WGU C804 Medical Terminology Pre-
Assessment Questions With Correct Answers
Which term has a prefix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hypertension
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Which three terms are singular? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Metastases -
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Nucleus - Bronchus | |
Which combining form means tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hist/o
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What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front
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and back portions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-coronal
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What is the primary function of the integumentary system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Shields the body against injuries, infection, and | | | | | | |
dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened,
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and brittle"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Onychomycosis
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A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and
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redness. |
, Which part of the body has the physician examined? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-foot
What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skin|
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Basal cell carcinoma
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What is otitis media? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Infection of the middle
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ear
Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a
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term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
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|"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Surgical repair
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Assessment Questions With Correct Answers
Which term has a prefix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hypertension
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Which three terms are singular? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Metastases -
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Nucleus - Bronchus | |
Which combining form means tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hist/o
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What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front
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and back portions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-coronal
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What is the primary function of the integumentary system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Shields the body against injuries, infection, and | | | | | | |
dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened,
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and brittle"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Onychomycosis
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A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and
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redness. |
, Which part of the body has the physician examined? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-foot
What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skin|
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Basal cell carcinoma
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What is otitis media? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Infection of the middle
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ear
Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a
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term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
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|"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Surgical repair
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