Medical terminology

Inflammation of the throat is

• laryngectomy

• pharyngitis

• colostomy

• gastromalacia

The chest is the ________ cavity.

• inguinal

• abdominal

• thoracic

• dorsal

Lying in a face down position is

• supine

• superior

• inferior

• prone

The arms are ___________ to the body.

• medial

• superior

• lateral

• transverse

If you take a medicine PO qid for 7 days how many doses is that?

• 21

• 14

• 28

• 32

Having surgical repair to the stomach is

• gastrectomy

• gastroplasty

• gastritis

• gastropathy

If some has liver disease it is called

• hepatomegaly

• hepatoplasty

• hepatopathy

• hepatology

A suffix comes at the end of a word.

• true

• false

NPO means as needed.

• true

• false

The study of the kidneys is

• nephropathy

• nephrology

• nephrologist

• nephrostomy