MA 300 EXAM #1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

MA 300 EXAM #1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Word root - CORRECT ANSWER - core of the term; fundamental meaning. All medical
terms have one or more word roots.


Suffix - CORRECT ANSWER - attached to the end of the word root and provides
additional information; modifies meaning. Not all medical terms have a suffix.


Prefix - CORRECT ANSWER - attached to the beginning of the word root and provides
additional information; modifies meaning. Not all medical terms have a prefix


Combining vowel - CORRECT ANSWER - vowel, usually an o, placed between two word
roots and between a word root and a suffix (if the suffix does not begin with a vowel); eases
pronunciation


carcin/o - CORRECT ANSWER - cancer



cyt/o - CORRECT ANSWER - cell(s)



epitheli/o - CORRECT ANSWER - epithelium, epithelial tissue



hist/o - CORRECT ANSWER - tissue(s)



lip/o - CORRECT ANSWER - fat, fat tissue



my/o - CORRECT ANSWER - muscle(s), muscle tissue



neur/o - CORRECT ANSWER - nerve(s), nerve tissue

, onc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor(s)



path/o - CORRECT ANSWER - disease



radi/o - CORRECT ANSWER - x-rays (ionizing radiation)



sarc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - lesh, connective tissue



viscer/o - CORRECT ANSWER - internal organs



-al - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to



-genic - CORRECT ANSWER - producing, originating, causing



-logist - CORRECT ANSWER - one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)



-logy - CORRECT ANSWER - study of



-oid - CORRECT ANSWER - resembling



-oma - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor



-plasm - CORRECT ANSWER - growth (substance or formation)



-stasis - CORRECT ANSWER - control,stop