Medical Terminology Exam 1
The directional term for movement towards the back of the body is
Dorsal
Acupuncture needles are used in combination with which of these during treatment
Electrical current
An instrument used to record the electrical impulses of the brain is called an
Electro/encephalo/graph
The surgical term phalang/ectomy means
Excision of a finger or toe bone
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called
Extenstion
The word part frons means
Forehead or front
The prefixes quadri and tetra mean
Four
The word part pia means
Gentle
The prefixes hemi and semi mean
Half
The word part duro means
Hard
A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed
Kidney
The set of 5 large vertebrae which form the inward curve of the lower spine are called
Lumbar vertebrae
The word part neuro means
Nerve
The medical term cephalo/dynia means
Pain in the head
In the divided medical term "osteopor/o/sis" the slash lines indicate the vowel "o" may be used as which word parts
Por and osis
The term tympanostomy literally means
Procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum
The procedural term Echo/encephalo/graphy actually means
Procedure of recording brain structures by use of sound
The term surgery literally means
Procedure of working by hand
The term auscult/ation literally means
Process or procedure for listening
The term percuss/ion literally means
Process or procedure of striking
The combining word forms that refer to the spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra are
Rachi/o and Spondyl/o
The term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is
Sagittal
A plantar wart is located on the
Sole of the foot
The word part myelo means
Spinal cord
In the medical term "arthr/itis" itis is the
Suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is
Suffix
The diagnostic term avulsion means
Tearing a piece of bone
What attaches muscle to bone
Tendons
Dento, donto, and odonto all mean
Tooth
What type of medicine has ancient origins, strong cultural ties, and trained healers
Traditional
The combining form onc/o means
Tumor
Dr. X has put her patient in the prone position, this means the patient is
Turned down
A compound term is derived from two or more
Word roots
The term cryo/surg/er/y literally means
A procedure of one who works by hand with cold
The term mammogram means
A recording of the breasts
A pathologist noted that a skin biopsy specimen exhibited hyperplasia, this means there is
An increase in cell number
Which example of the compound term "ankylosing" is fractured correctly
Ankylos/ing
The combining form osmio- indicates the principle which is used in this treatment to make it effective
Aromatheraphy
Ultrasonography literally means
Beyond normal ranges/sound
A self-suggestion technique which assist patients in controlling stress is
Biofeedback
A patient with cyanosis has which skin color
Blue
A trephine is used to remove
Bone
Lithotripsy is a procedure for
Crushing calculi
The most common combining vowel is
"O"
A patient with leukocytosis would have a white blood cell count of (normal is 4,000-10,000/cm3)
11,000
Acupuncture has been practied in the U.S. since
1970s
A defibrillator is used to correct
Abnormal heart rhythms
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe
Action taken, condition, or state
99% of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and
Adjectives
Reflexology literally means
Again/bends/of/procedure of
What physicians use antagonistic substances to attach to disease organisms or illness
Allopathic
All hypnosis techniques present a relaxed state and what type of brain wave activity
Alpha
Therapeutic touch therapy is classified as what type of medicine
Alternative
The diagnostic term for a disease characterized by early senility, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings, and relentlessness is
Alzheimer's disease
Lou Gehrig's disease is also known as
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The term ophthalmo/scop/e means
An instrument to examine the eye
Who is considered the founder of osteopathy
Andrew Still
Which of these individuals promoted a holistic healing approach to medicine
Andrew Weil
Acupuncture may be used during surgery for
Anesthesia
What does the word part talus mean
Ankle
The term coronal plane divides the body into
Anterior and posterior portions
Which of the following is a personality disorder in cluster B
Antisocial personality disorder
The interruption of blood supply to the brain caused by a cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, or cerebral hemorrhage is called
Apoplexy
The word periosteum has a prefix which means
Around
The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is
Arthr/itis
The term for X-ray film (recording) of a joint is
Arthro/gram
The procedural term that means visual examination inside a joint is
Arthroscop/y
The term clinical means
At patient's bedside
The diagnostic term rheumat/oid arthr/itis refers to
Auto-immune disease often with cartilaginous hypertrophy
Which of these is one of Ross's stages of death
Bargaining
The term prognosis means
Before knowledge
A PET scan is used to detect metabolism of glucose by the
Brain
An electroencephalogram is used to record information about electrical activity in the
Brain
The combining form en/cephal/o refers to the
Brain
The word part cerebro means
Brain
The cranial nerves are string like groups of nerves coming off of the
Brain and brain stem
Which of the following is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique
CAT scan
The diagnostic term that means abnormal build up of lime or calcium in tissues is
Calcin/osis
The wrist bones which are composed of 8 small bones in two rows are formally called the
Carpals
The directional term that means toward the lower end of the body is
Caudal
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is
Cephalic
The largest region of the brain is the
Cerebrum
