Wgu Medical Terminology - C804
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Keratin - CORRECT ANSWER - A protein that prevents body fluids from evaporating.
Keratinized cells rise to the dermis, and slough off.
skin - CORRECT ANSWER - Cutane. Dermat. Derm.
What is fat - CORRECT ANSWER - adipose tissue. Lip/o. Steat/o.
ichthy/o - CORRECT ANSWER - dry, scaly
melan/o - CORRECT ANSWER - black
myc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - fungus
scler/o - CORRECT ANSWER - hardening; sclera (white of eye)
plasty (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - surgical repair
Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - treatment
-oid (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - resembling
-derma (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - skin
, word root - CORRECT ANSWER - foundation of the word
suffix - CORRECT ANSWER - word ending
prefix - CORRECT ANSWER - a syllable or word that comes before a root word to
change its meaning
Organ - CORRECT ANSWER - A body structure that is composed of different kinds of at
least two tissues that work together.
leuk/o - CORRECT ANSWER - white
xanth/o - CORRECT ANSWER - yellow
erythr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - red
cyt/o - CORRECT ANSWER - cell
carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER - a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or
of the lining of the internal organs.
sarc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - flesh, connective tissue
AIDS - CORRECT ANSWER - (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) a disease caused
by a virus that attacks the immune system
necr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - Denotes death
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Keratin - CORRECT ANSWER - A protein that prevents body fluids from evaporating.
Keratinized cells rise to the dermis, and slough off.
skin - CORRECT ANSWER - Cutane. Dermat. Derm.
What is fat - CORRECT ANSWER - adipose tissue. Lip/o. Steat/o.
ichthy/o - CORRECT ANSWER - dry, scaly
melan/o - CORRECT ANSWER - black
myc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - fungus
scler/o - CORRECT ANSWER - hardening; sclera (white of eye)
plasty (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - surgical repair
Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - treatment
-oid (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - resembling
-derma (suffix) - CORRECT ANSWER - skin
, word root - CORRECT ANSWER - foundation of the word
suffix - CORRECT ANSWER - word ending
prefix - CORRECT ANSWER - a syllable or word that comes before a root word to
change its meaning
Organ - CORRECT ANSWER - A body structure that is composed of different kinds of at
least two tissues that work together.
leuk/o - CORRECT ANSWER - white
xanth/o - CORRECT ANSWER - yellow
erythr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - red
cyt/o - CORRECT ANSWER - cell
carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER - a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or
of the lining of the internal organs.
sarc/o - CORRECT ANSWER - flesh, connective tissue
AIDS - CORRECT ANSWER - (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) a disease caused
by a virus that attacks the immune system
necr/o - CORRECT ANSWER - Denotes death
