Final Exam Medical Terminology
Questions and Answers
What is the medical term for "inflammation of a blood vessel" - correct answer-Vasculitis
A gastroscopy is a visual examination of what? - correct answer-The organs of the
stomach
What is the outermost layer of the skin - correct answer-epidermis
What is the medical term for "rapid breathing" - correct answer-Tachypnea
What does the suffix -otomy mean? - correct answer-surgical incision
What does the prefix peri- mean? - correct answer-around, surrounding
What is the term that means "blood in the urine"? - correct answer-Hematuria
Which medical term has a prefix that means "before"? - correct answer-Premenstrual
What is the medical term for"benign tumor of muscle "? - correct answer-Myoma
What is a cystectomy? - correct answer-surgical removal of the urinary bladder
Where are the axillary lymph nodes located? - correct answer-armpits
Which of the following terms means "pertaining to the liver"? - correct answer-Hepatic
What does it mean if the patient has metastatic lung cancer - correct answer-The lung
cancer has spread to another site
What is the medical term for shingles - correct answer-herpes zoster
What is the name for the 7 vertebrae in the neck? - correct answer-Cervical
What is term for "bleeding from the ear"? - correct answer-Otorrhagia
Which of the following is another term for epinephrine? - correct answer-Adrenaline
Which of the following means"inflammation of the eyelid"? - correct answer-Blepharitis
Questions and Answers
What is the medical term for "inflammation of a blood vessel" - correct answer-Vasculitis
A gastroscopy is a visual examination of what? - correct answer-The organs of the
stomach
What is the outermost layer of the skin - correct answer-epidermis
What is the medical term for "rapid breathing" - correct answer-Tachypnea
What does the suffix -otomy mean? - correct answer-surgical incision
What does the prefix peri- mean? - correct answer-around, surrounding
What is the term that means "blood in the urine"? - correct answer-Hematuria
Which medical term has a prefix that means "before"? - correct answer-Premenstrual
What is the medical term for"benign tumor of muscle "? - correct answer-Myoma
What is a cystectomy? - correct answer-surgical removal of the urinary bladder
Where are the axillary lymph nodes located? - correct answer-armpits
Which of the following terms means "pertaining to the liver"? - correct answer-Hepatic
What does it mean if the patient has metastatic lung cancer - correct answer-The lung
cancer has spread to another site
What is the medical term for shingles - correct answer-herpes zoster
What is the name for the 7 vertebrae in the neck? - correct answer-Cervical
What is term for "bleeding from the ear"? - correct answer-Otorrhagia
Which of the following is another term for epinephrine? - correct answer-Adrenaline
Which of the following means"inflammation of the eyelid"? - correct answer-Blepharitis
