WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
◉ Which three terms are singular?
Answer: Metastases - Nucleus - Bronchus
◉ Which combining form means tissue?
Answer: hist/o
◉ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into
front and back portions?
Answer: coronal
◉ What is the primary function of the integumentary system?
Answer: Shields the body against injuries, infection, and
dehydration
◉ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque,
thickened, and brittle"?
Answer: Onychomycosis
, ◉ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching
and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined?
Answer: foot
◉ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
◉ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for?
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
◉ What is otitis media?
Answer: Infection of the middle ear
◉ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to
construct a term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"?
Answer: Ot-
◉ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that
means "paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"?
Answer: Iridopleg-
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
◉ Which three terms are singular?
Answer: Metastases - Nucleus - Bronchus
◉ Which combining form means tissue?
Answer: hist/o
◉ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into
front and back portions?
Answer: coronal
◉ What is the primary function of the integumentary system?
Answer: Shields the body against injuries, infection, and
dehydration
◉ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque,
thickened, and brittle"?
Answer: Onychomycosis
, ◉ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching
and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined?
Answer: foot
◉ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
◉ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for?
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
◉ What is otitis media?
Answer: Infection of the middle ear
◉ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to
construct a term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"?
Answer: Ot-
◉ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that
means "paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"?
Answer: Iridopleg-