AHS 102 Medical Terminology Final Exam – Study Guide, Notes & Practice Questions (2026
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Py/o - correct answer ✔✔Combining form meaning pus
Parturition - correct answer ✔✔Refers to time and events after birth
Sclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal hardening
Iliac region - correct answer ✔✔Abdominal region covered by the lower hips
Adenitis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of a gland
Adenocarcinoma - correct answer ✔✔Malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue
Osteonecrosis - correct answer ✔✔Death of bone tissue resulting from insufficient blood supply
Craniotomy - correct answer ✔✔Surgical incision into the skull
Hemopoietic - correct answer ✔✔Relating to the formation of blood cells
Quadriplegia - correct answer ✔✔Paralysis of all four extemities
Tenosynovitis - correct answer ✔✔Condition involving inflammation of the sheath surrounding
a tendon
Ataxia - correct answer ✔✔Lack of muscle cooordination during voluntary movement
, Myocele - correct answer ✔✔Protrusion of muscle through a tear in the fascia
Arteriosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Group of diseases characterized by the thickening and loss
of elasticity of arterial walls
Angiostenosis - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel
Tachycardia - correct answer ✔✔Abnormally rapid resting heartbeat
Endocardium - correct answer ✔✔Tissue that forms the inner layer of the heart
Vasoconstrictor - correct answer ✔✔Medication that causes blood vessels to narrow
Pericarditis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart
Cardiopathy - correct answer ✔✔Describes all diseases of the heart muscle
Leukopenia - correct answer ✔✔Decrease in the number of disease fighting white blood cells
IOP - correct answer ✔✔Intraocular pressure
OD - correct answer ✔✔Right eye
TIA - correct answer ✔✔Transient ischemic attack
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Py/o - correct answer ✔✔Combining form meaning pus
Parturition - correct answer ✔✔Refers to time and events after birth
Sclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal hardening
Iliac region - correct answer ✔✔Abdominal region covered by the lower hips
Adenitis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of a gland
Adenocarcinoma - correct answer ✔✔Malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue
Osteonecrosis - correct answer ✔✔Death of bone tissue resulting from insufficient blood supply
Craniotomy - correct answer ✔✔Surgical incision into the skull
Hemopoietic - correct answer ✔✔Relating to the formation of blood cells
Quadriplegia - correct answer ✔✔Paralysis of all four extemities
Tenosynovitis - correct answer ✔✔Condition involving inflammation of the sheath surrounding
a tendon
Ataxia - correct answer ✔✔Lack of muscle cooordination during voluntary movement
, Myocele - correct answer ✔✔Protrusion of muscle through a tear in the fascia
Arteriosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Group of diseases characterized by the thickening and loss
of elasticity of arterial walls
Angiostenosis - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel
Tachycardia - correct answer ✔✔Abnormally rapid resting heartbeat
Endocardium - correct answer ✔✔Tissue that forms the inner layer of the heart
Vasoconstrictor - correct answer ✔✔Medication that causes blood vessels to narrow
Pericarditis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart
Cardiopathy - correct answer ✔✔Describes all diseases of the heart muscle
Leukopenia - correct answer ✔✔Decrease in the number of disease fighting white blood cells
IOP - correct answer ✔✔Intraocular pressure
OD - correct answer ✔✔Right eye
TIA - correct answer ✔✔Transient ischemic attack
