MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
inflammation - Answer-localized protective response to injury or tissue destruction
characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain
in vitro - Answer-within a glass, observable within a test tube
in vino - Answer-within the living body
malignant - Answer-tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as
in cancer
morbidity - Answer-state of being diseased or unwell; incidence of illness in a
population
mortality - Answer-state of being mortal (death); incidence of the number of deaths in
a population
palliative - Answer-providing relief but not cure
radiation therapy (XRT) - Answer-treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance,
x-ray, or radiation (also called radiation oncology and radiotherapy)
remission - Answer-improvement or absence of signs of disease
neoadjuvant therapy - Answer-a cancer treatment that precedes other treatment,
such as administering chemotherapy or radiation therapy to a patient before surgery
adjuvant therapy - Answer-the use of chemotherapy after or in combination with
another form of cancer treatment such as administering chemotherapy after surgery
or with radiation therapy
brachytherapy - Answer-radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is placed
within or close to the area being treated, such as implantation of radiation sources
into the breast tp treat cancer
biological therapy - Answer-the treatment of cancer with the use of man-made
biological response modifier(BRM) that occur naturally in the body. they alter the
immune systems interaction with cancer cells to restore, direct or boost the body
ability to fight disease.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Answer-a medical subspecialty recognized by the
American Board of Medical Specialties
,hospice care - Answer-a facility or program that provides a caring environment to
meet the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill and their family.
palliative care - Answer-provides symptom management to relieve suffering in all
stages of disease and is not limited to care at the end of life.
CA - Answer-carcinoma
chemo - Answer-chemotherapy
Dx - Answer-diagnosis
mets - Answer-metastases
Px - Answer-prognosis
RBC - Answer-red blood cells
XRT - Answer-radiation therapy
WBC - Answer-white blood cells
antero/o - Answer-front
caud/o - Answer-tail (downward)
cephal/o - Answer-head (upward)
dist/o - Answer-away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors/o - Answer-back
infer/o - Answer-below
later/o - Answer-side
medi/o - Answer-middle
poster/o - Answer-back; behind
proxim/o - Answer-near (the point of attachment of a body part)
super/o - Answer-above
ventr/o - Answer-belly (front)
bi- - Answer-two
uni- - Answer-one
,-ad - Answer-toward
-ior - Answer-pertaining to
caudad - Answer-toward the tail (or the inferior portion of the trunk; downward)
cephalad - Answer-toward the head (upward)
lateral (lat) - Answer-pertaining to a side
medial (med) - Answer-pertaining to the middle
unilateral - Answer-pertaining to one side (only)
bilateral - Answer-pertaining to two sides
mediolateral - Answer-pertaining to the middle and to the side
distal - Answer-pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
proximal - Answer-pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)
inferior (inf) - Answer-pertaining to below
superior (sup) - Answer-pertaining to below
caudal - Answer-pertaining tp tail (synonymous with inferior in human anatomy when
specifying location in the trunk of the body)
cephalic - Answer-pertaining to the head
anterior (ant) - Answer-pertaining to front
posterior - Answer-pertaining to back
dorsal - Answer-pertaining to back
ventral - Answer-pertaining to the belly (front)
anteroposterior (AP) - Answer-pertaining to the front and to the back
posteroanterior (PA) - Answer-pertaining to the back and to the front
frontal or coronal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from side to side,
dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
midsagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the
midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves.
, parasagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back,
dividing the body into unequal left and right sides
sagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing
the body into right and left sides
transverse - Answer-horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior
portions
cytogenic - Answer-producing cells
cytoid - Answer-resembling a cell
cytology - Answer-study of cells
Cytoplasm - Answer-cell substance
dysplasia - Answer-abnormal development
epithelial - Answer-pertaining to epithelium
Erythrocytes - Answer-red (blood) cell
erythrocytosis - Answer-increase in the number of red blood cells
Histology - Answer-study of tissues
hyperplasia - Answer-increase in number of cells
hypoplasia - Answer-incomplete development of an organ or tissue
karyocyte - Answer-cell with a nucleus
karyoplasm - Answer-substance of a nucleus
leukocyte - Answer-white blood cell
leukocytosis - Answer-increase in the number of white blood cells
lipoid - Answer-resembling fat
myopathy - Answer-disease of the muscle
neuroid - Answer-resembling a nerve
organomegaly - Answer-enlargement of an organ
somatic - Answer-pertaining to the body
somatogenic - Answer-originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychogenic)
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
inflammation - Answer-localized protective response to injury or tissue destruction
characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain
in vitro - Answer-within a glass, observable within a test tube
in vino - Answer-within the living body
malignant - Answer-tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as
in cancer
morbidity - Answer-state of being diseased or unwell; incidence of illness in a
population
mortality - Answer-state of being mortal (death); incidence of the number of deaths in
a population
palliative - Answer-providing relief but not cure
radiation therapy (XRT) - Answer-treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance,
x-ray, or radiation (also called radiation oncology and radiotherapy)
remission - Answer-improvement or absence of signs of disease
neoadjuvant therapy - Answer-a cancer treatment that precedes other treatment,
such as administering chemotherapy or radiation therapy to a patient before surgery
adjuvant therapy - Answer-the use of chemotherapy after or in combination with
another form of cancer treatment such as administering chemotherapy after surgery
or with radiation therapy
brachytherapy - Answer-radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is placed
within or close to the area being treated, such as implantation of radiation sources
into the breast tp treat cancer
biological therapy - Answer-the treatment of cancer with the use of man-made
biological response modifier(BRM) that occur naturally in the body. they alter the
immune systems interaction with cancer cells to restore, direct or boost the body
ability to fight disease.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Answer-a medical subspecialty recognized by the
American Board of Medical Specialties
,hospice care - Answer-a facility or program that provides a caring environment to
meet the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill and their family.
palliative care - Answer-provides symptom management to relieve suffering in all
stages of disease and is not limited to care at the end of life.
CA - Answer-carcinoma
chemo - Answer-chemotherapy
Dx - Answer-diagnosis
mets - Answer-metastases
Px - Answer-prognosis
RBC - Answer-red blood cells
XRT - Answer-radiation therapy
WBC - Answer-white blood cells
antero/o - Answer-front
caud/o - Answer-tail (downward)
cephal/o - Answer-head (upward)
dist/o - Answer-away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors/o - Answer-back
infer/o - Answer-below
later/o - Answer-side
medi/o - Answer-middle
poster/o - Answer-back; behind
proxim/o - Answer-near (the point of attachment of a body part)
super/o - Answer-above
ventr/o - Answer-belly (front)
bi- - Answer-two
uni- - Answer-one
,-ad - Answer-toward
-ior - Answer-pertaining to
caudad - Answer-toward the tail (or the inferior portion of the trunk; downward)
cephalad - Answer-toward the head (upward)
lateral (lat) - Answer-pertaining to a side
medial (med) - Answer-pertaining to the middle
unilateral - Answer-pertaining to one side (only)
bilateral - Answer-pertaining to two sides
mediolateral - Answer-pertaining to the middle and to the side
distal - Answer-pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
proximal - Answer-pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)
inferior (inf) - Answer-pertaining to below
superior (sup) - Answer-pertaining to below
caudal - Answer-pertaining tp tail (synonymous with inferior in human anatomy when
specifying location in the trunk of the body)
cephalic - Answer-pertaining to the head
anterior (ant) - Answer-pertaining to front
posterior - Answer-pertaining to back
dorsal - Answer-pertaining to back
ventral - Answer-pertaining to the belly (front)
anteroposterior (AP) - Answer-pertaining to the front and to the back
posteroanterior (PA) - Answer-pertaining to the back and to the front
frontal or coronal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from side to side,
dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
midsagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the
midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves.
, parasagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back,
dividing the body into unequal left and right sides
sagittal - Answer-vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing
the body into right and left sides
transverse - Answer-horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior
portions
cytogenic - Answer-producing cells
cytoid - Answer-resembling a cell
cytology - Answer-study of cells
Cytoplasm - Answer-cell substance
dysplasia - Answer-abnormal development
epithelial - Answer-pertaining to epithelium
Erythrocytes - Answer-red (blood) cell
erythrocytosis - Answer-increase in the number of red blood cells
Histology - Answer-study of tissues
hyperplasia - Answer-increase in number of cells
hypoplasia - Answer-incomplete development of an organ or tissue
karyocyte - Answer-cell with a nucleus
karyoplasm - Answer-substance of a nucleus
leukocyte - Answer-white blood cell
leukocytosis - Answer-increase in the number of white blood cells
lipoid - Answer-resembling fat
myopathy - Answer-disease of the muscle
neuroid - Answer-resembling a nerve
organomegaly - Answer-enlargement of an organ
somatic - Answer-pertaining to the body
somatogenic - Answer-originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychogenic)
