MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM
CHAPTERS 1-14 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
cephal/o - Answer-head; towards the head; pertaining to the head
crani/o - Answer-skull, pertaining to the skull
cur/o - Answer-leg
femor/o - Answer-thigh bone
glute/o - Answer-buttocks
lymph/o - Answer-lymph
hist/o - Answer-tissue
or/o - Answer-mouth
patell/o - Answer-kneecap
ped/i; ped/o - Answer-foot or child
phanang/o - Answer-fingers or toes (bones of)
pod/o - Answer-foot
pub/o - Answer-pubic bone (of pelvis)
umbilic/o - Answer-naval
verterb/o - Answer-vertebrae
plantar - Answer-pertaining to the sole of the foot
prone - Answer-lying on the front, the abdomen
supine - Answer-lying on the back- facing up
tarsal - Answer-ankle
aer/o - Answer-gas, air
bar/o - Answer-pressure
chrom/o; chromat/o - Answer-color, stain
,cry/o - Answer-cold
electro/o - Answer-electricity
erg/o - Answer-work
therm/o - Answer-heat, temperature
-graph - Answer-an instrument to record information
-graphy - Answer-the act of recording information
-gram - Answer-the record of information
-meter - Answer-an instrument used to measure
-metry - Answer-measurement of
-scope - Answer-an instrument used to view or inspect
-scopy - Answer-examination of
-centesis - Answer-puncture
-desis - Answer-fuse, bind
-ectomy - Answer-excision, surgical removal
-pexy - Answer-surgical fixation
-plasty - Answer-reconstruction, repair, plastic surgery
-ostomy - Answer-create an opening surgically
-otomy - Answer-cutting into
-rhaphy - Answer-surgical repair
-stomy - Answer-to surgically create an opening
-tome - Answer-a surgical instrument used to cut
-tomy - Answer-incision
-tripsy - Answer-crushing
-phoresis - Answer-migration in a specific manner
-er - Answer-one who
, -ian - Answer-a speacialist in a particular field
-iatrics; -iatrical - Answer-related to medical treatment
-iatrist; -iatrician - Answer-one who specializes in a particular treatment
-ics - Answer-a medical specialty
-ist - Answer-one who specializes
CBC - Answer-Complete blood count microscopic
Blood cholesterol - Answer-blood test measuring the type and quantity of fats in the
blood
FBS - Answer-fasting blood sugar
hematocrit - Answer-blood test determining the packed cell volume
anter/o - Answer-anterior; pertaining to the front of the body
ventr/o - Answer-ventral; pertaining to the front of the body
poster/o - Answer-posterior; pertaining to the back of the body
dist/o - Answer-distal; a farther distance from another body part/main body
dors/o - Answer-dorsal; pertaining to the back of the body
proxim/o - Answer-proximal; closer to the main body or point of attachment
infer/o - Answer-inferior; below- in relation to another part of the body
super/o - Answer-above; in relation to another body part
medi/o - Answer-medial; towards the midline of the body;
later/o - Answer-lateral; away from the midline of the body
adduction - Answer-to move an arm or leg towards the body
abduction - Answer-to move an arm or leg away from the body
flexion - Answer-bending a joint, moving two bones closer together
extension - Answer-straightening a joint, increasing the angle between two bones
lateral bending - Answer-to bend the trunk sideways
CHAPTERS 1-14 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
cephal/o - Answer-head; towards the head; pertaining to the head
crani/o - Answer-skull, pertaining to the skull
cur/o - Answer-leg
femor/o - Answer-thigh bone
glute/o - Answer-buttocks
lymph/o - Answer-lymph
hist/o - Answer-tissue
or/o - Answer-mouth
patell/o - Answer-kneecap
ped/i; ped/o - Answer-foot or child
phanang/o - Answer-fingers or toes (bones of)
pod/o - Answer-foot
pub/o - Answer-pubic bone (of pelvis)
umbilic/o - Answer-naval
verterb/o - Answer-vertebrae
plantar - Answer-pertaining to the sole of the foot
prone - Answer-lying on the front, the abdomen
supine - Answer-lying on the back- facing up
tarsal - Answer-ankle
aer/o - Answer-gas, air
bar/o - Answer-pressure
chrom/o; chromat/o - Answer-color, stain
,cry/o - Answer-cold
electro/o - Answer-electricity
erg/o - Answer-work
therm/o - Answer-heat, temperature
-graph - Answer-an instrument to record information
-graphy - Answer-the act of recording information
-gram - Answer-the record of information
-meter - Answer-an instrument used to measure
-metry - Answer-measurement of
-scope - Answer-an instrument used to view or inspect
-scopy - Answer-examination of
-centesis - Answer-puncture
-desis - Answer-fuse, bind
-ectomy - Answer-excision, surgical removal
-pexy - Answer-surgical fixation
-plasty - Answer-reconstruction, repair, plastic surgery
-ostomy - Answer-create an opening surgically
-otomy - Answer-cutting into
-rhaphy - Answer-surgical repair
-stomy - Answer-to surgically create an opening
-tome - Answer-a surgical instrument used to cut
-tomy - Answer-incision
-tripsy - Answer-crushing
-phoresis - Answer-migration in a specific manner
-er - Answer-one who
, -ian - Answer-a speacialist in a particular field
-iatrics; -iatrical - Answer-related to medical treatment
-iatrist; -iatrician - Answer-one who specializes in a particular treatment
-ics - Answer-a medical specialty
-ist - Answer-one who specializes
CBC - Answer-Complete blood count microscopic
Blood cholesterol - Answer-blood test measuring the type and quantity of fats in the
blood
FBS - Answer-fasting blood sugar
hematocrit - Answer-blood test determining the packed cell volume
anter/o - Answer-anterior; pertaining to the front of the body
ventr/o - Answer-ventral; pertaining to the front of the body
poster/o - Answer-posterior; pertaining to the back of the body
dist/o - Answer-distal; a farther distance from another body part/main body
dors/o - Answer-dorsal; pertaining to the back of the body
proxim/o - Answer-proximal; closer to the main body or point of attachment
infer/o - Answer-inferior; below- in relation to another part of the body
super/o - Answer-above; in relation to another body part
medi/o - Answer-medial; towards the midline of the body;
later/o - Answer-lateral; away from the midline of the body
adduction - Answer-to move an arm or leg towards the body
abduction - Answer-to move an arm or leg away from the body
flexion - Answer-bending a joint, moving two bones closer together
extension - Answer-straightening a joint, increasing the angle between two bones
lateral bending - Answer-to bend the trunk sideways
