Medical Terminology Study Guide 1

Practice Test!!

Suffix

The "ist" in the word "anatomist" is a?

Word Roots

Compound words have two or more?

Combining Form

A root with a vowel added for pronunciation makes a?

The "k" sound

What does the following sound "ch" has if it is pronounced the same way as in chemistry?

"n"

The "pn" in the word "pneumatic is pronounced like?

Pharyngeal

The correct spelling of the adjective for pharynx is?

Hemorrhage

The correct spelling for a word that mean "A bursting forth of blood" is?

Hearing.

The sense most used by an auditory learner is?

Hat, mix

List 2 words that have a short vowel?

A prefix is found?

Beginning of a word

-ia

The suffix is the word "insomnia" is?

List the adjectives for a suffix.

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic, -eal

By dropping the noun suffix and adding a adjectival suffix.

How do you take a medical term and make it into an adjective?

Toxoid

What term means "like or resembling a toxin"?

Study of

The ending "-logy" in cardiology means?

Pediatrician

A specialist in pediatrics is a(n)?

Vertebrae

The plural of "vertebra" is?

Fungus

The singular of "fungi" is?

Parasitic

The adjustive for "parasite" is?

Abdomen

The singular of "abdomina" is?

"Uni" or "Mono-"

A prefix that means "one" is?

A prefix that means the same as "quadr/i" is?

Tetra-

di

A prefix that means the same as "bi-" is?

Quadruplet, Quadrangle, Quadrilateral

List three words that means it has four components.

Discoloration of the skin.

Cyanosis means?

White blood cells.

A leukocyte is what type of cell?

The prefix in "insufficient" means?

Not.

Disinfect

To remove infectious agent, one would?

Before or in front of

The prefixes "ante-", "pre-", and "pro-" all mean?

Symbiosis

A word that describes organisms living together is?

Metabolism

The sum of all of the physical and chemical activities that occur in a cell make up?

The control center of a cell is the?

Nucleus

What are the basic tissue types?

Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue!!

Carbohydrates!!

Sugars and starches are?

Formation, development, or production of cells.

Cytogenesis means?

Mucus

The root "myx/o" means?

Atrophy means?

Wasting away; Decrease in size of a cell, tissue, or organ.

Sugars and carbohydrates

Glucose, fructose, and lactose are all?

The term "visceral" means?

Pertaining the internal organs.

Amino acids are the building blocks of?

Proteins!!!

c

Catabolism means?

Body erect, facing forward, arms at the sides, palms forward, and feet flat on the floor pointing forward.

Describe the anatomic position.

Cranial and the spinal cavity

The dorsal body cavity consist of the?

Toward or near midline of the body

A medical structure is located where on the body?

Dorsal, caudal, cavital, postero

List all terms that means the same as posterior.

Lying flat, face down on their stomach

Describe the position a person is in when they are prone.

Right and left

A sagittal plane divides the body into?

Most superior medial region of the abdomen is the?

Epigastric region

Abdominal quadrants

The abbreviations LUQ, RUQ, RLQ, and LLQ refer to?

Groin.

The term inguinal refers to the?

A circular muscle

A sphincter is what type of muscle?