MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM
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Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a: -
Combining form
Office hours on Mondays & Wednesdays can be meetings either in pers
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM
LATEST UPDATE 2022
Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a: -
Combining form
Office hours on Mondays & Wednesdays can be meetings either in person or online.
- True
A CF is a word root plus a: - Vowel
The plural form of thrombus is thrombi. - True
What does the prefix in post/mortem mean? - After
To build a medical word, use a CF before a suffix that begins with a: - Consonant
What does the word root usually indicate? - Body part
Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a: - Long sound
Which word element is a grammatical suffix that creates an adjective? - -ic
There are specific meeting times for this course when you must attend lectures. -
False
In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced: - "K"
Compound words may consist of two or more word roots - True
Which element is located at the beginning of a medical word? - Prefix
A word root + o results in a combining form. - True
Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another
root? - gsatr/o/esophag/itis
The plural form of diagnosis is: - Diagnoses
Which word element shown is a word root in the term "hepatomegaly"? - Hepat
The oe in roentgen is pronounced: - "E"
Which word is built correctly? - my/algia
The suffixes -ary, -ical, -ic, and -eal mean pertaining to. - True
The midsagittal plane divides the body into: - Equal left and right sides
The eyes are inferior to the nose - False
cervic/o - neck
dors/o - back (of body)
thorac/o - chest
lumb/o - lower back of loins
dist/o - far, farthest
proxim/o - near, nearest
cephal/o - head
caud/o - tail
The prefix diplo- means three - False
Which of the following combining forms means "tissue" - Hist/o
Medical specialist concerned with electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, and other
imaging techniques - radiologist
Groups of tissue that perform a specific function - organ
destruction of tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals -
cauterization
measurement of blood flow by reflecting sound waves off moving blood cells -
doppler
What type of imaging study is shown below (black and white picture of skull) -
Magnetic resonance imaging
Which of the following options defines the prefix "hypo-" - Below and under
In the 9 regions of the abdomen, where would the hypochondriac areas be found? -
Under or below the ribs of the upper left and right abdomen
The suffixes -ary, -ical, and -eal mean pertaining to - True
In the anatomical position, how is the wrist described in relationship to the fingers? -
The wrist is superior to the fingers
What does the suffix -ad indicate? - Toward
The legs are inferior to the waist - True
The term for wasting away (no development of muscle) is: - Atrophy
The bone of the upper arm is the - Humerus
Hematopoiesis occurs in the: - Bone marrow
What bone condition is the result of vitamin D deficiency induced softening? -
Osteomalacia
What is the term for the visual examination of a joint with an endoscope? -
Arthroscopy
The plural form of pelvis is - Pelves
What is the term for the place where two bones meet? - Articulation
arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a: - Combining
form
Which term refers to the shaft of a long bone? - Diaphysis
-physis - growth
spondyl/o - vertebrae (spinal column)
stiffness,bent,crooked - ankyl/o
binding,fixation (of a bone or joint) - -desis
orth/o - straight. CONTINUES....
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