WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Condition in which one eye is misaligned with the other.
Answer: strabismus
◍ knowing.
Answer: gnosis
◍ lens or lens shaped.
Answer: phac/o
◍ specialist.
Answer: ist
◍ The combining form myel/o means:.
Answer: bone marrow; spinal cordMyel/o means bone marrow; spinal cord,
as in the term myeloma, which is a tumor of bone marrow.
◍ oxygen.
Answer: ox/o, oxia
◍ crushing.
Answer: tripsy
◍ iliac.
Answer: pertaining to the ilium
◍ poli/o.
Answer: gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
◍ dors/o.
Answer: back of body
,◍ Tubular space within a structure.
Answer: lumen
◍ An incomplete break of a soft bone.
Answer: greenstick
◍ Uses rods and cones to receive and transmit visual impulses to the brain.
Answer: retina
◍ gonad, sex gland.
Answer: gonad/o
◍ breast.
Answer: (mamm/o, mast/o
◍ Contains important enzymes that help begin the chemical breakdown of
food.
Answer: saliva
◍ stricture or narrowing.
Answer: sten/o
◍ Blephar/o is the combining form that means:.
Answer: eyelidBlephar/o means eyelid, as in blepharoplasty, which is a
surgical repair of a sagging eyelid performed cosmetically or to improve
vision.
◍ urine or urinary tract.
Answer: ur/o, urin/o
◍ Grading.
Answer: A system of categorizing tumor cells based on the degree of loss of
cellular differentiation and function
◍ forming, producing, origin.
Answer: -gen, -genesis
◍ fissure.
Answer: Narrow, slitlike opening
,◍ Convulsive form of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) (can lead to
seizures).
Answer: eclampsia
◍ myorrhaphy.
Answer: suture of a muscle
◍ tinea.
Answer: ringworm
◍ type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word.
Answer: diacritical
◍ hormone that stimulates pelvic contractions.
Answer: oxytocin
◍ disease.
Answer: path/o, pathy
◍ Impetigo.
Answer: bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that
become crusted and rupture
◍ Orchid/o is a combining form that means:.
Answer: testisOrchid/o means testis, as in orchidopexy, which is the surgical
fixation of a testis.
◍ -plasty.
Answer: surgical repair
◍ infer/o.
Answer: lower, below
◍ The specialist in the microscopic study of cells and tissues is called a(n):.
Answer: histologistHist/o means tissue; -logist means specialist in the study
of.
◍ tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland).
Answer: dacry/o, lacrim/o
, ◍ white.
Answer: albin/o
◍ Dorsal.
Answer: toward the back
◍ a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of
speech.
Answer: suffix
◍ -tomy.
Answer: incision
◍ structure, thing.
Answer: um
◍ Nucleus.
Answer: Control center of the cell
◍ dysuria.
Answer: painful or difficult urination
◍ dystrophy.
Answer: bad state development
◍ lamina.
Answer: lamin/o
◍ Melanoma.
Answer: black tumor
◍ A cluster of capillaries forming the nephron in the kidney.
Answer: glomerulus
◍ first.
Answer: primi
◍ Psoriasis.
Answer: chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Condition in which one eye is misaligned with the other.
Answer: strabismus
◍ knowing.
Answer: gnosis
◍ lens or lens shaped.
Answer: phac/o
◍ specialist.
Answer: ist
◍ The combining form myel/o means:.
Answer: bone marrow; spinal cordMyel/o means bone marrow; spinal cord,
as in the term myeloma, which is a tumor of bone marrow.
◍ oxygen.
Answer: ox/o, oxia
◍ crushing.
Answer: tripsy
◍ iliac.
Answer: pertaining to the ilium
◍ poli/o.
Answer: gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
◍ dors/o.
Answer: back of body
,◍ Tubular space within a structure.
Answer: lumen
◍ An incomplete break of a soft bone.
Answer: greenstick
◍ Uses rods and cones to receive and transmit visual impulses to the brain.
Answer: retina
◍ gonad, sex gland.
Answer: gonad/o
◍ breast.
Answer: (mamm/o, mast/o
◍ Contains important enzymes that help begin the chemical breakdown of
food.
Answer: saliva
◍ stricture or narrowing.
Answer: sten/o
◍ Blephar/o is the combining form that means:.
Answer: eyelidBlephar/o means eyelid, as in blepharoplasty, which is a
surgical repair of a sagging eyelid performed cosmetically or to improve
vision.
◍ urine or urinary tract.
Answer: ur/o, urin/o
◍ Grading.
Answer: A system of categorizing tumor cells based on the degree of loss of
cellular differentiation and function
◍ forming, producing, origin.
Answer: -gen, -genesis
◍ fissure.
Answer: Narrow, slitlike opening
,◍ Convulsive form of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) (can lead to
seizures).
Answer: eclampsia
◍ myorrhaphy.
Answer: suture of a muscle
◍ tinea.
Answer: ringworm
◍ type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word.
Answer: diacritical
◍ hormone that stimulates pelvic contractions.
Answer: oxytocin
◍ disease.
Answer: path/o, pathy
◍ Impetigo.
Answer: bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that
become crusted and rupture
◍ Orchid/o is a combining form that means:.
Answer: testisOrchid/o means testis, as in orchidopexy, which is the surgical
fixation of a testis.
◍ -plasty.
Answer: surgical repair
◍ infer/o.
Answer: lower, below
◍ The specialist in the microscopic study of cells and tissues is called a(n):.
Answer: histologistHist/o means tissue; -logist means specialist in the study
of.
◍ tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland).
Answer: dacry/o, lacrim/o
, ◍ white.
Answer: albin/o
◍ Dorsal.
Answer: toward the back
◍ a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of
speech.
Answer: suffix
◍ -tomy.
Answer: incision
◍ structure, thing.
Answer: um
◍ Nucleus.
Answer: Control center of the cell
◍ dysuria.
Answer: painful or difficult urination
◍ dystrophy.
Answer: bad state development
◍ lamina.
Answer: lamin/o
◍ Melanoma.
Answer: black tumor
◍ A cluster of capillaries forming the nephron in the kidney.
Answer: glomerulus
◍ first.
Answer: primi
◍ Psoriasis.
Answer: chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery
