WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
EXAM 2026 EXAMINATION REVIEW WITH
100% CORRECT STUDY SHEET AND
SOLVED QUESTIONS
⫸ Which three terms are singular? Answer: Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
⫸ Which combining form means tissue? Answer: hist/o
⫸ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front
and back portions? Answer: coronal
⫸ What is the primary function of the integumentary system? Answer:
Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
⫸ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened,
and brittle"? Answer: Onychomycosis
⫸ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and
redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? Answer: foot
, ⫸ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
⫸ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? Answer: Basal cell
carcinoma
⫸ What is otitis media? Answer: Infection of the middle ear
⫸ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a
term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"? Answer: Ot-
⫸ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? Answer: Iridopleg-
⫸ What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty?
Answer: Surgical repair
⫸ What does the combining form mean in the word
salpingopharyngeal? Answer: Tube
⫸ Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement,
stabilizing body position, storing and moving substances within the
body, and which other function? Answer: Generating heat
⫸ Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region?
Answer: Lordosis
EXAM 2026 EXAMINATION REVIEW WITH
100% CORRECT STUDY SHEET AND
SOLVED QUESTIONS
⫸ Which three terms are singular? Answer: Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
⫸ Which combining form means tissue? Answer: hist/o
⫸ What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front
and back portions? Answer: coronal
⫸ What is the primary function of the integumentary system? Answer:
Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
⫸ Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened,
and brittle"? Answer: Onychomycosis
⫸ A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and
redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? Answer: foot
, ⫸ What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean?
Answer: Skin
⫸ What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? Answer: Basal cell
carcinoma
⫸ What is otitis media? Answer: Infection of the middle ear
⫸ Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a
term that means "inflammation of the middle ear"? Answer: Ot-
⫸ What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means
"paralysis of the sphincter of the eye"? Answer: Iridopleg-
⫸ What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty?
Answer: Surgical repair
⫸ What does the combining form mean in the word
salpingopharyngeal? Answer: Tube
⫸ Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement,
stabilizing body position, storing and moving substances within the
body, and which other function? Answer: Generating heat
⫸ Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region?
Answer: Lordosis
