UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
phag/o - CORRECT ANSWER - swallowing, eating
thromb/o - CORRECT ANSWER - blood clot
-stasis - CORRECT ANSWER - standing still
-penia - CORRECT ANSWER - decrease, deficient, deciency
vascul/o - CORRECT ANSWER - blood vessel or lymphatic vessel
sten/o - CORRECT ANSWER - narrowing, stricture, constricted
ather/o - CORRECT ANSWER - fatty plaque
phleb/o - CORRECT ANSWER - vein
hemangi/o - CORRECT ANSWER - blood vessel
embol/o - CORRECT ANSWER - embolus, floating blood clot, plug of some foreign
material floating in the blood stream
cardi/o - CORRECT ANSWER - condition of the heart
, cardiomegaly - CORRECT ANSWER - enlargement of the heart
extra- - CORRECT ANSWER - outside
endo- - CORRECT ANSWER - inside, in, within
regurgitation - CORRECT ANSWER - backflow, as in blood flowing backward into the
heart through a faulty valve
cochlea - CORRECT ANSWER - part of inner ear responsible with hearing
labryrinth - CORRECT ANSWER - part of inner ear responsible for sensing motion and
acceleration
blephar/o - CORRECT ANSWER - eyelids
dacry/o - CORRECT ANSWER - tear, lacrimal structures
presby/o - CORRECT ANSWER - old age
audi/o - CORRECT ANSWER - sound
salping/o - CORRECT ANSWER - tubes
-opsia - CORRECT ANSWER - vision
mastoid/o - CORRECT ANSWER - mastoid process