Chapter 1 Review Med Term

cost/o

• chest

• ankle

• wrist

• rib

peri-

• inside

• around

• outside

• side

Medical terminology is composed of the following?

• Prefixes

• Suffixes

• Combining Vowels

• Root Words

• All of the Above

Choose all the Prefixes from list below.

• A-

• -itis

• Sub-

• cardi/o

• -otomy

Hyper-

• increased; higher than normal

• decreased; lower than normal

• bad; painful

• euphoric

Connecting vowels are NOT used if the root word or suffix begins with a VOWEL.

• True

• False

Which of the following medical terms means enlargement of the stomach and small intestine ?

• Enteromegally

• Gastromegaly

• Gastroenteromegaly

• Enterogastrmegaly

What does gastr/o mean

• Stomach

• Heart

• Small Intestines

• Liver

endo- means what

• Inbetween

• On

• Above

• Inside

Which prefix means without

• anti-

• pro-

• an-

• bi-