NAHP EXAM (NRCMA) - Medical Terminology
Questions With Correct Answers
1. The body is divided into front & back by which of the following planes:
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coronal
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2. The opposite of ventral: dorsal
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3. Enlargement of the heart: megalocardia | | | | |
4. The part of the small intestine that connects with the stomach is the:
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duodenum
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5. The medical term for headache is: cephalalgia
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6. Excessive vomiting: hyperemesis
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7. An incision into the gallbladder is a: cholecystotomy
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8. Enlargement of the kidney is: nephromegaly | | | | | |
9. Destruction or breakdown of fat is called: lipolysis
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10. Diathermy means: generating heat through tissues
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11. Tachy is a prefix meaning: fast or rapid
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12. A combining form that means pus is: pyo
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, 13. A prefix meaning toward is: ad
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14. Painful menstrual flow is: dysmenorrhea
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15. A word meaning fever: pyrexia
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16. Low blood sugar: hypoglycemia
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17. The prefix epi means: upon or on
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18. Surgical puncturing of the pleura is: pleurocentesis
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19. A common word for sternum: breastbone
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20. A fungal infection of the toenail is called: onychomycosis
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21. Variola is: smallpox | |
22. A bruise is a/an: contusion
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23. The combining form cyano means: blue
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24. The word part peri means: around
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25. The word part dys means: painful
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26. The word part itis means: inflammation
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27. The word part which means joint is: arthro
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28. Occult means: hidden
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29. The word part which means neck is: cervix
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30. The suffix centesis refers to: puncture
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31. The word part that means excision is: ectomy
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Questions With Correct Answers
1. The body is divided into front & back by which of the following planes:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
coronal
|
2. The opposite of ventral: dorsal
| | | | |
3. Enlargement of the heart: megalocardia | | | | |
4. The part of the small intestine that connects with the stomach is the:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
duodenum
|
5. The medical term for headache is: cephalalgia
| | | | | | |
6. Excessive vomiting: hyperemesis
| | ||
7. An incision into the gallbladder is a: cholecystotomy
| | | | | | | ||
8. Enlargement of the kidney is: nephromegaly | | | | | |
9. Destruction or breakdown of fat is called: lipolysis
| | | | | | | |
10. Diathermy means: generating heat through tissues
| | || | | |
11. Tachy is a prefix meaning: fast or rapid
| | | | | | | |
12. A combining form that means pus is: pyo
| | | | | | | |
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, 13. A prefix meaning toward is: ad
| | | | | ||
14. Painful menstrual flow is: dysmenorrhea
| | | | |
15. A word meaning fever: pyrexia
| | | |
16. Low blood sugar: hypoglycemia
| | |
17. The prefix epi means: upon or on
| | | | | |
18. Surgical puncturing of the pleura is: pleurocentesis
| | | | | |
19. A common word for sternum: breastbone
| | | | |
20. A fungal infection of the toenail is called: onychomycosis
| | | | | | | |
21. Variola is: smallpox | |
22. A bruise is a/an: contusion
| | | |
23. The combining form cyano means: blue
| | | | |
24. The word part peri means: around
| | | | |
25. The word part dys means: painful
| | | | |
26. The word part itis means: inflammation
| | | | |
27. The word part which means joint is: arthro
| | | | | | |
28. Occult means: hidden
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29. The word part which means neck is: cervix
| | | | | | |
30. The suffix centesis refers to: puncture
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31. The word part that means excision is: ectomy
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