MSC Week 1 Test Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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MSC Week 1 Test Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Question: Parts of terminology
Prefix (beginning):
Root (middle):
Suffix (end):

Ans✅ ✅: Prefix: often about size, shape, color, direction, amount

Root: often relates to a part of the body

Suffix: can be about size, shape, color or problem

Question: Prefixes:
bone:
muscle:
nerves:
skin:
blood vessels:
veins:
heart:
nose:
eardrum:
kidney:
skull:
eye:
ear:
blood clot:
liver:
breast:
large intestine:
stomach:
small intestine:
chest:
lungs:

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Ans✅ ✅: bone: oste(o)

muscle: myo or sarco

nerves: neuro

skin: Derm

blood vessel: angi(o)

veins: ven(o) or phleb(o)

heart: cardio

nose: rhino

eardrum: tympan

kidney: neph

skull: crani

eye: ophthalm or oculo

ear: oto

blood clot: thromb(o)

liver: hepato

breast: mamm(o)

large intestine: colo

stomach: gastro

small intestine: ileo

chest: thorac(o)

lung: pneumo or pleuro

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large: macro

small: micro

large/enlarged: megalo or megaly

Question: Size and rates prefixes:
large:
small:
large/enlarged:
high/elevated/above:
low/reduced/below:
fast/rapid:
slow/reduced:

Ans✅ ✅: large: macro

small: micro

large/enlarged: megalo or megaly

high/elevated/above: hyper-

low/reduced/below: hypo-

fast/rapid: tachy-

slow/reduced: brady-

Question: Color prefixes:
green:
white:
red:
blue: