WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM
2026 QUESTION PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ Which three terms are singular? Answer: Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
◉ Which combining form means tissue? Answer: hist/o
◉ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into
front and back portions? Answer: coronal
◉ What is the primary function of the integumentary system?
Answer: Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
◉ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque,
thickened, and brittle"? Answer: Onychomycosis
◉ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching
and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? Answer: foot
, ◉ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
◉ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? Answer: Basal cell
carcinoma
◉ What is otitis media? Answer: Infection of the middle ear
◉ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to
construct a term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"?
Answer: Ot-
◉ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? Answer: Iridopleg-
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term
tympanoplasty? Answer: Surgical repair
◉ What does the combining form mean in the word
salpingopharyngeal? Answer: Tube
2026 QUESTION PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ Which three terms are singular? Answer: Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
◉ Which combining form means tissue? Answer: hist/o
◉ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into
front and back portions? Answer: coronal
◉ What is the primary function of the integumentary system?
Answer: Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
◉ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque,
thickened, and brittle"? Answer: Onychomycosis
◉ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching
and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? Answer: foot
, ◉ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
◉ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? Answer: Basal cell
carcinoma
◉ What is otitis media? Answer: Infection of the middle ear
◉ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to
construct a term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"?
Answer: Ot-
◉ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? Answer: Iridopleg-
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term
tympanoplasty? Answer: Surgical repair
◉ What does the combining form mean in the word
salpingopharyngeal? Answer: Tube
