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HLTH 110 Final Test: General Terminology – Qs & As
HLTH 110 Final Test: General Terminology – Qs & As
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HLTH 110 Final Test: General Terminology – Qs & AsWithin ✔️Ans - The medical word intrahepatic means "________ the liver."
Suffix, prefix, combining form ✔️Ans - In what order should you put the
meanings of the word parts in order to get the definition of the entire
medical word?
False ✔️Ans - True or False: all medical words must have a prefix
breast ✔️Ans - The combining form mamm/o- means ______________.
-ia ✔️Ans - Which of the following is an example of a suffix?
Nerve ✔️Ans - The combining form neur/o-
means ________.
Condition of a slow heart ✔️Ans - With bradycardia, there is a ________.
Mass; tumor ✔️Ans - The suffix -oma means ________.
secure ✔️Ans - HIPAA assures the patient that his or her medical
information is ________.
suffix ✔️Ans - After you divide a medical word into its word parts, you
get the definition of the word by beginning with the meaning of the ________.
vein ✔️Ans - The combining form ven/o- means ________.
non constructed terms ✔️Ans - Medical terms that are not composed of
word parts are called _____________.
around ✔️Ans - Pericardial means "pertaining to ________ the heart."
false ✔️Ans - True or False: Medical words only contain one combining
form.
heart ✔️Ans - The combining form cardi/o- means ________.
,abnormal; difficult; painful ✔️Ans - The prefix dys- means ________.
true ✔️Ans - True or False: Etymology is the study of word origins.
modifies the meaning of the combining form ✔️Ans - A prefix ________.
true ✔️Ans - True or False: The patient's medical record is considered a
legal document.
chief complaint ✔️Ans - During an interview with a patient, the
healthcare provider documents the abbreviation CC in the patient's
medical record. The abbreviation CC as used here means ________.
true ✔️Ans - True or False: Prefixes and suffixes modify or clarify the
meaning of a medical word.
true ✔️Ans - True or False: There are three different kinds of word parts.
true ✔️Ans - True or False: To define a medical word that contains a
combining form and a suffix, you put the meaning of the suffix first,
followed by the meaning of the combining form.
Dx ✔️Ans - The abbreviation for "diagnosis" is ________.
o ✔️Ans - The combining vowel is usually the letter ________.
trachea ✔️Ans - The word endotracheal means "pertaining to within the
________."
tonsill/o- and -itis ✔️Ans - The word tonsillitis divides into what word
parts?
stomach ✔️Ans - The combining form gastr/o- means ________.
many languages, including Latin and Greek ✔️Ans - The origin of medical
language is in ________.
combining form ✔️Ans - Which is the foundation of a medical word?
,true ✔️Ans - True or False: When you combine word parts to build
medical words, if the suffix begins with a vowel, delete the combining
vowel on the combining form.
history and physical ✔️Ans - The abbreviation H&P means ________.
medical specialties or specialists ✔️Ans - Suffixes such as -iatry, -ist, and
-logy are related to ________.
skin ✔️Ans - The combining form cutane/o-, as in the word
subcutaneous, means ________.
liver ✔️Ans - The combining form hepat/o- means ________.
condition of a fast heart ✔️Ans - The definition of tachycardia is ________.
root and the combining vowel ✔️Ans - Two parts of a combining form
include a ________.
at the end of the medical word ✔️Ans - If a medical word has a suffix, the
suffix is found ________.
It is the study of word origins. ✔️Ans - Which of the following concepts
does NOT describe an eponym?
Cesarian section is an example of an eponym because it is a procedure
named after Julius Caesar.
It can be a name for a procedure or a disease that is named after a person.
Hodgkin's disease is an example of an eponym becasue it is a disease
named after a person
It is the study of word origins.
heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries ✔️Ans - Cardiology involves the
study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the ________.
, true ✔️Ans - True or False: A pathogen is a disease-causing
microorganism.
four quadrants and nine regions ✔️Ans - The human body can be studied
by dividing the anterior surface of the abdomen into ________.
false ✔️Ans - True or False: The correct spelling of the medical specialty
that deals with females and women is gynocology.
pain felt in the joints ✔️Ans - An example of a symptom would be
________.
inferior ✔️Ans - The abdominal cavity is ________ to the thoracic cavity.
etiology ✔️Ans - The cause or origin of any disease is ________.
transverse ✔️Ans - The plane that divides the body into upper and lower
sections is the ________ plane.
side ✔️Ans - The word lateral means "pertaining to the ________ of the
body, an organ, or a structure.
dorsal supine ✔️Ans - All of the following are body planes EXCEPT
________.
dorsal supine
coronal
sagittal
transverse
diagnosis ✔️Ans - The techniques used during a physical examination
include all of the following EXCEPT ________.
palpation
auscultation
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