Medical Terminology and Anatomy Review CPC QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Medical Terminology and Anatomy Review CPC QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Blephar/o - ANSWER- Eyelid Bucc/o - ANSWER- Cheek Cholecyst/o - ANSWER- Gallbladder Colp/o - ANSWER- Vagina Cyst/o - ANSWER- A fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder Derm/o - ANSWER- Skin Encephal/o - ANSWER- Brain Enter/o - ANSWER- Intestine Hem/o, hemat/o - ANSWER- Blood My/o - ANSWER- Muscle Myel/o - ANSWER- Spinal cord, bone marrow Onych/o - ANSWER- Nail Oste/o - ANSWER- Bone Phleb/o - ANSWER- Vein Pulm/o, pulmon/o - ANSWER- Lungs Synov/i - ANSWER- Synovial fluid, joint or membrane Ab- - ANSWER- Away from Ad- - ANSWER- Toward, near Ante- - ANSWER- Before Ec-, ecto- - ANSWER- Out, outside End/o- - ANSWER- In, within Mon/o- - ANSWER- One Poly- - ANSWER- Many, much Post- - ANSWER- After, behind -centesis - ANSWER- Puncture, tap -desis - ANSWER- binding, fusion -ectomy - ANSWER- excision, surgical removal -graphy - ANSWER- act of recording data -pexy - ANSWER- surgical fixation -plasty - ANSWER- plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction -tripsy - ANSWER- crushing Anterior (ventral) - ANSWER- Toward the front of the body Posterior (dorsal) - ANSWER- Toward the back of the body Medial - ANSWER- Toward the midline of the body Lateral - ANSWER- Toward the side of the body Proximal - ANSWER- Nearer to the point of attachment or to a given reference point Distal - ANSWER- Farther from the point of attachment or from a given reference point Superior (cranial) - ANSWER- Above; toward the head Inferior (caudal) - ANSWER- Below; toward the lower end of the spine Superficial (external) - ANSWER- Closer to the surface of the body Deep (internal) - ANSWER- Closer to the center of the body Sagittal - ANSWER- Cuts through the midline of the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sections Frontal (coronal) - ANSWER- Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side, dividing the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections Transverse (horizontal) (axial) - ANSWER- Cuts horizontally through the body, separating the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections Cranial cavity - ANSWER- Space inside the skull containing the brain Spinal cavity - ANSWER- Space inside the spinal column containing the spinal cord Thoracic, or chest, cavity - ANSWER- Space containing the heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi, and thymus Abdominal cavity - ANSWER- Space containing the lowest portion of the esophagus, stomach, intestines (excluding sigmoid colon and rectum), kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters