NCCT Medical Terminology Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
suffix EMIA - Answer✔️✔️-blood
expanding or opening wider - Answer✔️✔️-dilate
lack of or absence of breathing - Answer✔️✔️-apnea
groups of cells with the same function - Answer✔️✔️-tissue
basic unit of body structure - Answer✔️✔️-cell
the time when menstruation begins - Answer✔️✔️-menarche
time when menstruation stops - Answer✔️✔️-menopause
involuntary movement - Answer✔️✔️-reflex
paralysis from the waist down - Answer✔️✔️-paraplegia
paralysis from the neck down - Answer✔️✔️-quadriplegia
removal of the tonsils - Answer✔️✔️-tonsillectomy
paralysis on one side of the body - Answer✔️✔️-hemiplegia
turning the joint inward - Answer✔️✔️-internal rotation
turning upward - Answer✔️✔️-supination
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decrease in size or a wasting - Answer✔️✔️-atrophy
straightening of a body part - Answer✔️✔️-extension
moving a body part away from the body - Answer✔️✔️-abduction
bending a body part - Answer✔️✔️-flexion
turning downward - Answer✔️✔️-pronation
bending backward - Answer✔️✔️-dorsiflexion
abnormal shortening of a muscle - Answer✔️✔️-contracture
moving a body part toward the body - Answer✔️✔️-adduction
loss of appetite - Answer✔️✔️-anorexia
tube feeding - Answer✔️✔️-gavage
swelling of body with water - Answer✔️✔️-edema
painful or difficult urination - Answer✔️✔️-dysuria
sugar in the urine - Answer✔️✔️-glucosuria
decubitis ulcer, a pressure sore - Answer✔️✔️-bedsore
preparation that masks and controls body odor - Answer✔️✔️-deodorant
itis - Answer✔️✔️-inflammation
hema, hemo - Answer✔️✔️-blood
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