HSA3534 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ French words. Answer: Which of the following is NOT a common
type of medical term?
◉ eponym. Answer: Terms that use a person's name; example:
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease (named after
the doctor who discovered it)
◉ word root. Answer: Gives the essential meaning of the term;
foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)
◉ suffix. Answer: Found at the end of medical terms
◉ prefix. Answer: Found at the beginning of medical terms
◉ combining vowels. Answer: Used to connect word parts and make
terms easier to spell and say
, ◉ disease. Answer: What is NOT information given by a word root?
◉ procedure. Answer: What is NOT information provided by a prefix?
◉ prefixes indicate surgical procedures (not true). Answer: Which of the
following statements about a prefix are NOT true?
◉ diagnostic procedure. Answer: Type of information provided by a
suffix?
◉ not all medical terms contain a suffix. Answer: Information that is
NOT provided by a suffix?
◉ between a prefix and word root. Answer: When do we never use a
combining vowel?
◉ a combining vowel is placed between two word roots (true). Answer:
Which statement regarding a combining vowel is the truth?
◉ -cele. Answer: Protrusion
◉ -edema. Answer: Swelling
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ French words. Answer: Which of the following is NOT a common
type of medical term?
◉ eponym. Answer: Terms that use a person's name; example:
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease (named after
the doctor who discovered it)
◉ word root. Answer: Gives the essential meaning of the term;
foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)
◉ suffix. Answer: Found at the end of medical terms
◉ prefix. Answer: Found at the beginning of medical terms
◉ combining vowels. Answer: Used to connect word parts and make
terms easier to spell and say
, ◉ disease. Answer: What is NOT information given by a word root?
◉ procedure. Answer: What is NOT information provided by a prefix?
◉ prefixes indicate surgical procedures (not true). Answer: Which of the
following statements about a prefix are NOT true?
◉ diagnostic procedure. Answer: Type of information provided by a
suffix?
◉ not all medical terms contain a suffix. Answer: Information that is
NOT provided by a suffix?
◉ between a prefix and word root. Answer: When do we never use a
combining vowel?
◉ a combining vowel is placed between two word roots (true). Answer:
Which statement regarding a combining vowel is the truth?
◉ -cele. Answer: Protrusion
◉ -edema. Answer: Swelling
