Human anatomy

1. Which of the following is part of both the respiratory system and the digestive
system?
a. Oropharynx
b. Epiglottis
c. Larynx
d. Trachea
2. What is the hormone-controlling epithelial body located within the sella turcica at
the base of the brain that secretes most of the body's hormones?
a. Pituitary gland
b. Pineal body
c. Hypothalamus
d. Thymus gland
3. The _____________ is the pyramid-shaped bone forming the upper jaw, part of the
eye orbit, nasal cavity, and palate and that lodges the upper teeth.
a. Zygomatic bone
b. Maxilla
c. Temporomandibular joint
d. Nasal bone
4. The __________________ transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.
a. Optic nerve
b. Optic disc
c. Fovea centralis
d. Cornea
5. Which of the following is a valve with two cusps that is between the left atrium
and left ventricle of the heart?
a. Pulmonary valve
b. Tricuspid valve
c. Aortic valve
d. Mitral valve
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Human anatomy

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Oropharynx
Pituitary gland
Maxilla
Optic nerve
Mitral valve

1. Which of the following best completes this sentence: __________ is a segment of

lymphatic vessel between two lymphatic valves that pushes the lymphatic fluid in
one direction.
a. Angioma
b. Ankylosis
c. Angion
d. Anodontia
2. Which of the following best completes this sentence: ______________ is a sheet of
dense, fibrous tissue lying beneath the subcutaneous fat layer that lines extremities
and the trunk and holds groups of muscles together.
a. Deep fascia
b. Superficial fascia
c. Epidermis
d. Dermis
3. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The optic nerve transmits
visual information from the retina to the ___________.
a. Spinal cord
b. Corneal chamber
c. Orbital implant
d. Brain
4. Which of the following best completes this sentence: ________________ is the
muscle that originates from the neck region attached to the mandible and that
opens the jaw.
a. Maxilla
b. Ramus
c. Platysma
d. Ethmoid
5. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The ___________ is an
endocrine gland located in the front of the lower neck and is composed of two lobes
on either side of the trachea.
a. Thyroid gland
b. Hypothalamus
c. Pineal gland
d. Parathyroid gland
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c. Angion
a. Deep fascia
d. Brain
c. Platysma
a. Thyroid gland

Medical terminology grab bag

1. What term best describes changes in pressure that constrict or expand the gas in
various parts of the body (e.g., lungs, sinuses, or middle ear), causing pain or
damage to tissue?
a. Bandemia
b. Baritosis
c. Bends
d. Barotrauma
2. What term best describes a disorder that involves congenital thickened nails and
sparse or absent scalp hair and that is often accompanied by keratoderma of the
palms and soles?
a. Epidermolysis bullosa
b. Clousten's syndrome
c. Clubnail
d. Milroy's disease
3. What term best describes the accumulation of serous fluid that resembles a cyst?
a. Hygroma
b. Hylaform
c. Hydromyelia
d. Hydronephrosis
4. What term best describes a flap of tissue over a tooth that is either unerupted or
only partially erupted?
a. Onychauxis
b. Open-bite deformity
c. Operculum
d. Onlay
5. What term best describes the triangular, smooth area of mucous membrane at
the base of the bladder, located between the ureteric openings in the back and the
urethral opening in front?
a. Trigonocephaly
b. Trigone
c. Trismus
d. Tubercle
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d. Barotrauma
b. Clousten's syndrome
a. Hygroma
c. Operculum
b. Trigone

Medical terminology for surgical procedures

1. Which suffix indicates a surgical repair?
a. -opexy
b. -ostomy
c. -otomy
d. -oplasty
2. Which suffix describes a procedure during which a surgeon cuts a new permanent
opening?
a. -lytic
b. -centesis
c. -ostomy
d. -lysis
3. Which of the following best describes the meaning of "-otripsy"?
a. Crushing, destroying
b. Surgical repair or suture
c. Slowing a growth
d. Excessive cutting
4. Which suffix best describes an incision?
a. -otomy
b. -ostomy
c. -otoplexy
d. -otripsy
5. Which of the following best describes the meaning of "-centesis"?
a. To suture
b. To puncture
c. To puncture a cavity to remove fluid
d. To surgically remove
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d. -oplasty
c. -ostomy
a. Crushing, destroying
a. -otomy
c. To puncture a cavity to remove fluid

Anatomy of the human body

1. Which of the following best completes this sentence: ______ are defined as liquid
substances that living organisms produce to fulfill specific functions or that they
excrete as waste.
a. Embryonic structures
b. Hormones and enzymes
c. Fluids and secretions
d. Blood and tissue
2.Which of the following best completes this sentence: ______ is a ketone body
produced as a result of the oxidation of fats.
a. Acetyl coenzyme A
b. Acetylcholinesterase
c. Acetylcholine
d. Acetone
3.Which of the following best completes this sentence: ______ are the largest
papillae on the surface of the tongue. They are arranged in an inverted V-shaped
pattern at the posterior portion of the tongue.
a. Vallate papillae
b. Papillae vallatae
c. Clavate papillae
d. Vascular papillae
4.Which of the following best completes this sentence: The ______ is a broad,
prominent process on the proximolateral portion of the femur.
a. Intertrochanteric crest
b. Tarsus
c. Fibula
d. Trochanter
5.Which if the following best completes this sentence: ______ are the folds or ridges
of the mucosa of an organ.
a. Tunica mucosa coli
b. Rugae
c. Fistula bimucosa
d. Alveolar mucosa
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c. Fluids and secretions

d. Acetone
a. Vallate papillae
d. Trochanter
b. Rugae

Diseases and conditions

1. Which of the following conditions best describes a very rare and ultimately fatal
autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain that causes the patient to
progress into complete sleeplessness?
a. Fatal familial insomnia
b. Transient insomnia
c. Acute insomnia
d. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
2. Which of the following terms best describes a condition in which a patient
develops several itchy skin eruptions of unknown cause that accompany asthma?
a. Pityriasis rosea
b. Allergic contact dermatitis
c. Seborrheic dermatitis
d. Prurigo-asthma syndrome
3. Which of the following terms best describes an abnormal condition in which some
of the teeth do not touch eachother when the jaws are biting or closing?
a. Cleft lip and palate
b. Open-bite deformity
c. Cracked tooth syndrome
d. Tooth abfraction lesions
4. Which of the following terms best describes a congenital disorder that causes
skin overgrowth, atypical bone development, and is often accompanied by tumors
over the body?
a. Intertrigo
b. Mastocytosis
c. Proteus syndrome
d. Unexplained dermopathy
5. Which of the following terms best describes a disease that causes small blood
vessels in the skin to leak because of inflammation?
a. Neurodermatitis
b. Bullous disease
c. Granuloma annulare
d. Henoch-Schnlein purpura
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a. Fatal familial insomnia

d. Prurigo-asthma syndrome
b. Open-bite deformity
c. Proteus syndrome
d. Henoch-Schnlein purpura

Medical terms, acronyms, and prefixes

1. Which of the following is the correct definition for bifurcation syndrome?
a. An inherited condition most often presenting in young adults and manifested by
sensory-motor nerve disorders, cerebellar atxia, and blindness
b. Raynaud-like symptoms of vascular contractions caused by pressure of brachial
plexus and subclavian artery against the first thoracic rib
c. A condition of childhood spawned by a spirochetic or viral disease of the upper
respiratory system.
d. An obstruction of the terminal aorta causing fatigue in the hips, thighs, or calves
as well as pallor of the lower extremities and impotence in exercising males
2. Which of the following terms describes a procedure during which a surgeon uses
multiple small grafts composed of bone and cartilage to treat osteochondral defects
of the knee?
a. Lithotripsy
b. Mosaicplasty
c. Punch biopsy
d. Commissurotomy
3. Which of the following acronyms best describes a mapping technique that
identifies the part of the brain that is activated by stimulus or activity and that is
useful in cases of brain surgery, epilepsy, and mental disorders?
a. fMRI
b. FBR
c. FCR
d. FMR
4. Which of the following best defines the prefix "blepharo"?
a. Relating to an early, formative or primitive stage of a cell, embryonic element, or
layer
b. Incomplete cellular development
c. Relating to the eyelid
d. Relating to the shoulder
5. Each of the following is a synonym for CTstan's syndrome except:
a. Forestier's syndrome
b. Jackson's syndrome
c. Avellis syndrome
d. Weber-Leyden syndrome
1. Correct Answer: d. An obstruction of the terminal aorta causing fatigue in the hips,
thighs, or calves as well as pallor of the lower extremities and impotence in
exercising males
2. Correct Answer: b. Mosaicplasty
3. Correct Answer: a. fMRI (Functional MRI or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(fMRI)
is a type of specialized MRI scan. It measures the hemodynamic response (change in
blood flow)
related to neural activity in the brain or spinal cord of humans or other animals. It is
one of the most recently developed forms of neuroimaging. Since the early 1990s,

fMRI has come to dominate the brain mapping field due to its relatively low
invasiveness, absence of radiation exposure, and relatively wide availability.)
4. Correct Answer: c. Relating to the eyelid
5. Correct Answer: a. Forestier's syndrome

Medical term grab bag

1.Which of the following terms best describes a slowed heartbeat, usually defined
as a rate fewer than 60 beats per minute.
a. Brachygnathia
b. Bradycardia
c. Brachycardia-tachycardia syndrome
d. Bradyphagia
2.Which of the following terms best describes a fistula, tract, or channel that
extends from an infected area of ingrowing hair to another site within the skin or out
to the skin surface?
a. Pilonidal cyst
b. Pilonidal sinus
c. Pineal syndrome
d. Pinguecula
3.Which of the following terms best describes an emotional disturbance in children
chiefly manifested by a lack of interest in social relationships and indifference to
social praise or criticism?
a. Social phobia
b. Social withdrawal of childhood
c. Socialized conduct disorder
d. Somatization disorder
4.Which of the following terms best describes a headache of mental origin, such as
tension or anxiety, for which a more precise medical or psychiatric diagnosis cannot
be made?
a. Hormone headache
b. Cluster headache
c. Migraine headache
d. Tension headache
5.Which of the following terms best describes a connection of the ureter to a stoma
on the abdominal skin?
a. Ureterolithiasis
b. Ureterocele
c. Ureostomy
d. Ureteroileal conduit
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b. Bradycardia
b. Pilonidal sinus
b. Social withdrawal of childhood
d. Tension headache
c. Ureostomy

Anatomy refresher
1. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The sublingular gland is
located in the ______.
a. Mouth
b. Brain
c. Bladder
d. Liver
2. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The peritoneum is located in
the ________.
a. Nasopharynx
b. Abdomen
c. Male genitals
d. Pelvis
3. Which of the following best completes this sentence: Islet cells are located in the
______.
a. Parathyroid
b. Thymus
c. Ovaries
d. Pancreas
4. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The pineal gland is located
in the ______.
a. Hypothalamus
b. Subthalamus
c. Epithalamus
d. Thalamus
5. Which of the following best completes this sentence: The alveolar bone is located
in the ______.
a. Foot
b. Mouth
c. Hand
d. Knee
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a. Mouth
b. Abdomen
d. Pancreas
c. Epithalamus
b. Mouth

More medical terminology

1. To what does the combining form kerat/o refer?
a. Clusters
b. Hard
c. Different
d. Rosy
Correct Answer: b. Hard
2. Which of the following is one term for an abnormally fast heartbeat?
a. Tachycardia
b. Bradycardia
c. Extrasystoles
d. Tachypnea
Correct Answer: a. Tachycardia
3. Which of the following refers to the covering of the lungs?
a. Diaphragm
b. Bronchioles
c. Sinuses
d. Pleura
Correct Answer: d. Pleura
4. Which of the following characterizes Paget's Disease?
a. Softened growing bones in children
b. Bacterial infection that enters the bones
c. Incorrect closure of the vertebrae around the spinal chord
d. Abnormal bone remodeling and resorption that results in enlarged, soft bones
Correct Answer: d. Abnormal bone remodeling and resorption that results in
enlarged, soft bones
5.Which of the following muscles is located in the neck
a. Deltoid
b. Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)
c. Gluteus maximus
d. Triceps
Correct Answer: b. Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)

Medical terminology
1. Which of the following terms describes an incision into the kidney for removal of
renal calculus?
a. Simple nephrectomy
b. Radical nephrectomy
c. Nephropexy
d. Nephrolithotomy
Correct Answer: d. Nephrolithotomy
2.Which of the following best completes this sentence: A _______ is a nodule in the
skin caused by Staphylococci entering through hair follicles.
a. Macule
b. Furuncle
c. Vesicle
d. Bulla
Correct Answer: b. Furuncle
3.Which of the following describes the application of pressure to bone by means of
tape applied to the skin?
a. Immobilization
b. Closed reduction
c. Skin traction
d. Skeletal traction
Correct Answer: c. Skin traction
4.Which of the following best completes this sentence: _______ is the excision of the
covering of the larynx.
a. Epiglottidectomy
b. Bronchoplasty
c. Bronchoscopy
d. Thoracotomy
Correct Answer: a. Epiglottidectomy
5.Which of the following describes a coronary artery that circles the heart?
a. Circumflex
b. Bundle of His
c. Pericardium
d. Right coronary artery
Correct Answer: a. Circumflex

More anatomy higlights

1.Which bone is not considered part of the ankle?
a. Malleolus
b. Talus
c. Calcaneus
d. Stapes
2.What is another term for a "bunion"?
a. Hallux vagus
b. Hallux valgus
c. Hallux varus
d. Hallux malleus
3.Which blood type is considered the "universal recipient" (meaning they can
receive blood from any blood type)?
a. AB
b. A
c. O
d. B
4.Which of the following is a disease of the digestive system?
a. Herpes zoster
b. Raynaud's phenomenon
c. Crohn's disease
d. Bell's palsy
5.Which type of neuron carries impulses toward the brain and spinal cord?
a. Associative
b. Efferent
c. Receptors
d. Afferent
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Stapes
Hallux valgus
AB
Crohn's disease
Afferent

More basic anatomy

1.What term refers to a hospital-acquired infection?
a. Idiopathic
b. Nosocomial
c. Iatrogenic
d. Pathologic
2.What term means laying "face down" on the stomach?
a. Caudal
b. Supine
c. Prone
d. Prostrate
3.A "sign" is considered:
a. Objective because it can be evaluated by others (e.g., fever)
b. Subjective because it can only be evaluated by the patient (e.g., stomach pain)
c. Neither of the above
d. Both A and B
4.What is the pleural term for "punctum"?
a. Punctums
b. Puncta
c. Punctivas
d. Puncti
5.The vertical plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves is called
the:
a. Sagittal plane
b. Coronal plane
c. Median sagittal plane
d. Vertical plane
1. Correct Answer: b.
2. Correct Answer: c.
3. Correct Answer: a.
fever)
4. Correct Answer: b.
5. Correct Answer: c.

Nosocomial
Prone
Objective because it can be evaluated by others (e.g.,
Puncta
Median sagittal plane

More basic anatomy

1.The anatomic "end" of the femur at the hip joint would be considered:
a. The proximal end
b. The distal end
c. The medial end
d. The lateral end
2.Another word for a disease or operation/procedure named for the person who
discovered or described it first is an:
a. Abbreviation
b. Eponym
c. Endonym
d. Acronym
3.What genetic disorder is also known as trisomy 21?
a. Polydactyly
b. Down's syndrome
c. Richter's syndrome
d. Tay-Sach's disease
4.What is another name for the "soft spot" on a baby's head
a. Fontana
b. Follicle
c. Fontanel
d. Fontino
5.The upper blade-shaped part of the pelvic girdle is called the ilium, and the lower
part is called the:
a. Pubic symphisis
b. Acetabulum
c. Ischium
d. Sacroiliac
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b.
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c.

The proximal end

Eponym
Down's syndrome
Fontanel
Ischium

Basic anatomy
1.Which of the following terms describes an organ system?
a. Stomach
b. Heart
c. Lung
d. Respiratory
2.A nephrolithotomy is:
a. An incision into the kidney
b. The removal of a kidney stone by an incision into the kidney
c. The creation of an artificial opening in the kidney to facilitate the natural
discharge of a kidney stone
d. The destruction of a nephritic kidney stone using shock waves
3.Which of the following is not a term that is typically used to describe a type of
fracture?
a. Open
b. Compound
c. Percutaneous
d. Closed
4.Formation of new blood cells takes place in the:
a. Liver
b. Bone marrow
c. Spleen
d. Lymph nodes
5.The ilium is:
a. A bone that is part of the pelvic girdle
b. The small intestine
c. The large intestine
d. A portion of the iliac artery
1. Correct Answer:
2. Correct Answer:
kidney
3. Correct Answer:
4. Correct Answer:
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d. Respiratory
b. The removal of a kidney stone by an incision into the
c. Percutaneous
b. Bone marrow
a. A bone that is part of the pelvic girdle

Surgical procedure terminology

1. Which of the following terms best describes the surgical removal of all or part of
one or both ovaries, either as an open or laparoscopic procedure?
a. Cystectomy
b. Mammotomy
c. Mamilliaplasty
d. Oophorectomy
2. Which of the following terms best describes a surgical removal of a portion of the
shaft of a long bone, often performed to facilitate drainage from an infected bone?
a. Diaphysectomy
b. Diskectomy
c. Median sternotomy
d. Arthrotomy
3. Which of the following terms best describes a surgical separation of the fetus?s
clavicle in cases of difficult labor to allow its shoulders to pass through the birth
canal?
a. Clitoridectomy
b. Colposcopy
c. Cleidotomy
d. Colectomy
4. Which of the following terms best describes an osteotomy to position triradiate
cartilage as a hinge for rotating the acetabular roof in cases of dysplasia of the hip
in children?
a. Partial nephrectomy
b. Onychoplasty
c. Opponensplasty
d. Pemberton osteotomy
5. Which of the following terms best describes a surgical procedure for opening the
chest wall to access the lungs, esophagus, trachea, aorta, heart, and diaphragm?
a. Thoracotomy
b. Thoracostomy
c. Thrombectomy
d. Thoracic lymphadenectomy
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d. Oophorectomy
a. Diaphysectomy
c. Cleidotomy
d. Pemberton osteotomy
a. Thoracotomy

