Medical Terminology Mid Term

Which of the following is not a word part that will make up most medical terms?

• root word

• suffix

• abbreviation

• prefix

Most medical terms are a combination of one or more basic _____________ ____________.

• word parts

• puzzle pieces

To learn medical terminology, you may find it helpful to _________ a term down into its constituent parts.

• piece

• break

• tear

• examine

The study of the structure of the body is known as _____________.

• physiology

• anatomy

• terminology

• none of the above

Path/o

• cell

• across

• head

• disease

Cyt/o

• tumor

• stomach

• cell

• joint

-oma

• pain

• tumor; mass

• below

• across

Inter-

• stomach

• tumor

• between

• across

Cardi/o

• joint

• muscle

• heart

• stomach

Tachy-

• slow

• fast

• pertaining to

• average