MA110 Medical Terminology Chapters 1, 2, & 3

A surgeon reports the details of a surgery in a:

a. Operative Report

Which healthcare setting provides supportive treatment for terminally ill patients?

a. hospice

Which type of tissue is designed to produce body movement?

a. muscle

Which of the following is NOT the type of information provided by a prefix?

a. procedure

Which of the following is the type of information provided by a suffix?

a. procedure

Which plane divides the body into left and right portions?

a. sagittal

Which is NOT an organ found in the digestive system?

a. spleen

The ______ is a comprehensive outline of the patient's entire hospital stay.

b. Discharge Summary

Which is the most superficial layer of skin?

b. epidermis

Which of the following records the patient's care throughout the day?

c. Nurse's Notes

In which situation is a combining vowel never used?

c. between a prefix and a word root

Hair grows toward the surface within the:

c. hair follicle

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

c. keratin-innermost layer, containing fatty tissue

Which type of muscle tissue if found attached to bone?

c. skeletal

Which of the following structures is NOT housed in the dermis?

e. all of these