Surgical procedures
1. Which of the following terms best describes this type of procedure: The rebuilding
of joints which can be accomplished by resurfacing or relining the ends of bones.
The procedure is needed in areas where cartilage is worn away and bone is
destroyed.
a. Arthroscopy
b. Resection
c. Arthroplasty
d. Osteotomy
2. Which of the following terms best describes this type of procedure: Smaller outer
incision(s) to insert miniaturized instruments within a body cavity, as in laparoscopic
surgery.
a. Microsurgery
b. Laser surgery
c. Open surgical procedure
d. Minimally invasive surgical procedure
3. Which of the following terms best describes this type of procedure: The cutting
out of an organ, tissue, or other body part from a patient.
a. Amputation
b. Excision
c. Replantation
d. Transplant surgery
4. Which of the following terms best describes this type of procedure: Surgery
performed to set prominent ears back closer to the head or to reduce the size of
large ears.
a. Rhytidectomy
b. Mentoplasty
c. Rhinoplasty
d. Otoplasty
5. Which of the following terms best describes this type of procedure: A surgery
used to treat angina when other treatments don't work. During the procedure, a
surgeon uses lasers to make channels in the heart muscle.
a. Transmyocardial laser revascularization
b. Coronary artery bypass grafting
c. Valve repair or replacement
d. Arrhythmia treatment
1. Correct Answer: c. Arthroplasty
2. Correct Answer: d. Minimally invasive surgical procedure
3. Correct Answer: b. Excision

4. Correct Answer: d. Otoplasty

5. Correct Answer: a. Transmyocardial laser revascularization

Disease and Medical Condition grab bag

1. Which of the following terms describes fusion of the bottom lumbar vertebra to
the top sacral vertebra, making a sixth sacral vertebra accompanied by sciatica and
scoliosis?
a. Bertolotti's syndrome
b. Beriberi
c. Berylliosis
d. Bernhardt-Roth syndrome
2. Which of the following terms describes a parasitic infection caused by blood
flukes of the genus Schistosoma, a worm typically found in infested waters? The
larva enters through the skin, and eggs from the parasite lodge in various places
(e.g., portal venules, liver, mesenteric vein, intestines, and urinary tract) causing
inflammatory response in the organ, fibrosis, abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody
stools, and hematuria.
a. Ascariasis
b. Babesiosis
c. Giardiasis
d. Bilharziasis
3. Which of the following terms describes a condition in which the papillae do not
shed normally from the tongue, resulting in collections of debris, bacteria, and a
dark fuzzy appearance?
a. Gingivostomatitis
b. Glossitis
c. Black hairy tongue
d. Tongue cancer
4. Which of the following terms describes an acute form of bartonellosis, an
infectious, bacterial disease with sudden onset that is transmitted by sandflies, and
usually has a short course manifested by hemolytic anemia and fever?
a. Legionellosis
b. Tularemia
c. Carrion's disease
d. Echinococcosis
5. Which of the following terms describes necrotizing fasciitis of the scrotum, penis,
or male perineum caused by enteric, anaerobic, or gram-positive bacteria?
a. Peyronie's disease
b. Priapism
c. Foville's syndrome
d. Fournier's gangrene
1. Correct Answer: a. Bertolotti's syndrome

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d. Bilharziasis
c. Black hairy tongue
c. Carrion's disease
d. Fournier's gangrene

Clinical syndromes
1.Which of the following syndromes occurs when someone experiences painful
muscles resulting from accumulation of a large number of granular leukocytes?
a. Epidemic vomiting syndrome
b. Endocrine-hypertensive syndrome
c. Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome
d. Erdheim's syndrome
Correct Answer: c. Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome
2.Report code 287.3 for which of the following syndromes?
a. Evans' syndrome
b. Facial diplegia syndrome
c. Eye retraction syndrome
d. Eyelid-malar-mandible syndrome
Correct Answer: a. Evans' syndrome
3.Which of the following is not a synonym for Frohlich's syndrome?
a. Babinski-Frohlich syndrome
b. Launois-Cleret syndrome
c. Renon-Delille syndrome
d. Harris' syndrome
Correct Answer: d. Harris' syndrome
4.Which of the following statements regarding Pancoast's syndrome is false?
a. This syndrome refers to a neoplasm of the upper lobe of the lung.
b. ICD-9 code 162.3 is used to indicate this condition.
c. A synonym for this condition is Hare's syndrome.
d. A synonym for this condition is Basedow syndrome.
Correct Answer: d. A synonym for this condition is Basedow syndrome.
5.When a patient experiences left heart failure marked by acute edema of the lung,
what syndrome does he or she have?
a. Romano-Ward syndrome
b. Ridley's syndrome
c. Rytand-Lipsitch syndrome
d. Saenger's syndrome
Correct Answer: b. Ridley's syndrome

