Final Exam - Medical Terminology
What is the suffix that means surgical creation of an artificial opening?
-ostomy
What is a localized weak spot of the wall of an artery?
Aneurysm
Which of the following means inflammation of the eyelid?
Blepharitis
Which of the following conditions would be treated by an ophthalmologist?
Cataract
What is the name for the 7 vertebrae in the neck?
Cervical
Which of the following conditions would be treated by an endocrinologist?
Diabetes mellitus
Which of the following conditions would be treated by a gastroenterologist?
Diverticulitis
Which of these is a red blood cell?
Erythrocyte
Which of the following means pertaining to the liver?
Hepatic
What is the direct visual examination of the interior of the uterus?
Hysteroscopy
What is an inflammation of the membranes that enclose the brain and spinal cord?
Meningitis
What is the medical term for benign tumor of muscle?
Myoma
What is the branch of medicine that deals with cancer?
Oncology
What is the combining form that means bone?
Oste/o
What is a loss of bone density that is frequently associated with aging?
Osteoporosis
What is the term for bleeding from the ear?
Otorrhagia
Which of the following conditions would be treated by a neurologist?
Parkinson's Disease
What is a complication of diabetes that causes damage to the nerves affecting the hands and feet?
Peripheral neuropathy
Which medical term has a prefix that means before?
Prementrual
What is the prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease?
Prognosis
What term means pertaining to the kidney?
Renal
Which of the following is an abnormal respiratory sound heard on a physical exam?
Rhonchi
The combining for cost/o refers to the...
Rib
What is the heart's natural pacemaker?
Sinoatrial node
What does it mean if the patient has metastatic lung cancer?
The lung cancer has spread to another site
A gastroscopy is the visual examination of what?
The organs of the stomach
What is a bone of the lower leg?
Tibia
What is another term for epinephrine?
adrenaline
What is the study of the structures of the body?
anatomy
Where are the axillary lymph nodes located?
armpits
What is the medical term for gallstones?
cholelithiasis
Which body cavity protects the brain?
cranial
What is the first portion of the small intestine?
duodenum
Which of the following terms means difficulty in swallowing?
dysphagia
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
epidermis
What is the term that means blood in the urine?
hematuria
What is the medical term for shingles?
herpes zoster
What is the combining form for black?
melan/o
What is the medical term for kidney stone?
nephrolithiasis
What does ather/o mean?
plaque, fatty substance
What is dyspnea?
shortness of breath
What is hemostasis?
stoppage of bleeding
What is angiography?
study of blood vessels
What does the suffix -otomy mean?
surgical incision
What is a cystectomy?
surgical removal of the urinary bladder
What is arthroplasty?
surgical repair of a joint
What does the prefix peri- mean?
surrounding
What is the medical term for rapid breathing?
tachypnea
What is the medical term for inflammation of the blood vessel?
vasculitis
What does the suffix -emesis mean?
vomiting
