WGU C804 Medical Terminology Pre-
Assessment UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which term has a prefix? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypertension
Which three terms are singular? - CORRECT ANSWER - Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
Which combining form means tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - hist/o
What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions? -
CORRECT ANSWER - coronal
What is the primary function of the integumentary system? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle"? - CORRECT
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? - CORRECT ANSWER - foot
What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Skin
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Basal cell
carcinoma
, What is otitis media? - CORRECT 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"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means "paralysis of the sphincter of
the eye"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Surgical repair
What does the combining form mean in the word salpingopharyngeal? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Tube
Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement, stabilizing body position, storing
and moving substances within the body, and which other function? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Generating heat
Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lordosis
Which term can be constructed using the word root fascia to mean "surgical repair of fascia"? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fascioplasty
Which term can be constructed using the prefix my- that means "pain in muscles"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Myalgia
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term chondrotomy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Incision
Assessment UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which term has a prefix? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypertension
Which three terms are singular? - CORRECT ANSWER - Metastases - Nucleus -
Bronchus
Which combining form means tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - hist/o
What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions? -
CORRECT ANSWER - coronal
What is the primary function of the integumentary system? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Shields the body against injuries, infection, and dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle"? - CORRECT
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? - CORRECT ANSWER - foot
What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Skin
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Basal cell
carcinoma
, What is otitis media? - CORRECT 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"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means "paralysis of the sphincter of
the eye"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Surgical repair
What does the combining form mean in the word salpingopharyngeal? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Tube
Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement, stabilizing body position, storing
and moving substances within the body, and which other function? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Generating heat
Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lordosis
Which term can be constructed using the word root fascia to mean "surgical repair of fascia"? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fascioplasty
Which term can be constructed using the prefix my- that means "pain in muscles"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Myalgia
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term chondrotomy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Incision
