NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Do you have the correct patient? - ANS verification of patient information; match ID
wristband with requisition; many hospitals require "two patient identifiers"
AIDET - ANS Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you
Hippocrates - ANS the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology - ANS serves as an aid in communication; consistent and uniform
throughout the world; is efficient because it reduces entire phases to a single word
word parts - ANS word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root - ANS the stem or main part of a word; usually in the middle of the word and
central to its meaning
prefix - ANS comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies some subdivision or part
of the central meaning or changes the meaning
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,suffix - ANS comes at the end of the word; modifies the central meaning as to what or who is
interacting with it or what is happening to it; usually indicates procedure, condition, disorder,
disease or pertaining to
pericardial - ANS pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
epigastric - ANS pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining - ANS the combining vowel is not used when the suffix begins with a
vowel; the combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a consonant
myocarditis - ANS muscle heart inflammation
carcin - ANS cancer
cyt - ANS cell
epitheli - ANS epithelium
hist - ANS tissue
lip - ANS fat
my - ANS muscle
neur - ANS nerve
onc - ANS tumor
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, path - ANS disease
plasm - ANS growth
sarc - ANS flesh, connective tissue
stasis - ANS control, stop
viscer - ANS internal organ
symptoms - ANS what the patient feels
signs - ANS what you actually see
exam or procedure - ANS to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record - ANS digital or paper
patient history - ANS from nurse upon transport, from other healthcare workers, from
patient directly
anatomic position - ANS body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands facing
forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal - ANS vertical field passing through a body from side to side; divides the
body into anterior and posterior portions
sagittal - ANS vertical field passing through a body from front to back; divides the body into
right and left sides
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Do you have the correct patient? - ANS verification of patient information; match ID
wristband with requisition; many hospitals require "two patient identifiers"
AIDET - ANS Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you
Hippocrates - ANS the father of modern medicine and medical ethics
Medical terminology - ANS serves as an aid in communication; consistent and uniform
throughout the world; is efficient because it reduces entire phases to a single word
word parts - ANS word root, prefix, suffix, and combining form
word root - ANS the stem or main part of a word; usually in the middle of the word and
central to its meaning
prefix - ANS comes at the beginning to the word; usually identifies some subdivision or part
of the central meaning or changes the meaning
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,suffix - ANS comes at the end of the word; modifies the central meaning as to what or who is
interacting with it or what is happening to it; usually indicates procedure, condition, disorder,
disease or pertaining to
pericardial - ANS pertaining to the area surrounding the heart
epigastric - ANS pertaining to the area above the stomach
rules for combining - ANS the combining vowel is not used when the suffix begins with a
vowel; the combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a consonant
myocarditis - ANS muscle heart inflammation
carcin - ANS cancer
cyt - ANS cell
epitheli - ANS epithelium
hist - ANS tissue
lip - ANS fat
my - ANS muscle
neur - ANS nerve
onc - ANS tumor
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, path - ANS disease
plasm - ANS growth
sarc - ANS flesh, connective tissue
stasis - ANS control, stop
viscer - ANS internal organ
symptoms - ANS what the patient feels
signs - ANS what you actually see
exam or procedure - ANS to be performed/already performed
medical chart or record - ANS digital or paper
patient history - ANS from nurse upon transport, from other healthcare workers, from
patient directly
anatomic position - ANS body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands facing
forward and feet side by side
frontal or coronal - ANS vertical field passing through a body from side to side; divides the
body into anterior and posterior portions
sagittal - ANS vertical field passing through a body from front to back; divides the body into
right and left sides
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