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Medical Terminology Mid-Term Review

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  • What does posterior mean?
    back of the body
  • What is the medical terminology for rupture of the heart?
    Cardiorrhexis
  • What does the midsagittal plane separate?
    left and right
  • What is abdominal quadrant #1 and #4?
    RUQ, LLQ
  • If you are diagnosed with Hypertension, you have __________ blood pressure.
    increased, high, excessive, above
  • Which of the following is not a suffix?-itis, -sclerosis, Rhin/o, dys-
    Rhin/o
  • A group of body systems work together to make an organ. True/False
    False
  • What structures are the basic units of life?
    cells
  • What does the term -malacia mean?
    abnormal softening?
  • Which two medical terms mean skin?
    Derm/o Epitheli/o
  • What does the medical term perinephral mean?
    pertaining to around/surrounding the kidney
  • The head is _____to the shoulders.
    superior
  • How is "PH" pronounced?
    F
  • What are two examples of disease producing microorganism?
    viruses and bacteria
  • What types of cells pull muscles and tendons?
    muscle cells
  • What does laryngology mean?
    the study of the larynx
  • What is medical terminology composed of?
    prefixes, suffixes, connecting vowels, root words
  • Spelling is more important than pronunciation. (True/False)
    True
  • Which abdominal regions are #2, #5, #8?
    epigastric, umbilical, and hypogastric
  • What organ separates the abdominal and thoracic cavity?
    diaphragm
  • What is the medical term for tumor?
    -oma
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