SOLUTIONS MANUAL
ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL LANGUAGE
2024 RELEASE
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE ANATOMY OF MEDICAL TERMS: THE
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
ANSWERS TO SECTION EXERCISES
SECTION 1.1
Exercise A
1. C
2. A
3.
1. pneumothorax
2. bronchoscope; bronchoscopy
3. antibiotic; infection
Exercise B
1. suffix
2. combining vowel
3. prefix
4. combining form
Exercise C
1. a
, 2. a
3. a
Exercise D
1. pulmon/o -logy
R/CF S
2. pulmon- -ary
R S
3. respir- -ation
R S
4. pneumon- ia
R S
Exercise E
1. pneumonitis pneumon- - itis inflammation of the lung
R S
2. respiration - process of breathing
3. -logist specialist, one who studies
Exercise F
1. Pertaining to birth
2. peri / nat/ al
P R S
3. post/ nat/ al
P R S
4. pre/ nat/ al
P R S
Exercise G
1. d
2. b
,Section 1.2
Exercise A
1. cardiology
2. infarction (acute myocardial infarction)
3. b
4. electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
Exercise B
1. diagnosis (noun)
2. diagnose (verb)
3. diagnostic (adjective)
4. diagnoses (plural)
Exercise C
1. Dr. Bannerjee is unable to diagnose this patient until he receives the lab results.
2. It is possible for this patient to have multiple diagnoses if there is more than one condition
present.
3. The primary diagnosis for this patient is myocardial ischemia.
4. The diagnostic tests have been ordered for this patient first thing in the morning.
Exercise D
1. mucous
2. prostate
3. reflex
4. ilium
Exercise E
1. diagnoses
2. axillae
3. septa
, 4. ganglia
Exercise F
1. d
2. b
Exercise G
1. vertebrae
2. neurology
3. infusion
4. hypotensive
5. transfusion
6. cervical
Exercise H
1. A medical specialist who studies the urinary system is a urologist.
2. The term that means high blood pressure is hypertension, and the term that means low blood
pressure is hypotension. The difference in these two terms is the prefix. Hyper- means
excessive or above normal, and hypo- means deficient or below normal.
3. ureter
4. blood
ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL LANGUAGE
2024 RELEASE
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE ANATOMY OF MEDICAL TERMS: THE
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
ANSWERS TO SECTION EXERCISES
SECTION 1.1
Exercise A
1. C
2. A
3.
1. pneumothorax
2. bronchoscope; bronchoscopy
3. antibiotic; infection
Exercise B
1. suffix
2. combining vowel
3. prefix
4. combining form
Exercise C
1. a
, 2. a
3. a
Exercise D
1. pulmon/o -logy
R/CF S
2. pulmon- -ary
R S
3. respir- -ation
R S
4. pneumon- ia
R S
Exercise E
1. pneumonitis pneumon- - itis inflammation of the lung
R S
2. respiration - process of breathing
3. -logist specialist, one who studies
Exercise F
1. Pertaining to birth
2. peri / nat/ al
P R S
3. post/ nat/ al
P R S
4. pre/ nat/ al
P R S
Exercise G
1. d
2. b
,Section 1.2
Exercise A
1. cardiology
2. infarction (acute myocardial infarction)
3. b
4. electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
Exercise B
1. diagnosis (noun)
2. diagnose (verb)
3. diagnostic (adjective)
4. diagnoses (plural)
Exercise C
1. Dr. Bannerjee is unable to diagnose this patient until he receives the lab results.
2. It is possible for this patient to have multiple diagnoses if there is more than one condition
present.
3. The primary diagnosis for this patient is myocardial ischemia.
4. The diagnostic tests have been ordered for this patient first thing in the morning.
Exercise D
1. mucous
2. prostate
3. reflex
4. ilium
Exercise E
1. diagnoses
2. axillae
3. septa
, 4. ganglia
Exercise F
1. d
2. b
Exercise G
1. vertebrae
2. neurology
3. infusion
4. hypotensive
5. transfusion
6. cervical
Exercise H
1. A medical specialist who studies the urinary system is a urologist.
2. The term that means high blood pressure is hypertension, and the term that means low blood
pressure is hypotension. The difference in these two terms is the prefix. Hyper- means
excessive or above normal, and hypo- means deficient or below normal.
3. ureter
4. blood
