Caduceus Final Exam Practice Questions – Updated 2026 Nursing & Medical Review

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Caduceus Final Exam (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)-
GUARANTEED PASS A+ UPDATED 2026




The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the: -
CORRECT ANSWER root word "stem word"


QUESTION :In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER word root or stem word


QUESTION :The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to
modify its meaning is called a(n): - CORRECT ANSWER prefix


QUESTION :In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER suffix


QUESTION :The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify
its meaning is the: - CORRECT ANSWER suffix


QUESTION :The most common combining vowel is: - CORRECT ANSWER
'o'


QUESTION :In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the: -
CORRECT ANSWER combining vowel "used with both the stem
word and suffix"


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QUESTION :In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix
and which part is the suffix? - CORRECT ANSWER sub- and -ic


QUESTION :The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two
component parts, the _____ _____ and _____ _____: - CORRECT
ANSWER word root and combining vowel


QUESTION :In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/)
indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts? -
CORRECT ANSWER por- and -osis


QUESTION :The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not
a literal meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -
ium, and -um. - CORRECT ANSWER pertains to


QUESTION :Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: - CORRECT
ANSWER action taken, condition, or state


QUESTION :Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality,
quantity, extent, or _____ . - CORRECT ANSWER distinction of the
object from something else


QUESTION :Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually
with its combining vowel or vowels) is called: - CORRECT ANSWER
fracturing




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QUESTION :The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs"
is: - CORRECT ANSWER viscer/o-


QUESTION :The abdominal cavity contains the: - CORRECT ANSWER
liver


QUESTION :My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: -
CORRECT ANSWER muscle


QUESTION :The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers
to: - CORRECT ANSWER formation, growth or development


QUESTION :The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is: -
CORRECT ANSWER eti/o


QUESTION :The prefix that means "change or after" is: - CORRECT
ANSWER meta-


QUESTION :The suffix that means "to control or stop" is: - CORRECT
ANSWER -stasis


QUESTION :The medical term that means "the science of or study of body
changes caused by disease" is: - CORRECT ANSWER path/o/logy


QUESTION :The combining form onc/o- means: - CORRECT ANSWER
tumor

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QUESTION :If a tumor is found to be benign, it is: - CORRECT ANSWER
encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive


QUESTION :The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is: -
CORRECT ANSWER neoplasm


QUESTION :The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is: -
CORRECT ANSWER crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg
growths"


QUESTION :The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term
melanocarcinoma is: - CORRECT ANSWER melano/carcin/oma


QUESTION :The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as: -
CORRECT ANSWER conveying toward the center


QUESTION :"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and
Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath? - CORRECT ANSWER
Hippocratic Oath


QUESTION :If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by: - CORRECT
ANSWER little change, slow progression, and long duration


QUESTION :An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):
- CORRECT ANSWER carcinoma


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