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