Prefix and suffix quizzes

1) a, an
A. without (your answer) B. within
2) ab
A. toward

B. within

3) ad
A. away from

C. pain

B. binding

D. away from (your answer)

C. point

D. away

B. against (your answer) C. away

6) anti
A. against, instead of
D. outside, beyond
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7) bi
A. three, triple
five, quint
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against

C. together D. toward (your answer)

4) algia
A. pressure B. pain (your answer)
5) ante
A. around
answer)
Correct

C. through D.

B. down or away from

B. two, double (your answer)

D. before (correct

C. binding, fixation

C. four, quad

8) brady
A. fast
Correct

B. pain

C. water

9) circum
A. square
Correct

B. toward

C. around (your answer) D. through

10) co, con

A. together (your answer)
Unanswered

B. against

11) de
A. up and towards B. against, instead of
from (correct answer)
Correct

C. toward

D.

D. slow (your answer)

D. without

C. two, double

D. down or away

12) desis
A. binding, fixation of (your answer)
shape of
Wrong
13) dia
A. excision B. around
Correct

C. within (your answer)

14) dys
A. difficult, abnormal (your answer)
instead of
D. slow
Wrong
15) ecto
A. outside of (correct answer)
(your answer)
Correct
16) ectomy
A. binding
answer)
Wr ng

19) exo
A. excision
Correct

B. below, under

B. pain

D. toward

D. excision (your

C. within (correct answer)

C. slow

B. away from (your answer)

20) extra
A. outside, beyond (your answer)
D. down or away
Correct

C. against,

C. half

C. without

B. toward

C. through D.

D. through (correct answer)

B. binding, fixation of

B. binding, fixation

17) endo
A. outward (your answer)
together
Correct
18) epi
A. iron
(your answer)
Correct

B. against, instead of

B. abnormal

D.

D. outer, on top of, over

C. within

D. toward

C. binding, fixation

21) ferro
A. zinc
Correct

B. carbon

C. iron (your answer)

22) fore
A. always
Correct

B. never

C. after

D. water

D. before (your answer)

23) form
A. paste
answer)
Correct

B. cut into

24) graphy
A. writing, record (your answer)
from
Correct
25) hemi
A. full
above
Correct
26) hydra, hydro
A. wastes
half
Correct
27) hyper
A. slow
answer)
Correct

C. excision

D. shape of (your

B. shape of

C. binding

B. empty

C. half (your answer)

B. water (your answer)

B. below

28) hypo
A. below (your answer)

B. above

2. Encephalitisdisease inside the brain

inflammation inside nose
inflammation inside head

3)
A.
B.
C.

3-Pericarditis
inflammation of sac of heart
disease inside the heart veins
heart doctore

4)
A.
B.
C.

4. Ovogenisisact of being born in the eggs

burning on the ovaries
ovary blown up

5)

5. Gastroenterology-

C. writings, records

C. through

C. through

Question Excerpt From prefix+root word+suffix

1)
1. HypoglycemiaA. high sugar
B. low sugar
2)
A.
B.
C.

D. away

D.

D.

D. above (your

D. sideways

C. blood clots

A.
B.
C.

study of ismall ntestines

study of rats
study of butts

6)
A.
B.
C.

6. Electrocariographelectricity picture of butts

power
electric picture of the heart

7)
A.
B.
C.

7. Pyelorephritisinflammation of the personal body parts

inflammation of kidney/ pelvis
inflammation of the eyeball

8)
A.
B.
C.

8. Monomucrosisdisease in one cell

bug disease
butt juice

9)
A.
B.
C.

9. Ambidextrousable to use your rats for cheese

able to use your grandmother to shop
able to use two

10)
A.
B.
C.

10. Alognflegenantigen in your toenail

antigen present in some species
antigen present in some of the grease from your bacon

11)
A.
B.
C.

11.Kphoscoliosisdisease with some rumpy pumpy

disease with freckles
disease with humps

12)
A.
B.
C.

12.Myocarditisinflammation of the heart

inflammation of your sandwich
inflammation of peanuts

13)
A.
B.
C.

13.Perutaneousnuts falling from the skin

something through the skin
lady bugs crawling under your toes

14)
A.
B.
C.

14.Suprasecapulararea above the shoulder

area above the spachula
area under the armpit

15)

15.Circumlocution-

A.
B.
C.

location around circles

location around squares
location around trees

16)
A.
B.
C.

16.reactionrelease of gas
a repsonse to something
pucker of lips

17)
A.
B.
C.
18)
A.
B.
C.

17.Dorocephaladtoward the boogers

toward the butt
toward the back of the head
18.Dysephagiabad eating conditions
bad rats
good farts

19)
A.
B.
C.

19.Retrospectiveloooking backward
looking in the future
looking at butts

20)
A.
B.
C.

20.Plriomorphismprocess of forms
process of puking
process of having diarreah

21)
A.
B.
C.

21.Acrimilmonious
ratty -ness
butter behive
bitter behavior

22)
A.
B.
C.

22.Bronchogeniccondition of the lungs

conditon of buls
conditon of the fingernails

23)
A.
B.
C.

23. homgeneousproduced with the same and different nose

produced with the same genes
detailed with pros

24)
A.
B.
C.

24.hyperhidrosisextreme sweat disease

low fart level
low sneeze level

25)

25.musclulosketal-

A.
jared smells like stinky rats that just came out of the sewer in manhattan with
fingers from the worm poop that lived in ms thom...pson.
B.
waiting on spiders
C.
muscles of teh skeleton

Question Excerpt From Medical Terminology (Spelling + Word Parts +

Definitions)
1)
Prefix: bradyA. fast

B. rapid

2)
Prefix: endoA. together
B. joined

C. slow
C. without

3)
Prefix: intraA. within
B. absence of
(outer)

D. small
D. within

C. around

D. surrounding

4)
Prefix: para- (multiple answers)
A. beside
B. beyond
C. around

D. before

5)
Prefix: dys- (multiple answers)
A. difficult
B. labored

D. abnormal

C. painful

6)
Suffix: -osis
A. eating
B. abnormal condition

C. swallowing

D. condition

7)
Suffix: -ac, -ous, -ar, -ic, -ial -ior, -eal, -ary, -al
A. labor
B. inflammation
C. pertaining to

D. growth

8)
Suffix: -oma (multiple answers)
A. vision
B. weakness

D. swelling

9)
Suffix: -iasis, -esis
A. break
B. oxygen
10)
Suffix: -ptosis
A. drooping
B. prolapsed

C. tumor
C. pain

D. condition

C. fallopian tube

11)
Combining Form for: breathe, breathing
A. spir/o
B. aponeur/o
C. par/o
12)
Combining Form for: bone marrow
A. mamm/o
B. myel/o
C. mast/o

D. sagging
D. vesic/o

D. poster/o

13)
Combining Form for: hidden
A. humer/o
B. kyph/o

C. atel/o

14)
Combining Form for: common bile duct
A. choledoch/o
B. aur/I
aur/o

D. crypt/o
C. puerper/o

15)
Combining Form for: cell
A. chrom/o
B. necr/o

C. cyt/o

D. myring/o

16)
Prefix: tetra-, quadriA. many
B. none

C. before

D. four

17)
Suffix: -stenosis (multiple answers)
A. control
B. constriction
narrowing
18) medCombining Form for: potassium
A. kal/I
B. oophor/o
19)
Prefix: pan-, ante-, preA. normal
B. before
20)
Suffix: -asthenia
a. to separate
suturing
21)

lyomiosarkoma

22)

epythelioma

23)

carryoplasm

24)

zanthoses

25)

metastayses

26)

lukocitosis

27)

eckhimosis

28)

fairuncle

29)

kneevus

30)

bronchonewmonia

31)

nayzofairengitis

C. stop

C. rect/o

C. above

B. surgical crushing

D.

D.

D. later/o
D. one

C. weakness

D.

32)

dispkneea

33)

lairengostomy

34)

lairengotraykeyotomy

35)

pieelonefritis

36)

cistoyourethrograham

37)

orkeyopexy

38)

vasovastostohme

39)

trickohmaneyeacis

40)

addenohmyohsus

41)

parametrytes

42)

alligomenorrhea

43)

colepopairineorrhaphy

44)

thromboflabiteus

45)

braidacardya

46)

takipkneea

47)

paratunitis

48)

divertickyouloses

49)

isopigogastrodoohdenoscopy

50)

colehdoecolithiasis

51)

pewpillairy

52)

pairathiroidoma

53)

atreeoventrickular

54)
A body defense method to prevent movement of an injured part
A. flank
B. garding
C. guarding
D. flenk
55)
An abnormal sound heard on chest auscultation that is casued by an
obstructed airway
A. nystagmus
B. rhonchus
C. rhinchus
D. nystigmus

56)
An abnormal rhythm of the heart
A. distal
B. destal
C. gallop
57)
An enlargement of the thyorid gland
A. hepatosplenomegaly B. hepatosplenmegaly
thyramegaly
58)
A knot or knot-like mass
A. ganglion
B. ganglion

D. gallop
C. thyromegaly

C. fundus

D.

