HSA 3534 Exam 1 terms UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the three common types of medical terms? - CORRECT ANSWER Latin and
Greek, a person's name or eponyms and modern English words
The majority of medical terms are built from? - CORRECT ANSWER latin and greek
parts
What is the foundation of most medical terms? - CORRECT ANSWER word root
What gives the essential meaning of a term? - CORRECT ANSWER word root
arthr - CORRECT ANSWER joint
carcin - CORRECT ANSWER cancer
cardi - CORRECT ANSWER heart
cephal - CORRECT ANSWER head
electr - CORRECT ANSWER electricity
gastr - CORRECT ANSWER stomach
hepat - CORRECT ANSWER liver
,my - CORRECT ANSWER muscle
oste - CORRECT ANSWER bone
rhin - CORRECT ANSWER nose
__________ provide information about the word root related to conditions, diseases, and
procedures. - CORRECT ANSWER suffixes
-ectomy - CORRECT ANSWER surgical removal
-gram - CORRECT ANSWER to record
-itis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation
-logy - CORRECT ANSWER study of
-megaly - CORRECT ANSWER enlarged
-pathy - CORRECT ANSWER disease
_____________ provide information about the word root related to abnormal conditions,
numbers, positions, times - CORRECT ANSWER prefixes
a- - CORRECT ANSWER without
bi- - CORRECT ANSWER two
, dys- - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal, difficult, painful
inter- - CORRECT ANSWER between
post- - CORRECT ANSWER after
sub- - CORRECT ANSWER under
_________________ _______________ are used to connect word parts and make terms easier to
spell and say - CORRECT ANSWER combining vowels
Where are combining vowels placed? - CORRECT ANSWER between a root word and
suffix or between two root words.
(Finish the sentence) Between a root and a suffix - CORRECT ANSWER - if the suffix
begins with a consonant, use it
- if the suffix begins with a vowel, do not use it
When combining vowels between two roots - CORRECT ANSWER always use it between
two roots
What is the combining form? - CORRECT ANSWER the word root + combining vowel
fibr/o - CORRECT ANSWER fibrous
dermat/o - CORRECT ANSWER skin
-oma - CORRECT ANSWER tumor or mass
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the three common types of medical terms? - CORRECT ANSWER Latin and
Greek, a person's name or eponyms and modern English words
The majority of medical terms are built from? - CORRECT ANSWER latin and greek
parts
What is the foundation of most medical terms? - CORRECT ANSWER word root
What gives the essential meaning of a term? - CORRECT ANSWER word root
arthr - CORRECT ANSWER joint
carcin - CORRECT ANSWER cancer
cardi - CORRECT ANSWER heart
cephal - CORRECT ANSWER head
electr - CORRECT ANSWER electricity
gastr - CORRECT ANSWER stomach
hepat - CORRECT ANSWER liver
,my - CORRECT ANSWER muscle
oste - CORRECT ANSWER bone
rhin - CORRECT ANSWER nose
__________ provide information about the word root related to conditions, diseases, and
procedures. - CORRECT ANSWER suffixes
-ectomy - CORRECT ANSWER surgical removal
-gram - CORRECT ANSWER to record
-itis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation
-logy - CORRECT ANSWER study of
-megaly - CORRECT ANSWER enlarged
-pathy - CORRECT ANSWER disease
_____________ provide information about the word root related to abnormal conditions,
numbers, positions, times - CORRECT ANSWER prefixes
a- - CORRECT ANSWER without
bi- - CORRECT ANSWER two
, dys- - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal, difficult, painful
inter- - CORRECT ANSWER between
post- - CORRECT ANSWER after
sub- - CORRECT ANSWER under
_________________ _______________ are used to connect word parts and make terms easier to
spell and say - CORRECT ANSWER combining vowels
Where are combining vowels placed? - CORRECT ANSWER between a root word and
suffix or between two root words.
(Finish the sentence) Between a root and a suffix - CORRECT ANSWER - if the suffix
begins with a consonant, use it
- if the suffix begins with a vowel, do not use it
When combining vowels between two roots - CORRECT ANSWER always use it between
two roots
What is the combining form? - CORRECT ANSWER the word root + combining vowel
fibr/o - CORRECT ANSWER fibrous
dermat/o - CORRECT ANSWER skin
-oma - CORRECT ANSWER tumor or mass