The first seven bones of the vertebral column forming the neck are the ________ vertebrae
Cervical
Folk remedies are based on
Charms
What does the word part bucco mean
Cheek
Which of these treatments would commonly be labeled orthodox or conventional medicine
Chemotherapy
The word part mento- means
Chin
The surgical term for the repair of cartilage is called
Chondr/o/plasty
The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is
Chondroma
In the divided medical term "arthr/o/pathy" "o" is the
Combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
The term "af/ferent" which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as
Conveying towards the center
The combining forms or terms that literally mean rib are
Cost/o and Pleuro
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is
Crab-like tumor
Which of the following means skull
Cranio
The combining form scolio means
Crooked and bent
The term ankylosis literally means
Crooked, stiff, bent/condition
Who is considered the founder of chiropractics
Daniel Palmer
X-rays produce pictures of what type of body tissue and bones
Dense
The diagnostic medical term multiple sclerosis refers to
Deterioration or loss of myelin sheath nerve covering
Adjectives usually modify a noun denoting quality, quantity, extent, or
Distinction of the object from something else
If a patient has ptosis of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid
Drooping
An otoscope is used to view the
Ear
The word part oto means
Ear and hearing
Small acupuncture needles are used to treat which area of the body
Ears
Which surgical suffix means procedure or process of cutting out
Ec/tom/y
Electric shock therapy is also known as
Electroconvulsive therapy
The combining form that means cause of a disease is
Eti/o
A tonometer measures pressure within the
Eye
The medical term Bell's palsy is also known as
Facial paralysis or palsy
The word part fibro means
Fiber
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a
Fibrochondroma
The word part dactylo means
Finger/toe
A pacemaker can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with
Fixed and/or alternate impulses
Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called
Fracturing
What method is used to treat brain cancer by direction radiation at precise brain locations
Gamma Knife
A PET scan is used to detect
Glucose metabolism
The word part glio means
Glue
What is the word part for jaw
Gnatho
A condition that causes build up of uric acid crystals in the blood with disposition in joints is
Gout
Which of these body parts is commonly massaged by practitioners of reflexology
Hands
The medical term encephalo/angio/scler/o/sis means
Hardening of the brain's blood vessels
Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that
Have opposite meanings
A thallium scan is used to detect damage to the
Heart
An EKG or ECG is used to record information about electrical activity in the
Heart
If an electrocardiogram shows that a patient has tachycardia, it means the patient's
Heart rate is elevated
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath
Hippocratic
Which of the following is not a personality disorder in cluster C
Histrionic personality disorder
What physicians administer small doses of similar disease substances to allegedly stimulate the natural body responses of immunity
Homeopathic
Which of these is not a sign of brain concussion
Increased appetite
In the medical term "pleurisy", what is the meaning of its suffix
Inflamed
Osteoarthritis
Inflammation of a bone joint causing bone hypertrophy
The diagnostic term en/cephal/itis actually means
Inflammation of the brain
The medical term Kerat/itis actually means
Inflammation of the eye's cornea
The term stetho/scop/e literally means
Instrument to examine the chest
The term bronchoscope literally means
Instrument to view trachea-like structures
Complimentary or alternative medicine is now referred to as
Integrated medicine
Massage and reflexology are examples of
Integrated medicine
The abbreviation ICU refers to an
Intensive Care Unit
What kind of seizure has contractions that usually start in a group of muscles on one side of the body and spread to the extremities and the whole body
Jacksonian
Which oil might an aromatherapist use to attempt to ease a client's joint pain
Juniper
Sally had a pyelogram performed today to help diagnose her
Kidney infection
A pyelogram records information about the
Kidney pelvis
The KUB examination looks for defects in the
Kidney, ureter, and bladder
The diagnostic term genu varum means
Knees are bent outward
The combining form of a term that means hump or hunchback is
Kypho
Cancers of the circulatory system may include
Leukemia and lymphomas
Homeo/path/ic literally means
Like or same/as disease/refers
Aromatherapy is thought to have its effects on which part of the brain
Limbic system
A fatty tumor is called a
Lipoma
If an infection is chronic it is characterized by
Little change, slow progression, and long duration
Which of the following produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes
MRI
What is the yellow spot in the retina lateral to the optic nerve
Macula
What is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues by stroking, rubbing, kneading, and tapping it
Massage
The correct way to divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is
Melano/carcin/oma
The three-layered membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord and literally means membrane is called the
Meninges
The prefix that means change or after is
Meta
The combining form ment/o means
Mind
The combining form phren/o- means
Mind
The word part mater means
Mother
Fluoroscopy is used to record
Moving body parts
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means
Muscle
The medical term tetanus usually refers to
Muscle spasms
The term that means spinal cord inflammation is
Myel/itis
The combining form _________ means bone marrow or spinal cord
Myelo
LASIK lazer surgery can be used to correct
Myopia
