Medical Terminology Test 1

it is lateral to the nose injury

A child falls off his bicycle and injures his nose and his ear. How would you describe the injury to the ear in relation to the injury to the​ nose?

anterolateral

A patient suffers from a heart attack affecting the front and side of the heart. In medical​ terms, this portion of the heart could be​ called

ventromedial

A patient was involved in a car accident and suffered an injury to the middle of his abdomen. This injury could be described​ as

combining vowel

In a medical term that that contains two word​ roots, the roots are joined with a​ ________

epigastric

In the anatomical divisions of the​ abdomen, the upper row contains which of the following​ regions?

standing erect

In the anatomical​ position, the body is​ ________.

extended

In the anatomical​ position, the fingers are​ ________

abdominopelvic

Organs of digestion and excretion are primarily found in the​ ________ cavity.

right lumbar

The area that is lateral to the right of the umbilicus is the​ ________ region.

head

The cephalic region of the body is​ the

fat

The combining form​ adip/o means​ _________

arm

The combining form​ brachi/o means​ _________.

tail

The combining form​ caud/o means​ _________

head

The combining form​ cephal/o means​ ________

back

The combining form​ dors/o means​ _________

small intestine

The combining form​ enter/o means​ _________.

tissue

The combining form​ hist/o means​ _________.

internal organs

The combining form​ viscer/o means​ _________.

brain

The cranial cavity contains​ the

legs

The crural region of the body is​ the

in the groin area

The inguinal​ regions, right and​ left, are found​ ________.

cervical

The neck is the​ ________ region of the body.

lungs

The pleural cavity contains the​ ________

cannulae

The plural form of cannula​ (a tube open at both​ ends) is​ ________.

carcinomata

The plural form of carcinoma is​ ________

ova

The plural form of ovum is​ _______

testes

The plural form of testis is​ ________.

outside the body

The prefix extra​- means​ ________

quadri-

The prefix ​tetra- has the same meaning as the prefix​ _______.

apex

The singular form of apices​ (tips or pointed​ ends) is​ ________

ganglion

The singular form of ganglia is​ ________

phalanx

The singular form of phalanges is​ ________

rupture

The suffix ​-rrhexis means​ "to ________."

-malacia

The suffix that means​ "abnormal softening" is​ ________

-rrhapy

The suffix that means​ "to suture" is​ ________.

caudal

The umbilicus is​ ________ to the sternum

word root

The word part that has the main meaning is the​ ________.

recipe

What Latin word does the abbreviation Rx stand​ for?

Salerno

Where was the first European medical school established in 1050​ A.D.?

proximal

Which of the following directional terms is the opposite of​ distal?

lateral

Which of the following directional terms is the opposite of​ medial?

superior

Which of the following directional terms means more toward the head or above another​ structure?

apex

Which of the following directional terms refers to the tip or summit of an​ organ?

dorsum

Which of the following is NOT one of the anterior regions of the​ trunk?

pharmakon

Which of the following is the best transliteration of the Greek word​ φαρμακον, which means​ "drug"?

procedure

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

frontal

Which of the following planes divides the body into front and back​ portions?

sagittal

Which of the following planes divides the body into left and right​ portions?

transverse

Which of the following planes is the only horizontal​ plane?

sagittal

Which of the following sectional views of the body is produced by a slice along the median​ plane?

cross-section

Which of the following sectional views of the body is produced by a slice perpendicular to the long​ axis?

superodorsomedial

Which of the following terms could be used to describe an injury to the upper middle portion of the​ back?

per-

Which prefix does NOT stand for a​ number?

pre-

Which prefix means before​?

hemi-

Which prefix means half​?

poly-

Which prefix means many​?

nulli-

Which prefix means none​?

eu-

Which prefix means normal​?

micro-

Which prefix means small​?

intra-

Which prefix means within​?