Surgical Technology Certification Exam
Review Questions And Answers
The part of a word that comes after the root word and changes its meaning is the suffix
An agent used against fever is antipyretic
anti- = against; pyr- = fever; -ic = pertaining to
A slow pulse rate is bradychardia
brady- = slow; cardia = heart
An incision made below the breast is inframammary
infra- = below; mammary = pertaining to the breast
A congenital anomaly is an abnormal condition existing at birth
, Surgical Technology Certification Exam
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con- = with; genital = birth; a- = without; nomaly = normal
An instrument used to view the large intestine is a colonoscope
colon = large intestine; scope = instrument for visualization
Surgical removal of half the stomach is hemigastrectomy
hemi- = half; gastr- = stomach; ectomy = surgical removal
You are scheduled to scrub o a cheiloplasty. The anatomical part to be revised is the lip
cheil- = lip; -plasty = surgical repair or shaping
A record made of a joint is arthrogram
arthr- = joint; -gram = record
, Surgical Technology Certification Exam
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A preoperative diagnosis of cholelithiasis indicates a condition of gallstones
chole- = bile; lith - = stone; -iasis = condition
Hepatomegaly is an enlarged liver
hepat- = lier; -megaly = enlarged
Inflammation of the brain is encephalitis
encephal- = brain (inside head); -it = inflammation
A laparoscope would be used to visualize the abdominal cavity
lapar- = abdomen; -scope = instrument for viewing
Review Questions And Answers
The part of a word that comes after the root word and changes its meaning is the suffix
An agent used against fever is antipyretic
anti- = against; pyr- = fever; -ic = pertaining to
A slow pulse rate is bradychardia
brady- = slow; cardia = heart
An incision made below the breast is inframammary
infra- = below; mammary = pertaining to the breast
A congenital anomaly is an abnormal condition existing at birth
, Surgical Technology Certification Exam
Review Questions And Answers
con- = with; genital = birth; a- = without; nomaly = normal
An instrument used to view the large intestine is a colonoscope
colon = large intestine; scope = instrument for visualization
Surgical removal of half the stomach is hemigastrectomy
hemi- = half; gastr- = stomach; ectomy = surgical removal
You are scheduled to scrub o a cheiloplasty. The anatomical part to be revised is the lip
cheil- = lip; -plasty = surgical repair or shaping
A record made of a joint is arthrogram
arthr- = joint; -gram = record
, Surgical Technology Certification Exam
Review Questions And Answers
A preoperative diagnosis of cholelithiasis indicates a condition of gallstones
chole- = bile; lith - = stone; -iasis = condition
Hepatomegaly is an enlarged liver
hepat- = lier; -megaly = enlarged
Inflammation of the brain is encephalitis
encephal- = brain (inside head); -it = inflammation
A laparoscope would be used to visualize the abdominal cavity
lapar- = abdomen; -scope = instrument for viewing
