MMSC Exam 1 (All Solved)

prefix correct answers attached to beginning of a medical term to modify the unique meaning derived from a root,Often indicated number, direction, reorientation, time, negation root correct answers fundamental meaning of a medical term, Core of the word combining vowel correct answers used to ease pronunciation - always and "o". A combining vowel is used to connect two word roots or a word root and a suffix (if suffix doesn't have its vowel), Combining vowel is not used to connect a prefix and word root suffix correct answers word ending. Suffix is attached to the end of a root (or rarely to prefix) to modify its meaning. Suffix often indicates a procedure or instrument or condition of or study of combining form correct answers Word root + combining vowel rule 1 correct answers All medical terms MUST have a suffix rule 2 correct answers Most medical terms have at least one root, Exceptions: the following medical terms don't have a root, Apnea (a is prefix, pnea is suffix), Anemia, Some medical terms do NOT have a prefix or combining vowel, although they all have suffix rule 3 correct answers Combining vowels are used to connect (a) two roots (NO exception) or (b) a root and a suffix (EXCEPT initial of suffix has its vowel) rule 4 correct answers When a suffix begins with a vowel, the combining vowel is usually omitted rule 5 correct answers Prefix can be directly attached to a root without the combining vowel "o" rule 6 correct answers Two word roots MUST be connected twitch a vowel, regardless the root has its own vowel or not three rules for word analysis correct answers 1. Read the meaning of medical terms from the suffix back to the beginning of the term and across 2. Omit the combining vowel (usually o) if the suffix begins with a vowel: gastritis not "gastroitis" 3. Keep the combining vowel between two roots: gastroenterology not gastrenterology (missing first o) 4. When a term contains two or more roots related to parts of the body, anatomical position often determines which root is listed first (first-come -first-list). hernia correct answers Protrusion of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. Examples of this include the followings. (cystocele or rectocele) omphalocele correct answers herniation at the umbilicus