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