | Dissection |
| -um means: | Structure |
| Pertaining to below the ribs: | Infracostal |
| Infra- means: | Below |
| Inter- means: | Between |
| Prefix meaning after: | post- |
| Prefix meaning near: | Para- |
| Nat/o means: | Birth |
| Abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in a normal tissue: | Hyperplasia |
| Prefix meaning against: | Anti- |
| Meta- means: | Beyond |
| Moving a limb in a circular motion: | Circumduction |
| Change in formation: | Metaplasia |
| Difficult breathing | Dyspnea |
| Peri- means: | Around |
| Process if cutting out: | Excision |
| Trans- means: | Across |
| Contra- means: | Against |
| Root meaning turning: | Versi/o |
| Not breathing | Apnea |
| Word element meaning self: | Aut/o |
| Word element meaning to draw: | duct/o |
| Prefix meaning all: | pan- |
| -mortem means: | Death |
| The study of structure: | Anatomy |
| Produced outside the body: | Exogenous |
| Prefix meaning before: | Ante- |
| Inspection of the body after death: | Autopsy |
| Removal of the entire uterus: | Panhysterectomy |
| New growth: | Neoplasm |
| Pertaining to within the head: | Intracranial |
| Under the tongue: | Sublingual |
| To draw toward the midline: | Adduction |
| Pertaining to below the stomach: | Hypogastric |
| Pertaining to through the skin: | Percutaneous |
| Pertaining to the opposite side: | Contralateral |
| Prefix meaning out: | Ecto- |
| Abnormal development: | Dysplasia; dystrophy |
| Prodrome: | Symptoms occuring before the onset of disease |
| Suprarenal means pertaining to: | Above the kidney |
| Pertaining to between the ribs: | Intercoastal |
| Hypo-means | Under |
| Turning inward of the sole of the foot: | Inversion |
| Pro- means | Before |
| Inflammation of many nerves: | Polyneuritis |
| Pertaining to across the urethra | Transurethral |
| Abnormally large head | Macrocephaly |
| Neo- means | New |
| Bi-means | Two ; life |
| Trans- | Through; across |
| Therapeutic drugs placed in the body in ways other than the digestive tract | Parenteral Drugs |
| -y means | Condition; process |
| Against | Anti- ; Contra- |
| Ex- | Out |
| No; not | A(n)- |
| Side | Later/o |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| The study of structure | Anatomy |
| -opsy | To view |
| Below; deficient | Hypo- |
| Turning: | Versi/o |
| Rib | Cost/o |
| Structure around the heart | Pericardium |
| Sebum makes the skin soft and pliable | True |
| Exanthem is a widespread rash | True |
| A wart is a papilloma | True |
| Ceruminous glands are found under the tongue | False |
| Mohn surgery treats squamous cell carcinoma | True |
| Benign tumors metastasize | False |
| Epidermis and epithelium have the same meaning | False |
| A papule is a small closed sac or cavity filled with fluid or semifluid | False |
| Impetigo is not infectious | False |
| Pruritus means itchy | True |
| Burn involving the epidermis and upper portions of the dermis | Second-degree |
| Procedure involving the removal of living tissue for examination | Biopsy |
| Vesicles are characteristic of _____ burns | Second-degree |
| Infestation with lice: | Pediculosis |
| Root meaning hard: | Scler/o |
| Xer/o means: | Dry |
| Fungal infection of the mouth: | Thrush |
| Skin growth such as a wart or callus: | Keratosis |
| Suffix meaning abnormal condition: | -osis |
| Cutane/o means: | Skin |
| Blister: | Vesicle |
| Pressure sore: | Decubitus ulcer |
| Suffix meaning structure: | -ium |
| Carcinomas involve: | Epithelial tissue |
| Use of x-rays to treat disease: | Radiotherapy |
| Kerat/o means: | Hard |
| Pertaining to fat: | Adipose |
| Cyan/o means: | Blue |
| Another root with the same meaning as ungu/o | Onych/o |
| Inflammation of the skin: | Dermatitis |
| Root meaning lice: | Pedicul/o |
| Root meaning fat: | Adip/o |
| Ras/o means: | Scrape |
| Fungal infection of the nail: | Onychomycosis |
| Scraping the top layers of the skin: | Abrasion |
| Suffix meaning small: | -cle |
| Pertaining to death of tissues: | Necrosis |
| Berry-shaped bacteria growing in a small cluster: | Staphylococcus |
| Bi/o means: | Life; Two |
| Strept/o means: | Twisted |
| -edema means: | Swelling |
| Characteristics include silvery scales, xeroderma, and pruritus: | Psoriasis |
| Skin condition characterized by hard and swollen connective tissue: | Scleroderma |
| Cluster of boils: | Carbuncle |
| Caused by streptococcus bacteria: | Necrotizing fasciitis |
| Pertaining to under the nail: | Subungual |
| Red discoloration of the skin: | Erythema |
| Sarcomas involve: | Connective tissue |
| Decolorated flat area of the skin: | Macule |
| Small pinpoint hemorrhages under the skin: | Petechiae |
| Incision of a nail: | |
| Radiation treatment applied to a tumor at a distance from the body: | Teletherapy |
| Hard: | Kerat/o |
| Treatment with drugs: | Chemotherapy |
| Fear of death: | Necrophobia |
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