1 MT Medical Terminology Review (mid Spring)

Most medical terminology words have a _______, ________ and __________. (In the correct order)

• Suffix, root, prefix
• Prefix, root, suffix
• Root, suffix, prefix
• Root, prefix, suffix

To figure out a medical terminology word, you start with which part of the word?

• Prefix
• Root
• Suffix

A hematologist does what?

• Studies arteries
• Studies the stomach
• Studies the heart
• Studies blood

A rhinoscope would do what?

• Allow for the doctor to look at a rhinocerus
• Allow for the doctor to look in the stomach
• Allow for the doctor to look in the nose
• Allow for the doctor to look at blood

A myogram would look at what?

• Muscles
• Heart
• Blood
• Lungs

Bilateral kidney stones would affect how many of the kidneys?

• One
• Both
• None

Tachycardia has to do with what body organ?

• Heart

• Skin

• Lungs

• Liver

Dorsal refers to the front of the body

• True
• False

RUQ, RLQ, LUQ, and LLQ refer to areas of the:

• thoracic cavity
• dorsal cavity
• abdominal region

The anatomical position is:

• Standing with feet forward, arms at side, hands forward
• standing feet pointed outward, hands pointed inward
• impossible to perform unless