Veterinary Medical Terminology Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
The suffix _____ means "to surgically remove." - Correct
Answer ✅ -ectomy
The prefix ___ means "good, easy, or normal." - Correct
Answer ✅ Eu-
Physiology is the study of _____. - Correct Answer ✅ Body
function
Anatomy is the study of _____. - Correct Answer ✅ Body
structure
The suffix for treatment with chemical substances or drugs is
_____. - Correct Answer ✅ -therapy
In the word gastroenteritis, what is the combining vowel? -
Correct Answer ✅ Gastr/o
A combining form for "lungs" is: - Correct Answer ✅
Pneum/o
,Veterinary Medical Terminology Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
The ____ cavity, the hollow space between the neck and
diaphragm, contains the heart and lungs. - Correct Answer
✅ Thoracic
Etiology is the study of: - Correct Answer ✅ Disease causes
The prefix ____ means "externally". - Correct Answer ✅
Ecto
A combining form for "bone" is: - Correct Answer ✅ Oste/o
In the word gastr/itis, the element "itis" means: - Correct
Answer ✅ Inflammation
The term meaning towards the tail is: - Correct Answer ✅
Caudal
,Veterinary Medical Terminology Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
The suffix ___ means to "to surgically stabilize" - Correct
Answer ✅ -pexy
A combining form for "muscle" is: - Correct Answer ✅ My/o
A combining form for "blood" is: - Correct Answer ✅ Nem/o
or Hemat/o
Which of the following planes divides the body into cranial
and caudal parts? - Correct Answer ✅ Transverse
The medical term for "pertaining to both sides" is : - Correct
Answer ✅ Bilateral
Pathology is the study of: - Correct Answer ✅ Nature,
causes, and development of abnormal conditions
The suffix "-logy" means: - Correct Answer ✅ Study of
, Veterinary Medical Terminology Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
Which muscle type is striated and voluntary? - Correct
Answer ✅ Skeletal
Surgical repair of bone is known as: - Correct Answer ✅
Osteoplasty
The ____ skeleton is the framework of the body that includes
such components as the skull, auditory ossicles, vertebral
column, and ribs. - Correct Answer ✅ Axial
The term for "the shaft of a long bone" is: - Correct Answer
✅ Diaphysis
The term "myotomy" means incision to: - Correct Answer
✅ A muscle
Which procedure is used to record a muscle's response to
electrical stimulation? - Correct Answer ✅
Electromyography
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