WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ lumb/o. Answer: loins (lower back)
◉ pelv/i. Answer: pelvis
◉ spin/o. Answer: spine
◉ thorac/o. Answer: chest
◉ umbilic/o. Answer: umbilicus, navel
◉ -verse. Answer: turning
◉ AP. Answer: anteroposterior
◉ PA. Answer: posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary
artery; physician assistant
,◉ PET. Answer: positron emission tomography
◉ SPECT. Answer: single photon emission computed tomography
◉ septic. Answer: infection
◉ tom/o. Answer: to cut
◉ son/o. Answer: sound
◉ adip/o. Answer: fat
◉ lip/o. Answer: fat
◉ steat/o. Answer: fat
◉ cutane/o. Answer: skin
◉ dermat/o. Answer: skin
◉ derm/o. Answer: skin
, ◉ hidr/o. Answer: sweat
◉ sudor/o. Answer: sweat
◉ ichthy/o. Answer: dry/scary
◉ kerat/o. Answer: horny tissue; hard; cornea
◉ melan/o. Answer: black
◉ myc/o. Answer: fungus
◉ onych/o. Answer: nail
◉ pil/o. Answer: hair
◉ trich/o. Answer: hair
◉ scler/o. Answer: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
◉ seb/o. Answer: sebum, sebaceous
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ lumb/o. Answer: loins (lower back)
◉ pelv/i. Answer: pelvis
◉ spin/o. Answer: spine
◉ thorac/o. Answer: chest
◉ umbilic/o. Answer: umbilicus, navel
◉ -verse. Answer: turning
◉ AP. Answer: anteroposterior
◉ PA. Answer: posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary
artery; physician assistant
,◉ PET. Answer: positron emission tomography
◉ SPECT. Answer: single photon emission computed tomography
◉ septic. Answer: infection
◉ tom/o. Answer: to cut
◉ son/o. Answer: sound
◉ adip/o. Answer: fat
◉ lip/o. Answer: fat
◉ steat/o. Answer: fat
◉ cutane/o. Answer: skin
◉ dermat/o. Answer: skin
◉ derm/o. Answer: skin
, ◉ hidr/o. Answer: sweat
◉ sudor/o. Answer: sweat
◉ ichthy/o. Answer: dry/scary
◉ kerat/o. Answer: horny tissue; hard; cornea
◉ melan/o. Answer: black
◉ myc/o. Answer: fungus
◉ onych/o. Answer: nail
◉ pil/o. Answer: hair
◉ trich/o. Answer: hair
◉ scler/o. Answer: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
◉ seb/o. Answer: sebum, sebaceous