Quiz 1 Medical Terminology (review)
The term idiopathic is defined as?
A disease of unknown origin
The suffix graph means?
An instrument used to record
Localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel?
Aneurysm
A blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrient-containing blood away from the heart is a(n)?
Artery
The upper chambers of the heart are
Atria
The combining form that means heart is?
Cardi/o
A sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation is called?
Cardiac arrest
The term that means enlargement of the heart is?
Cardiomegaly
Refers to the entire head?
Cephalus
Inflammation of the Gallbladder?
Cholecystitis
the O in arthropathy is the?
Combining vowel
Surgical repair of the skill?
Cranioplasty
The term cardiomyopathy is defined as?
Disease of the heart muscle
Medical term Otalgia refers to?
Ear pain
An accident causing Brin injury could result in softened Brain tissue, known as?
Encephlomalacia
Poisoning of the small intestine?
Enterotoxin
The structure joining the pharynx to the stomach is the?
Esophagus
Define Tachycardia
Fast heart rate
The small, saclike structure that stores bile is the?
Gallbladder
Stretching or dilation of the stomach
Gastrectasia
Inflammation of the gums?
Gingivitis
Collection of fluid in the head?
Hydrocephalus
The prefix that means excessive is?
Hyper
Define Phlebotomy?
Incision into a vein
The combining form Hepat/o is defined as?
Liver
A prefix is a?
Meaningful unit that comes before the word and changes its meaning
The opening through which food passes into the body is the?
Mouth
Condition of hardening of muscle?
Myoscelrosis
Pertaining to the kidney?
Nephro
A condition of softened bone?
Osteomalacia
The combining form that means vein is?
Phelb/o
Inflammation of many nerves?
Polyneuritis
Where the Ureters exit the kidneys?
Renal pelvis
The fundamental base from which meaningful terms are formed is called the?
Root
Define Cardiorrhexis?
Rupture of the heart
In the term arthritis, itis is the?
Suffix
What is added to the end of a word or root, that alters its meaning?
Suffix
The prefix that means fast, rapid is?
Tachy
Thoracocentesis?
Tapping or puncturing the chest to remove fluid
Etiology refers to what?
The study of causes of illness
Onco refers to?
Tumors
Urine is carried from the kidneys to the bladder by the?
Ureters
The opening through which urine passes to the outside of the body is the?
Urethra
The muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine is the?
Urinary bladder
The lower chambers of the heart are the?
Ventricles
The combining form Angi/o is defined as?
Vessel
In the term hepatitis, hepat is the?
Word root
A combining form is made up of a?
Word root and combining vowel
The combining form that means male is?
andr/o
Meaning dilation, stretching or expansion
ectasis
The combining form that means esophagus is?
esophag/o
The combining form that means cause (of disease) is?
eti/o
The combining form that means woman is?
gynec/o
Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system?
maintains sugar level in the blood
The suffix that means viewing is?
opsy
The combining form that means testis, testical is?
orchi/o
In the term oste/o/arthr/o/pathy, a combining form is?
oste/o
In the term oste/o/arthr/o/pathy, which part is the suffix?
pathy
In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix?
sub
In the term intra/ven/ous which part is the word root?
ven
