Medical Terminology AH 103 CCP
questions with verified answers
a - correct answer keep -a add -e
ae
ex. vertebra -> vertebrae
ix - correct answer drop -ix add -ices
ex. appendix -> appendices
ium - correct answer drop -ium add -ia
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
um - correct answer drop -um add -a
ex diverticulum -> diverticula
ren - correct answer kidney
cerebr - correct answer brain, cerebrum
cardi - correct answer heart
pulmon - correct answer lung
ost - correct answer bone
neuron - correct answer nerve
,nephr - correct answer kidney
gastr - correct answer stomach
dermat - correct answer skin
crani - correct answer skull, cranium
colo, colon - correct answer colon
vas - correct answer vessel
pulmon/o - correct answer lung
oste/o - correct answer bones
neur/o - correct answer nerve
nephr/o, ren/o - correct answer kidney
gastr/o - correct answer stomach
dermat/o - correct answer skin
crani/o - correct answer skull, cranium
col/o, colon/o - correct answer colon
cerebro/o - correct answer brain, cerebrum
,cardi/o - correct answer heart
dys - correct answer painful, difficult, abnormal
a,an - correct answer without, not
-emia - correct answer blood (condition of)
-tomy - correct answer incision
-oma - correct answer tumor
-logy - correct answer study of
-itis - correct answer inflammation
-algia - correct answer pain
-ectomy - correct answer removal of
surgical removal of
-ary, -ar, -al, -ac, -ic, -ous - correct answer pertaining to
-gram - correct answer record, recording
-ism, -ia - correct answer condition of
-ium - correct answer pertaining to body region, structure
, supra-, super- - correct answer above
sub, infra - correct answer below
pre- - correct answer before
post- - correct answer after, behind
poly- - correct answer many, much
peri- - correct answer around, surrounding
intra- - correct answer inside, within
-genic, -genesis - correct answer produced by, formed by
ium - correct answer drop -ium add -ia
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
us - correct answer drop -us add -i
ex. nucleus -> nuclei
x - correct answer drop -x add -ges
ex. phalanx -> phalanges
ion - correct answer drop -ion add -ia
ex. ganglion -> ganglia
questions with verified answers
a - correct answer keep -a add -e
ae
ex. vertebra -> vertebrae
ix - correct answer drop -ix add -ices
ex. appendix -> appendices
ium - correct answer drop -ium add -ia
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
um - correct answer drop -um add -a
ex diverticulum -> diverticula
ren - correct answer kidney
cerebr - correct answer brain, cerebrum
cardi - correct answer heart
pulmon - correct answer lung
ost - correct answer bone
neuron - correct answer nerve
,nephr - correct answer kidney
gastr - correct answer stomach
dermat - correct answer skin
crani - correct answer skull, cranium
colo, colon - correct answer colon
vas - correct answer vessel
pulmon/o - correct answer lung
oste/o - correct answer bones
neur/o - correct answer nerve
nephr/o, ren/o - correct answer kidney
gastr/o - correct answer stomach
dermat/o - correct answer skin
crani/o - correct answer skull, cranium
col/o, colon/o - correct answer colon
cerebro/o - correct answer brain, cerebrum
,cardi/o - correct answer heart
dys - correct answer painful, difficult, abnormal
a,an - correct answer without, not
-emia - correct answer blood (condition of)
-tomy - correct answer incision
-oma - correct answer tumor
-logy - correct answer study of
-itis - correct answer inflammation
-algia - correct answer pain
-ectomy - correct answer removal of
surgical removal of
-ary, -ar, -al, -ac, -ic, -ous - correct answer pertaining to
-gram - correct answer record, recording
-ism, -ia - correct answer condition of
-ium - correct answer pertaining to body region, structure
, supra-, super- - correct answer above
sub, infra - correct answer below
pre- - correct answer before
post- - correct answer after, behind
poly- - correct answer many, much
peri- - correct answer around, surrounding
intra- - correct answer inside, within
-genic, -genesis - correct answer produced by, formed by
ium - correct answer drop -ium add -ia
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
us - correct answer drop -us add -i
ex. nucleus -> nuclei
x - correct answer drop -x add -ges
ex. phalanx -> phalanges
ion - correct answer drop -ion add -ia
ex. ganglion -> ganglia
