AAPC CPC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Dermat/o
Answer: skin
●● allograft
Answer: Graft transplant from one person to another who is not
genetically identical
●● autologous
Answer: Skin graft obtained from patient as both the donor and recipient
●● Hidr/o
Answer: sweat, perspiration
●● Kerat/o
Answer: Keratin, horny layer of skin
●● Melan/o
Answer: Dark, black, melanin
,●● Onych/o
Answer: nail
●● Seb/o
Answer: sebum, sebaceous gland
●● Trich/o
Answer: hair
●● Arthr/o
Answer: joint
●● Burs/o
Answer: bursa, sac of fluid near joint
●● Chondr/o
Answer: cartilage
●● Erg/o
Answer: work
,●● Fasci/o
Answer: fascia
●● Kin/o
Answer: movement
●● Kinesi/o
Answer: movement
●● Muscul/o
Answer: muscle
●● My/o
Answer: muscle
●● Myel/o
Answer: bone marrow, spinal cord
●● Oste/o
Answer: bone
●● Synov/i
, Answer: synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
●● Ten/o
Answer: tendon
●● Tendin/o
Answer: tendon
●● Ton/o
Answer: tone, pressure
●● Bronch/o
Answer: bronchus
●● Laryng/o
Answer: larynx
●● Pharyng/o
Answer: Pharynx
●● Phren/o
Answer: diaphragm
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Dermat/o
Answer: skin
●● allograft
Answer: Graft transplant from one person to another who is not
genetically identical
●● autologous
Answer: Skin graft obtained from patient as both the donor and recipient
●● Hidr/o
Answer: sweat, perspiration
●● Kerat/o
Answer: Keratin, horny layer of skin
●● Melan/o
Answer: Dark, black, melanin
,●● Onych/o
Answer: nail
●● Seb/o
Answer: sebum, sebaceous gland
●● Trich/o
Answer: hair
●● Arthr/o
Answer: joint
●● Burs/o
Answer: bursa, sac of fluid near joint
●● Chondr/o
Answer: cartilage
●● Erg/o
Answer: work
,●● Fasci/o
Answer: fascia
●● Kin/o
Answer: movement
●● Kinesi/o
Answer: movement
●● Muscul/o
Answer: muscle
●● My/o
Answer: muscle
●● Myel/o
Answer: bone marrow, spinal cord
●● Oste/o
Answer: bone
●● Synov/i
, Answer: synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
●● Ten/o
Answer: tendon
●● Tendin/o
Answer: tendon
●● Ton/o
Answer: tone, pressure
●● Bronch/o
Answer: bronchus
●● Laryng/o
Answer: larynx
●● Pharyng/o
Answer: Pharynx
●● Phren/o
Answer: diaphragm