WGU Med Term C804 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

WGU Med Term C804 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
mydriatic - CORRECT ANSWER - Dilates pupil for visual examination



-cusis - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing (suffix)



blephar/o - CORRECT ANSWER - eyelid



Partial or complete dislocation - CORRECT ANSWER - subluxation



Skeletal disease that's also called osteitis deformans - CORRECT ANSWER - Paget
Disease


myel/o - CORRECT ANSWER - bone marrow, spinal cord



Hemiplegia is synonymous with - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemiparesis



Paralysis on one side of the face due to inflamed nerve - CORRECT ANSWER - Bell
palsy


Cushing's syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - a condition caused by prolonged exposure
to high levels of cortisol


hyster/o - CORRECT ANSWER - uterus



PSA - CORRECT ANSWER - prostate-specific antigen, used to detect prostate cancer

, Diuretics - CORRECT ANSWER - block reabsorption of sodium by the kidneys, thereby
increasing the amount of salt and water excreted in the urine


Suffix meaning appetite - CORRECT ANSWER - -orexia



arther/o - CORRECT ANSWER - fatty plaque



sinoatrial node - CORRECT ANSWER - Structure of the heart responsible for initiating
heartbeat


Hypodermic - CORRECT ANSWER - under the skin



Integumentary - CORRECT ANSWER - skin, hair, nails



Eczema - CORRECT ANSWER - redness of the skin caused by swelling of the capillaries



Homo - CORRECT ANSWER - Same



inguin/o (root) - CORRECT ANSWER - groin



ili/o - CORRECT ANSWER - ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)



peri- - CORRECT ANSWER - around



cephal/o - CORRECT ANSWER - head