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1. Root word for gland: Aden-
2. Root word for heart: Cardio-
3. Root word for "pertaining to the eye": Ophthalm-
4. Root word for liver: Hepat-
5. A patient is diagnosed with high blood pressure. Hypertension
What term describes this disorder?
6. Prefix epi- means? upon or over
7. Prefix peri- means? around
8. Prefix supra- means? above
9. Prefix tachy- means? fast heartbeat
10. Prefix dys- means? painful, difficult
11. What is the appropriate term to use if your patient Gastritis
complains of stomach pain?
12. Suffix -tripsy means? to crush
13. Prefix ad- means? toward
14. Prefix ab- means? away from
15. What term describes difficulty swallowing? Dysphagia
16. Suffix -osis means? condition of
17. Suffix -ic means? pertaining to
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18. What abbreviation is used to indicate the right eye? OD
19. Suffix -dynia means? pain
20. Suffix -tomy means? cutting into, incision
21. What abbreviation means "above the knee"? AKA
22. What abbreviation means "twice a day"? BID
23. What agency mandates standard precautions of c) OSHA
the following?
a) CDC
b) WHO
c) OSHA
d) CMS
24. Scoliosis is: abnormal lateral curvature of
the spine
25. What condition is known as swayback? Lordosis
26. What condition is known as humpback and results Kyphosis
in thoracic curvature of the spine?
27. What abbreviation means "pupils are equal, round, PERRLA
and reactive to light and accommodation"?
28. What abbreviation means "by mouth"? PO
29. KUB stands for: kidney, ureter, bladder
30. Arthroplasty means: plastic repair of a joint
31. Surgical repair of the liver is: hepatorrhaphy
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32. Arthrocentesis is: puncture of a joint
33. What instrument is used to expose by separating a Retractor
wound and holding back organs and tissue?
34. Forceps are an instrument for: holding and extracting
35. Hepatomegaly is: enlargement of the liver
36. "Measurement of hearing" is: audiometry
37. Cryotherapy is: treatment by use of cold
38. Another term for a blood pressure cuff is? Sphygmomanometer
39. Radiography is: the use of x-rays passed
through the body to make a
visual record
40. Diagnostic technique listening to body sounds is: auscultation
41. What imaging technique reveals more about soft Computed tomography (CT)
tissues than simple radiography does?
42. Structures that allow x-rays to pass through them radiolucent
are:
43. Which substance is used to visualize the heart dur- Thallium
ing a nuclear medicine procedures?
44. What procedure records the velocity of blood flow- Doppler ultrasonography
ing through blood vessels?
45. Removal of tumor for an examination is: incisional biopsy