Midterm for Medical Terminology

lingu/o

tongue

Which prefix means normal?

eu

Which combining form means heart?

cardi/o

Which prefix means small?

micro

Which medical terminology word part provides the general meaning of the word?

word root

Which of the following suffixes means drooping?

ptosis

Which prefix means outside of?

extra

Which suffix means tumor or mass?

oma

The combining form bi/o means life.

True

Different pronunciations of medical terms are acceptable.

true

The suffix -trophy means treatment.

nourishment, development (therapy = treatment)

The prefix brady- means fast.

False

The prefixes quadri- and tetra- have the same meaning.

True

The prefix mono- means one.

True

The combining form cardi/o means heart.

True

The suffix -tome means instrument to cut.

True

The combining form that means spine is ________.

spin/o

A combining form that means tongue is ________.

lingu/o

The combining form  pelv/o means ________.

pelvis

The combining form  dors/o means ________.

back

The combining form that means a specific area is ________.

topic/o

A combining form that means front is ________.

anter/o

The combining form  ot/o means ________.

ear

The combining form  rhin/o means ________.

nose

The combining form dist/o means

away from

The combining form  nephr/o means ________.

kidney

The combining form that means chest is ________.

thorac/o

A combining form that means to secrete is ________.

crin/o

A combining form that means cheek is ________.

bucc/o

All of the following are combining forms that means skin EXCEPT

cyt/o

The combining form  or/o means ________.

mouth

The combining form that means internal organ is ________.

viscer/o

The combining form that means belly is ________.

ventr/o

A combining form that means neck is ________.

cervic/o

The combining form that means above is ________.

super/o

The combining form  gastr/o means ________.

stomach

A combining form that means fat is ________.

adip/o

The lumbar region is in the groin.

False

The term cranial means pertaining to the head.

False. Pertaining to the skull

Cephalic= pertaining to the head

Which of the following directional terms means lying face down?

prone

A gastroenterologist treats diseases of which of the following organs?

stomach

The combining form that means fat is ________.

lip/o

The combining form that means to burn is ________.

cauter/o

The combining form py/o means

pus

The combining form onych/o means

nail

The combining form ungu/o means

nail

The combining form that means electricity is ________.

electr/o

The combining form system/o means

system

The combining form that means white is ________.

albin/o

The combining form necr/o means

death

The combining form that means black is ________.

melan/o

All of the following combining forms mean skin EXCEPT

cute/o

The combining form that means profuse sweating is

diaphr/o

The combining form rhytid/o means

wrinkle

A prefix  meaning foreign is

xeno

The combining form phot/o means

light

The combining form that means white is ________.

leuk/o

The combining form sarc/o means

flesh

The combining form vesic/o means 

sac, bladder

The combining form seb/o means 

oil

The combining form that means scaly, dry is ________.

icthy/o

What does 'lipoma' mean?

fatty mass

With the word 'oncychomalacia', if the suffix is -malacia, meaning abnormal softening, what does this word mean?

softening of the nails

What medical term means 'nail biting (or nail eating)'?

onychophagia

With the word 'anhidrosis'--

if the prefix is an-

the combining form is hidr/o

and the suffix is -osis 

 

what does this word mean?

abnormal condition of no sweat

A malignant melanoma is likely to be what color, based on the meaning of its word parts?

black

bas/o

base

al

pertaining to

carcin/o

cancer

oma

tumor

What medical term means 'skin grafting or transplantation of skin'?

dermatoplasty

Bending a joint is flexion.

true

Pointing the toes downward is called:

plantar flexion

The combining form physic/o means

body

The suffix meaning weakness is

asthenia

A combining form that means bone is 

oste/o

The combining form duct/o means

to bring

A combining form for tibia is tib/o 

False (tibi/o)

Lord/o is the combining form that means

bent backward

A combining form that means metacarpus  is

metacarp/o

A combining form that means bone marrow is

myel/o

Medull/o is the combining form that means

inner region

A combining form that means radius is

radi/o

A suffix meaning 'to surgically break' is

clasia

Kyph/o is the combining form that means

hump

The combining form fasci/o means

fibrous band

Cost/o is the combining form for

rib

The term 'myelogram' can be defined as

x-ray record of spinal column

The term 'osteoclasia' can be defined as

surgically breaking the bone

The term 'myalgia' means

muscle pain

The term 'arthrodesis' can be defined as 

fusing the joint

With the word 'osteoma', if the suffix is -oma, meaning tumor, what does this word mean?

tumor found in the bone tissue

With the term 'spondylolisthesis' if the combining form is spondyl/o meaning 'vertebra' what is the suffix and how does it translate?

listhesis; slipping

What does 'chondroma' mean?

tumor that forms in the cartilage

The combining form embol/o means

plug

All of the following are possible combining forms for valve EXCEPT

ven/o (vein)

A combining form that means a wall is

sept/o

All of the following suffixes mean pertaining to EXCEPT

lytic (pertaining to destruction)

A suffix meaning 'heart condition' is

cardia

A combining form that means lung is

pulmon/o