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SLCC Medical Terminology Exam
Questions Verified Marking
Scheme New Update (100% Pass)
root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel - Answers -✔✔ suffix

Which of the following is the foundation of the medical term?

root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel - Answers -✔✔ root

Which of the following means stomach pain?

hepatitis, rhinitis, arthritis, gastralgia - Answers -✔✔ gastralgia

The term trans means which of the following?
across, under, upon, below - Answers -✔✔ across

The term path means which of the following?

bone, stomach, disease, crazy - Answers -✔✔ disease

The term hemat means which of the following?

liver, treatment, blood, eye - Answers -✔✔ blood

Which of the following is NOT true about medical terms?

- interpret them from the suffix back | may contain a root, suffix and prefix |
-spelling does not matter as it will not change the meaning of the word when combining,
- if there are two vowels, one is dropped. - Answers -✔✔ spelling does not matter as it
will not change the meaning of the word

Which of the following means "nose"?

rhin, hepat, hemat, ped - Answers -✔✔ rhin

Which of the following is a bone tumor?

neuroma, myeloma, osteoma, carcinoma - Answers -✔✔ osteoma

What does the term mammogram mean?

,record of the vessels, record of the digestive system, record of the breast, record of the
esophagus - Answers -✔✔ record of the breast

arthr - Answers -✔✔ joint -- as in arthritis, inflammation of the joints

arthritis - Answers -✔✔ inflammation of the joints

carcin - Answers -✔✔ cancer -- as in carcinoma, a cancerous tumor

carcinoma - Answers -✔✔ a cancerous tumor

hepat - Answers -✔✔ liver -- as in hepatitis, inflammation of the liver or as in
hepatomegaly, a large liver

hepatitis - Answers -✔✔ inflammation of the liver

path - Answers -✔✔ disease -- as in pathology, the study of disease

pathology - Answers -✔✔ the study of disease

oste - Answers -✔✔ bone -- as in osteoma, a bone tumor

osteoma - Answers -✔✔ bone tumor

hemat - Answers -✔✔ blood -- as in hematology, the study of blood

hematology - Answers -✔✔ the study of blood

ped - Answers -✔✔ child -- as in pediatrics, pertaining to children

pediatrics - Answers -✔✔ pertaining to children

neur - Answers -✔✔ nerve -- as in neurology, the study of nerves

neurology - Answers -✔✔ the study of nerves

rhin - Answers -✔✔ nose -- as in rhinitis, inflammation of the nose

rhinitis - Answers -✔✔ inflammation of the nose

radi - Answers -✔✔ x-rays -- as in radiology, the study of x-rays

radiology - Answers -✔✔ the study of x-rays

,gastr - Answers -✔✔ gastr is the root meaning stomach

itis - Answers -✔✔ itis is the suffix and means inflammation -- as in arthritis, which is
inflammation of the joints

ic - Answers -✔✔ ic is the suffix and it means pertaining to

epi - Answers -✔✔ epi is the prefix and it means above or upon

trans - Answers -✔✔ trans is the prefix and it means across

mamm - Answers -✔✔ mamm is the root word meaning breast

gram - Answers -✔✔ gram is the suffix meaning record

dermatitis - Answers -✔✔ inflammation of the skin

derm - Answers -✔✔ skin

gastralgia - Answers -✔✔ stomach ache

opthalmologist - Answers -✔✔ eye doctor

cardi - Answers -✔✔ cardi is the combining form and it means heart

Rules and Hints for Working with Medical Terminology - Answers -✔✔ 1. Read the
meaning of the medical terms from the suffix back to the first part of the word.
2. Drop the combining vowel (usually o) before a suffix with a vowel. (gastric NOT
gastroic)
3. Retain the combining vowel between two root words, even if two vowels are present
at the junction for ease of pronunciation. (osteoarthritis NOT ostearthritis)
4. Pronunciation and spelling are crucial in medical terminology. (ch = K as in
chromatin/chronic, ps = S as in psychiatry/psychology, pn = N as in pneumonia)

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Which of the following is the medical terms for internal organs?

viscera, tissue, peritoneum, epithelial - Answers -✔✔ viscera

Which of the following is the fundamental unit of every living thing?

cells, tissues, viscera, systems - Answers -✔✔ cells

What is the name of the cavity that contains the heart, lungs, esophagus and trachea?

, thoracic, spinal, cranial, abdominal - Answers -✔✔ thoracic

Which of the following terms does NOT belong with the others?

kidneys, ureters, gallbladder, bladder - Answers -✔✔ gallbladder

What is the name of the double-folded membrane that surrounds the abdominal cavity?

Pancreas, Large intestine, Viscera, Peritoneum - Answers -✔✔ Peritoneum

Which of the following is NOT a body cavity?

lower extremity, cranial, abdominal, pelvic - Answers -✔✔ lower extremity

Which of the following systems regulates and coordinates body activity?

nervous, endocrine, urinary, digestive - Answers -✔✔ nervous

Which system is responsible for creating offspring?

respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, nervous - Answers -✔✔ reproductive

What is the name of the individual who specializes in the study of tissues?

radiologist, histologist, tissuologist, phlebotomist - Answers -✔✔ histologist

Which of the following is NOT an organ?

heart, trachea, lungs, endocrine - Answers -✔✔ endocrine

cell - Answers -✔✔ the fundamental unit of every living thing (animal or plant)

epithelial - Answers -✔✔ skin

lymphocyte - Answers -✔✔ white blood cell

tissue - Answers -✔✔ a group of similar cells working together to do a specific job

the primary tissues - Answers -✔✔ epithelial, connective, skeletal, muscular, glandular,
and nervous

histologist - Answers -✔✔ a scientist who specializes in the study of tissues

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