Medical Terminology

Refresher #1

1. Wilm's tumor is an example of a(n):

a. Eponym

b. Synonym

c. Combining form

d. Acronym

2. Which prefix means above or excessive?

a. Ab-

b. Intra-

c. Hyper-

d. Post-

3. Which is the medical term that means pertaining to the stomach and liver?

a. gastrohepatic

b. arteriovenous

c. osteoarthritis

d. cardiopathy

4. What is the definition of the suffix -scopy?

a. pertaining to instruments

b. use of an instrument for viewing

c. an instrument used for viewing

d. study of instruments

5. What is the meaning of the prefix ab-?

a. Away from

b. Under

c. To follow after

d. Excess
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6. The combining vowel is used between a prefix and a word root to ease pronunciation.

a. True

b. False

7. An acronym is a word created from abbreviations or the first letters of a group of words.

a. True

b. False

8. The suffix -ous means inflammation of.

a. True

b. False

9. Medical terminology is a language that is built mostly on Greek and Latin word parts.

a. True

b. False

10. The definition of cardiology is the study of the heart.

a. True

b. False

11. In a dorsal recumbent position, the client is lying on his/her:

a. Back

b. Front

c. Left side

d. Right side

12. If a physician ordered a lateral chest x-ray, the x-ray will be taken from which view?

a. Back

b. Front

c. Side

d. Top
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13. The medical term for pertaining to below a reference point is:

a. Distal

b. Inferior

c. Lateral

d. Posterior

14. Which abdominal region is just below the cartilage of the ribs?

a. Hypochondriac

b. Hypogastric

c. Iliac

d. Lumbar

15. A pathologist is a physician who studies what.

a. Disease

b. Infection

c. Physiology

d. Trauma

16. A radiologic procedure that uses computer imaging to produce three-dimensional images of
organs in the chest and abdomen is know as a(n):

a. CAT scan

b. Endoscopy

c. MRI

d. Ultrasound

17. Which medical term is spelled correctly?

a. anterioposterior

b. caudial

c. infrachrondal

d. sequelae
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18. Which is a suffix that means pertaining to?

a. -ad

b. -al

c. -logy

d. –pathy

19. Anatomy is the study of body structure.

a. True

b. False

20. Proxim/o is the combining form that means away from a point of reference.

a. True

b. False