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Final Exam HS101
Final Exam terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| most common combining vowel | o |
| combining form is made up of | a word root and a combining vowel |
| disease | patho |
| pertaining to below | inferior |
| away from the point of attachment | distal |
| ventral is similar to | anterior |
| coronal plane divides the body into | anterior and posterior portions |
| position most appropriate for receiving an anal exam | knee-chest position |
| increase the angle between two bones by straightening the limb | extension |
| combining form meaning belly | ventro |
| combining form meaning tail | caudo |
| combining form meaning nose | rhino |
| dialation of the bronchi | bronchiectasis |
| instrument used to measure carbon dioxide | capnometer |
| deficient oxygen in the blood | hypoxemia |
| suffix -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| pus in the chest (pleural space) | pyothorax |
| suffix -iasis | condition |
| suffix -rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| protrusion of the bladder | cystocele |
| seperation of the kidney from other structures | nephrolysis |
| surgical crushing of a stone | lithotripsy |
| indicates sugar in urine | glycosuria |
| surgical fixation of testicle | orchidopexy |
| combining form meaning heart | cardio |
| combining form meaning clot | thrombo |
| inflammation of the lymph nodes | lymphadenitis |
| suffix meaning removal | -aphersis |
| no pregnancies | nulligravida |
| many pregnancies | multigravida |
| no births | nullipara |
| many births | multipara |
| birth | para |
| combining form for bear, give birth | parto |
| combining form for navel | omphalo |
| combining form for pregnancy | gravido |
| combining form for birth | nato |
| combining form for milk | lacto |