HLT0222 Health Care in Canada and Basic Medical Terminology

Medical terminology is the language used to describe components and processes of the human body, medical procedures, diseases, disorders, and pharmacology. Medical terms are built from word parts. Those word parts are ​ prefix , ​ ​ root , ​ (a)   and​ combining vowel.

• suffix
• nomenclature
• genus
• specific name
• codename
• consonant

The longest medical word entered in medical dictionary with 45 letters.

It is a lung disease caused by caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust.

• pneumono-

• -volcano-

• -ultramicroscopic-

• -coniosis 

• -silico-

Which of the following is not a suffix?

• al

• ia

• ic

• re

Match the following examination with the illustration

• Ophthalmoscope.

• 
• Cystoscope

• 
• Laparoscope

• 
• Gatroscope

• 

Medical doctor who performs autopsies and examines biopsy samples?

• hematologist

• oncologist

• pathologist

• dermatologists

What is the correct order of body part from smallest to largest?

• System

• Organ

• Cell

• Tissue

How many body system we have?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11

The spinal column divided into FIVE division,

where is Thoracic (chest) region?

The abdominopelvic cavity can be subdivided into four quadrants and nine areas. Please label which quadrants the spleen located

b

Left low quadrant (LLQ)

Right upper quadrant (RUQ)

Right low quadrant (RLQ)

Left upper quadrant (LUQ)

"-oma" is the suffix for malignant tumor, which one is not correct?

• hepatoma

• lymphoma

• melanoma mesothelioma

• glenoma