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Medical Terminology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dorsal refers to the front of the body

a)

True

b)

False

2.
Caudal refers to:
a)
The tail end
b)
The brain
c)
The burning of flesh to stop bleeding
3.

Proximal:

a)

Point of furthest attachment

b)

Point of nearest attachment

c)

the knee joint

4.
The abdominal cavity contains:
a)
The brain
b)
The intestines and heart
c)
The intestines and stomach
5.

Superficial refers to:

a)

close to the surface

b)

deep in the body

c)

above a body part

6.
Another word to describe anterior is:
a)
ventral
b)
caudal
c)
pneumonoultramicroscopisilicovolcanoconiosis
7.
RUQ, RLQ, LUQ, and LLQ refer to areas of the:
a)
thoracic cavity
b)
dorsal cavity
c)
abdominal region
8.
Sagittal is a plane that:
a)
is a Zodiac sign
b)
divides the body into R and L halves
c)
divides the body into top and bottom halves
9.

The anatomical position is:

a)

Standing with feet forward, arms at side, hands forward

b)

standing feet pointed outward, hands pointed inward

c)

impossible to perform unless

10.
-algia
a)
pain
b)
rupture
c)
flow, discharge 
d)
to suture
11.
-pathy
a)
a path
b)
enlargement
c)
disease
d)
pain
12.
surgical incision, process of cutting into
a)
-plasty
b)
-ectomy
c)
-otomy
d)
-ostomy
13.

study of

a)

-logy

b)

-metry

c)

-rraphy

d)

-itis

14.

tumor

a)

-ology

b)

-oma

c)

-ostomy

d)

-scopy

15.
cell
a)
-clast
b)
-blast
c)
-cyte
d)
-gram
16.
one who studies and and practices
a)
-logy
b)
-ostomy
c)
-ologist
d)
-orrhexis
17.
cut into or incision
a)
-ectomy
b)
-tomy
c)
-scopy
d)
-scope
18.
-lysis
a)
involuntary contraction
b)
breaking down or dissolution
c)
enlargement
d)
pouching or hernia
19.

meg/o

a)

again

b)

around

c)

one

d)

large

20.

pro

a)

before, in front of

b)

beside, beyond, after

c)

by, through

d)

before, in front of, prior to

21.

poly

a)

many, much

b)

one, single

c)

small, scant

d)

around

22.

tachy

a)

fast, rapid

b)

many, much

c)

against, opposite

d)

above, over

23.

inter

a)

backward, behind

b)

between

c)

above, over, excess

d)

withing

24.

intro

a)

within

b)

outer, outside

c)

into, within

d)

inner, inside

25.

hypo

a)

under

b)

beside

c)

above

d)

within