AAPC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY- MODULE 1 (9TH
EDITION) EXAM REVIEW 2025/ REAL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/A+ GRADE
gastr/o - ANS:->>>stomach
duoden - ANS:->>>duodenum (first part of small intestine)
-ostomy - ANS:->>>surgically create an opening
root - ANS:->>>the fundamental unit of a word
suffix - ANS:->>>A word or letter placed after the root.
prefix - ANS:->>>A word or letter placed before the root.
-itis - ANS:->>>inflammation
pre - ANS:->>>before, in front of
cardia - ANS:->>>heart
pulm - ANS:->>>lung
nephr/o - ANS:->>>kidney
ren - ANS:->>>kidney
myel/o - ANS:->>>bone marrow, spinal cord
scler/o - ANS:->>>white of eye, hard
cyst/o - ANS:->>>bladder, sac
,compound word - ANS:->>>word made of two or more word
roots
Cardiovascular - ANS:->>>pertaining to the heart and blood
vessels
Urogenital - ANS:->>>pertaining to the urinary and genital
organs
Lymphocyte - ANS:->>>mononuclear leukocyte that
produces antibodies
-logy - ANS:->>>study of
neur/o - ANS:->>>nerve, nervous system
Pharynx - ANS:->>>throat
pharyngeal - ANS:->>>pertaining to the throat
Coccyx - ANS:->>>tailbone
coccygeal - ANS:->>>pertaining to the tailbone
combining form - ANS:->>>A word root with an added vowel
that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a
new word.
thorax - ANS:->>>chest
Thoracic - ANS:->>>pertaining to the chest
Cervix - ANS:->>>neck
, Cervical - ANS:->>>pertaining to the neck
hem/o - ANS:->>>blood
-rhage - ANS:->>>bursting forth
hemorrhage - ANS:->>>bursting forth of blood; bleeding
men/o - ANS:->>>menstruation, menses
rhea - ANS:->>>flow, discharge
nephrotosis - ANS:->>>downward displacement of a kidney
gnathic - ANS:->>>pertaining to the jaw
gnath/o - ANS:->>>jaw
iatr/o, iatric, iatry - ANS:->>>physician, treatment
-ptosis - ANS:->>>prolapse, downward displacement
xiphoid - ANS:->>>cartilage bony projection on the distal
end of the sternum
atony - ANS:->>>lack of muscle tone
CA (abbreviation) - ANS:->>>cancer
Hgb (abbreviation) - ANS:->>>hemoglobin
EDITION) EXAM REVIEW 2025/ REAL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/A+ GRADE
gastr/o - ANS:->>>stomach
duoden - ANS:->>>duodenum (first part of small intestine)
-ostomy - ANS:->>>surgically create an opening
root - ANS:->>>the fundamental unit of a word
suffix - ANS:->>>A word or letter placed after the root.
prefix - ANS:->>>A word or letter placed before the root.
-itis - ANS:->>>inflammation
pre - ANS:->>>before, in front of
cardia - ANS:->>>heart
pulm - ANS:->>>lung
nephr/o - ANS:->>>kidney
ren - ANS:->>>kidney
myel/o - ANS:->>>bone marrow, spinal cord
scler/o - ANS:->>>white of eye, hard
cyst/o - ANS:->>>bladder, sac
,compound word - ANS:->>>word made of two or more word
roots
Cardiovascular - ANS:->>>pertaining to the heart and blood
vessels
Urogenital - ANS:->>>pertaining to the urinary and genital
organs
Lymphocyte - ANS:->>>mononuclear leukocyte that
produces antibodies
-logy - ANS:->>>study of
neur/o - ANS:->>>nerve, nervous system
Pharynx - ANS:->>>throat
pharyngeal - ANS:->>>pertaining to the throat
Coccyx - ANS:->>>tailbone
coccygeal - ANS:->>>pertaining to the tailbone
combining form - ANS:->>>A word root with an added vowel
that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a
new word.
thorax - ANS:->>>chest
Thoracic - ANS:->>>pertaining to the chest
Cervix - ANS:->>>neck
, Cervical - ANS:->>>pertaining to the neck
hem/o - ANS:->>>blood
-rhage - ANS:->>>bursting forth
hemorrhage - ANS:->>>bursting forth of blood; bleeding
men/o - ANS:->>>menstruation, menses
rhea - ANS:->>>flow, discharge
nephrotosis - ANS:->>>downward displacement of a kidney
gnathic - ANS:->>>pertaining to the jaw
gnath/o - ANS:->>>jaw
iatr/o, iatric, iatry - ANS:->>>physician, treatment
-ptosis - ANS:->>>prolapse, downward displacement
xiphoid - ANS:->>>cartilage bony projection on the distal
end of the sternum
atony - ANS:->>>lack of muscle tone
CA (abbreviation) - ANS:->>>cancer
Hgb (abbreviation) - ANS:->>>hemoglobin