D. fundes

59)
A reversed response occuring on withdrawl of a stimulus
A. reband
B. rebound
C. evert
D. revert
60)
A small nodule, tumor, or growth
A. buccal
B. bucca
C. granuloma

D. granduloma

61)
A small, soft structure hanging from the free edge of the soft palate
A. vulva
B. vuvla
C. ulvula
D. uvula
62)
A small, tounge-shaped anatomic structure
A. lingual
B. linula
C. lamina
63)
A sound or murmur heard on auscultation
A. bruit
B. palpitation
palpation

D. lamena
C. brut

64)
A spasm of the orbicular muscle of the eyelid
A. hyperlipidemia B. blepharospasm C. belfarospasm

D. hyperlipidemia

65)
An endoscope for esxamining the peritoneal cavity
A. laparoscope
B. sigmoidoscope C. laproscopy
sigmoidscopy
66)
An incision of the tympanic membrane
A. adenopathy
B. adinopathy
myringotomy
67)
An opening, mouth, or bone
A. oss
B. os
anis

C. myringomy

C. pruritus ani

68)
An unusually rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat
A. burit
B. palpitation
C. brut
palpation
69)
Around the rectum
A. perrectal
B. prerectal
70)

Coughing and spitting of blood

C. perirectal

D.

D. parirectal

D.

D.

D. puritus

D.

A. sputum

B. sputim

C. hemoptysis

D. hemotysis

71)
Accumulation of fluid and cellular debris in the tissues
A. exdate
B. exudates
C. edema
D. exdema
72)
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose
A. mucosa
B. mucos
C. rhinitis
D. rhinitis
73)
Intense chronic itching in the anal region
A. pruritis ani
B. puritus ani

C. rhinitis

74)
Involuntary rapid rhythmic movement of the eyeball
A. nystagmus
B. rhonchus
C. rhinchus
75)
Labored or difficult breathing
A. dysuria
B. dyspnia
76)
Muscular pain
A. Chlamydia

B. chlamidia

C. dyspnea

D. rhinitis
D. nystigmus

D. dysurea

C. myalgia

D. mialgia

77)
Painful menstruation
A. amenorrhea
B. dysmenorrheal C. amenorrhea
dysmenorhea
78)
Painful or difficult urination
A. dysuria
B. dyspnia

C. dyspnea

79)
Pertaining to the cheek
A. buccal
B. bucca

C. granuloma

80)
Redness of the skin
A. orthopnea
B. erthema
81)
Resembling a polyp
A. polypiod
B. polypod

C. orthopea
C. polypoid

D.

D. dysurea
D. granduloma
D. erythema
D. polypide

82)
Accumulation of excess fluid in the tissues of the body
A. exdate
B. exadate
C. edema
D. exdema
83)
The state of lying down
A. fundus
B. fundes

C. decubitus

D. decubitis

84)
Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive
concentration of reduced hemoglobin in the blood
A. labyrinthitis
B. cayonsis
C. labrinthitis
D. cyanosis
85)
The bottom or base of an organ
A. fundus
B. fundes
C. decubitus
86)

D. decubitis

Elevated concentration of any lipid or all the lipids in the plasma

A. hyperlipidemia B. blepharospasm C. blefarospasm

D. hyprelipidemia

87)
Enlargement of the glands, especially the lymph nodes
A. hepatosplenomegaly
B. adenopathy
C. hepasplenomegaly
adenompathy

D.

88)
Enlargement of the liver and spleen
A. hepatosplenomegaly
B. adenopathy
adenompathy

D.

C. hepasplenomegaly

89)
Escape of fluid from blood vessels because of rupture or seepage, usually into
a body cavity
A. aeration
B. effusion
C. eration
D. effusion
90)
Exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen by the blood in the lungs
A. aeration
B. effusion
C. eration
D. effusion
91)
Farther from any point of reference; remote
A. disal
B. gallop
C. distal

D. gallop

92)
Increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
A. exacerbation
B. exacerbation
C. auscultation
auscultation

D.

93)
Inflammation of the internal ear; otitis interna
A. labrynthitis
B. rhinitis
C. labrinthitis
rinitis

D.

94)
The act of listening for sounds produced within the body with the unaided ear
or with a stethoscope
A. palpitation
B. palpation
C. auscultation
D.
auscultation
95)
The mucous membrane
A. mucoso
B. mucosa

C. mucousa

D. mucus

96)
The mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that is ejected
through the mouth
A. sputum
B. sputim
C. hemoptysis
D.
hemotysis
97)
The side of the body between the ribs and ilium
A. flank
B. fundus
C. flanke
98)
Tissues or body parts that are near or next to one another
A. adenoma
B. adnema
C. adnexa
99)
To turn inside out
A. reband
B. rebound

C. evert

D. fundes
D. adenxa
D. revert

100) Examination of the interior of the sigmoid colon

A. laparoscope
B. sigmoidscope C. laproscopy
sigmoidoscopy

D.