Medical Terminology Proficiency Test Study Guide
gastroenterologist - correct answer physician who studies and treats diseases of the stomach
and intestines
cardiologist - correct answer physician who studies and treats diseases of the heart
-itis - correct answer inflammation
-oma - correct answer tumor
nephr/o - correct answer kidney; nephron
hepat/o - correct answer liver
hepatomegaly - correct answer enlargement of the liver
myectomy - correct answer surgical removal of muscle
MRI - correct answer magnetic resonance imaging
CT - correct answer computed tomography
EEG - correct answer electroencephalogram; an amplified recording of the waves of electrical
activity that sweep across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed
on the scalp
EKG - correct answer (electrocardiogram) instrument used in measuring the electrical potential
during a heartbeat
dysuria - correct answer painful urination
oliguria - correct answer too little production of urine
glycosuria - correct answer glucose (sugar) in the urine
DM - correct answer diabetes mellitus
Dyspnea - correct answer difficult or labored breathing
CVA - correct answer cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
sagittal plane - correct answer divides body into left and right; runs front to back
frontal plane (coronal plane) - correct answer Divides the body into front and back portions;
runs from side to side
transverse plane - correct answer horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
supine position - correct answer lying on back, facing upward
prone position - correct answer lying on abdomen, facing downward
lithotomy position - correct answer lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups
gastroenterologist - correct answer physician who studies and treats diseases of the stomach
and intestines
cardiologist - correct answer physician who studies and treats diseases of the heart
-itis - correct answer inflammation
-oma - correct answer tumor
nephr/o - correct answer kidney; nephron
hepat/o - correct answer liver
hepatomegaly - correct answer enlargement of the liver
myectomy - correct answer surgical removal of muscle
MRI - correct answer magnetic resonance imaging
CT - correct answer computed tomography
EEG - correct answer electroencephalogram; an amplified recording of the waves of electrical
activity that sweep across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed
on the scalp
EKG - correct answer (electrocardiogram) instrument used in measuring the electrical potential
during a heartbeat
dysuria - correct answer painful urination
oliguria - correct answer too little production of urine
glycosuria - correct answer glucose (sugar) in the urine
DM - correct answer diabetes mellitus
Dyspnea - correct answer difficult or labored breathing
CVA - correct answer cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
sagittal plane - correct answer divides body into left and right; runs front to back
frontal plane (coronal plane) - correct answer Divides the body into front and back portions;
runs from side to side
transverse plane - correct answer horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
supine position - correct answer lying on back, facing upward
prone position - correct answer lying on abdomen, facing downward
lithotomy position - correct answer lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups
