HLHS 101 Midterm Review
2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words
taken from which two ancient languages? - ANSWER ✔✔Greek and
Latin
Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in
pneumothorax. (pneu) - ANSWER ✔✔-noo
Identify and define the prefix in the term antigen - ANSWER ✔✔anti,
against
When putting medical terms together, use a combining vowel: -
ANSWER ✔✔all of these; to join a root to any suffix beginning with a
, consonant, to join two roots together and, to join two roots together even
when the second root begins with a vowel
When translating a medical term, one can usually figure out the
definition by: - ANSWER ✔✔interpreting the suffix first, then the
prefix, and finally the root or roots.
Which part of the SOAP method most accurately describes the following
excerpt from a patient's clinic note?
T: 99.0; HR: 60; RR: 20; BP: 112/70.
General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
HEENT: PERRLA. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
Resp: CTA. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi, or crackles. Good air exchange.
No increased work of breathing. - ANSWER ✔✔-Objective
Which of the following roots means thick? - ANSWER ✔✔pachy/o
What of the following roots means fat? - ANSWER ✔✔- all of these:
adip/o, lip/0 and, steat/o
What is the correct breakdown of the term hypohidrosis into its
component parts? - ANSWER ✔✔- hypo/hidr/osis
2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words
taken from which two ancient languages? - ANSWER ✔✔Greek and
Latin
Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in
pneumothorax. (pneu) - ANSWER ✔✔-noo
Identify and define the prefix in the term antigen - ANSWER ✔✔anti,
against
When putting medical terms together, use a combining vowel: -
ANSWER ✔✔all of these; to join a root to any suffix beginning with a
, consonant, to join two roots together and, to join two roots together even
when the second root begins with a vowel
When translating a medical term, one can usually figure out the
definition by: - ANSWER ✔✔interpreting the suffix first, then the
prefix, and finally the root or roots.
Which part of the SOAP method most accurately describes the following
excerpt from a patient's clinic note?
T: 99.0; HR: 60; RR: 20; BP: 112/70.
General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
HEENT: PERRLA. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
Resp: CTA. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi, or crackles. Good air exchange.
No increased work of breathing. - ANSWER ✔✔-Objective
Which of the following roots means thick? - ANSWER ✔✔pachy/o
What of the following roots means fat? - ANSWER ✔✔- all of these:
adip/o, lip/0 and, steat/o
What is the correct breakdown of the term hypohidrosis into its
component parts? - ANSWER ✔✔- hypo/hidr/osis
