MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2022

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2022 Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a: - Combining form Office hours on Mondays & Wednesdays can be mee... tings either in person or online. - True A CF is a word root plus a: - Vowel The plural form of thrombus is thrombi. - True What does the prefix in post/mortem mean? - After To build a medical word, use a CF before a suffix that begins with a: - Consonant What does the word root usually indicate? - Body part Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a: - Long sound Which word element is a grammatical suffix that creates an adjective? - -ic There are specific meeting times for this course when you must attend lectures. - False In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced: - "K" Compound words may consist of two or more word roots - True Which element is located at the beginning of a medical word? - Prefix A word root + o results in a combining form. - True Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root? - gsatr/o/esophag/itis The plural form of diagnosis is: - Diagnoses Which word element shown is a word root in the term "hepatomegaly"? - Hepat The oe in roentgen is pronounced: - "E" Which word is built correctly? - my/algia The suffixes -ary, -ical, -ic, and -eal mean pertaining to. - True The midsagittal plane divides the body into: - Equal left and right sides The eyes are inferior to the nose - False cervic/o - neck dors/o - back (of body) thorac/o - chest lumb/o - lower back of loins dist/o - far, farthest proxim/o - near, nearest cephal/o - head caud/o - tail The prefix diplo- means three - False Which of the following combining forms means "tissue" - Hist/o Medical specialist concerned with electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, and other imaging techniques - radiologist Groups of tissue that perform a specific function - organ destruction of tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals - cauterization measurement of blood flow by reflecting sound waves off moving blood cells - doppler What type of imaging study is shown below (black and white picture of skull) - Magnetic resonance imaging Which of the following options defines the prefix "hypo-" - Below and under In the 9 regions of the abdomen, where would the hypochondriac areas be found? - Under or below the ribs of the upper left and right abdomen The suffixes -ary, -ical, and -eal mean pertaining to - True In the anatomical position, how is the wrist described in relationship to the fingers? - The wrist is superior to the fingers What does the suffix -ad indicate? - Toward The legs are inferior to the waist - True The term for wasting away (no development of muscle) is: - Atrophy The bone of the upper arm is the - Humerus Hematopoiesis occurs in the: - Bone marrow What bone condition is the result of vitamin D deficiency induced softening? - Osteomalacia What is the term for the visual examination of a joint with an endoscope? - Arthroscopy The plural form of pelvis is - Pelves What is the term for the place where two bones meet? - Articulation arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a: - Combining form Which term refers to the shaft of a long bone? - Diaphysis -physis - growth spondyl/o - vertebrae (spinal column) stiffness,bent,crooked - ankyl/o binding,fixation (of a bone or joint) - -desis orth/o - straight. CONTINUES.... [Show More]

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