SLCC Medical Terminology Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

SLCC Medical Terminology Final Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
nephr/o, ren/o - CORRECT ANSWER - kidney



pyel/o - CORRECT ANSWER - renal pelvis



-uria, urin/o - CORRECT ANSWER - urine



ureter/o - CORRECT ANSWER - ureters



cyst/o, vesic/o - CORRECT ANSWER - urinary bladder



urethr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - urethra



nephron - CORRECT ANSWER - functional unit of the kidney



-cele - CORRECT ANSWER - hernia, tumor, swelling


ex: cystocele


chrome - CORRECT ANSWER - color


ex: hyperchromia


dia - CORRECT ANSWER - through, between, apart, complete

,i.e. diaphragm


diur - CORRECT ANSWER - increased output of urine


i.e. diuretics


-ectasis - CORRECT ANSWER - stretching, dilation


i.e. ureterectasis


glomerul/o - CORRECT ANSWER - glomerulus


i.e. glomerulonephritis


hydro, hidro - CORRECT ANSWER - water, sweat


i.e. hydrocele


lith/o - CORRECT ANSWER - stone, calcaneus


i.e. lithotomy


-lysis - CORRECT ANSWER - breakdown, set free, separation, destruction, loosen


i.e. hemodialysis

, meatus - CORRECT ANSWER - outside opening


i.e. meatotomy


noct - CORRECT ANSWER - night


i.e. nocturia


olig/o - CORRECT ANSWER - few or scanty


i.e. oliguria


-pexy - CORRECT ANSWER - surgical fixation


i.e. cystopexy


poly - CORRECT ANSWER - many, much


i.e. polyuria


-tripsy - CORRECT ANSWER - to crush


i.e. lithotripsy


urethr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - urethra


i.e. urethrostenosis