Medical Terminology True or False

A patient with a rapid pulse has bradycardia

False

Aden is a headache

False

An erythrocyte is an example of poikilocytosis

False

Encephal means neck

False

Gestation is another term for dysmenorrheal

False

Hepat stands for root of kidney

False

OU refers to the right eye

False

The combining form is the root of the word

False

A suffix is the ending of a word

True

An example of anisocytosis is a microcyte

True

Another name for a heart attack is myocardial infarction

True

Bacilli are rod shaped bacteria

True

Carcin is the root of cancer

True

Hypertension is also referred to as high blood pressure

True

If two combining forms are present the least important comes first

True

Osteo means bone

True

The beginning of a word is known as the prefix

True

The distal portion of the small intestine is called the ileum.

True

The medical term for German measles is rubella

True

The most common combining vowel is "O"

True

Cyst means bladder

Trur