Which of these conditions would be treated with phakic intraocular lenses
Myopia
Any therapy that relies on the body's own healing powers is considered
Natural
Which type of medicine uses vitamin therapy, herbal remedies, and chiropractic care
Natural
Acu/puncture literally means
Needle puncture
The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is
Neoplasm
The cord-like structures that carry bio-electrical impulses from one part of the body to another are called
Nerves
The diagnostic term that means tumor made up of nerve cells is
Neur/oma
A patient that is euthyroid has
Normal thyroid function
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"
Nucleus
A lumbar puncture is used to
Obtain spinal fluid samples
Aromatherapy uses what principal
Olfactory stimulation
The term nebuliz/er means
One who causes a mist
The term chiro/pract/or literally means
One who practices by hand
If a fracture has a protrusion through the skin, it is
Open fracture
A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called an
Organ
The diagnostic term that means abnormal loss of bone density is
Osteoporosis
In the medical term cephalgia the combining verb form means
Pain
What is a temporary or permanent loss of sensation, loss of ability to move, or inability to control movement
Palsy
The medical term that means total paralysis is
Pan/plegia
Which of the following is a personality disorder in cluster A
Paranoid personality disorder
The medical term that means the science of or study of body changes caused by a disease is
Path/o/logy
The study of disease is referred to as
Pathology
The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) for the phrase, "refers to or _____."
Pertains to
The medical term that means mental disease is
Phrenopathy
The medical term for a specialist who treats and diagnoses foot diseases and disorders such as corns, bunions, claw foot, ingrown toenails, and par/onych/itis is
Pod/iatr/ist
The diagnostic term for the inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord is
Polio/myel/itis
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify it's meaning is called a
Prefix
The term graphy means
Procedure using an instrument to record something
The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is
Proximal
Biofeedback is a type of _______ therapy
Psychosomatic
Angiograms are used for
Recording pictures of blood vessels
The term ocular literally means
Refers to the eye
What treats the body using principles similar to acupuncture and acupressure
Reflexology
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
Root word
The diagnostic term herniated disc in reference to an intervertebral cartilage means that the cartilage is/has
Ruptured or protruded
The medical term burs/itis literally means
Sac inflamed
Who is considered the founder of homeopathy
Samuel Hahnemann
Holistic therapies stress the importance of
Self care and illness prevention
Placebo literally means
Shall please
The word part omo means
Shoulder
An atrophic muscle would appear
Shrunken
An electromyogram is used to record information about electrical activity in the
Skeletal muscle
Hypnosis literally means
Sleep/condition
The structure that conducts nerve impulses to and from the brain and serves as a reflex center for some sensory information without input from the brain is the
Spinal cord
A myelogram is used to record information about which tissue
Spinal cord and nerves
What does the word part rachio mean
Spine
The etiologic agent of a syphilis is a
Spirochete
Which was the first 3-D printed drug approved by the FDA
Spritam
The suffix that means to control or stop is
Stasis
The medical student class learned about auscultation today, in order to perform this procedure they used a
Stethoscope
A patient who has a cholecystolithotripsy performed is having what process performed to their gall bladder
Stone crushed
A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of
Striated muscle
In the divided medical term "sub/hepat/ic" which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix
Sub and ic
Placebo effect therapy uses the principal of
Suggestion and believability
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a ________ position
Supine
The ankle bones are called the _______ bones
Tarsals
The term sphygmo/mano/meter literally means
The measure the pulse by hand
The term laryngo/scop/y literally means
The procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
The term biopsy literally means
The procedure of viewing life
The term psychology literally means
The process or procedure of the science or study of the mind
Dr. Elizabeth Ross is best known for
The stages of death and dying
The combining form hist/o means
Tissue or web-like
The term phlebotomy means
To cut into a vein
The word part fiss means
To divide, split
The term catheter literally means
To let down, into
The term metastasis means
To spread
The directional term lateral describes movement in which direction
To the side
The term diagnosis means
Total knowledge
A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it
Toward their body
The directional term inferior describes movement
Towards the lower end of the body
The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called
Ultra/sono/graph/y
What does Reiki mean in Janpanese
Universal vital force
John's physician told him that his disease is idiopathic, this means its cause is
Unknown
The term that describes movement towards the belly is
Ventral
Cryosurgery is used to treat
Verrucae
The combining form or term that means internal organs is
Viscer/o
The combining form asthenia means
Weakness
The term intramuscular injection literally means
Within a muscle
The term intravenous injection means
Within a vein
The word afebrile has a prefix which means
Without or not
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two parts, the
Word root and combining vowel
In the medical term "intra/ven/ous" ven is the
Word root or stem word
