NCCT Medical Terminology Exam Review | Key Terms, Practice Questions & Complete Study Guide (2025)

NCCT Medical Terminology Exam Review |
Key Terms, Practice Questions & Complete
Study Guide (2025)




suffix EMIA - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----blood



expanding or opening wider - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----dilate



lack of or absence of breathing - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----apnea



groups of cells with the same function - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----tissue



basic unit of body structure - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----cell

,the time when menstruation begins - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
menarche



time when menstruation stops - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----menopause



involuntary movement - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----reflex



paralysis from the waist down - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----paraplegia



paralysis from the neck down - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----quadriplegia



removal of the tonsils - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----tonsillectomy



paralysis on one side of the body - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----hemiplegia



turning the joint inward - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----internal rotation



turning upward - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----supination



decrease in size or a wasting - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----atrophy

, straightening of a body part - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----extension



moving a body part away from the body - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
abduction



bending a body part - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----flexion



turning downward - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----pronation



bending backward - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----dorsiflexion



abnormal shortening of a muscle - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----contracture



moving a body part toward the body - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
adduction



loss of appetite - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----anorexia



tube feeding - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----gavage