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Vocabulary Medical Terminology

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the suffix itis stand for?

a)

Yellow

b)

Inflammation

c)

Growth, Tumor

d)

Muscle

2.

Ologist

a)

The science or study of

b)

Tooth

c)

Specialist

d)

Smell, sense of smell

3.

Ology

a)

the science or study of

b)

Non-cancerous

c)

Cancerous

d)

Sudden Onset

4.

Neuro

a)

Liver

b)

Nerve, Nerve Tissue

c)

Lungs

d)

Heart

5.

Pulmonary

a)

Liver

b)

Heart

c)

Lungs

d)

Spleen

6.

Acute

a)

Happens over Time

b)

Swelling

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sudden onset

7.

Cardio

a)

Liver

b)

Lungs

c)

Heart

d)

Intestines

8.

Hepatic

a)

Liver

b)

Heart

c)

Lungs

d)

Brain

9.

Physician

a)

Specialists

b)

Study of

c)

Smart Guy

d)

Assistant to Dr.

10.

Diagnostic

a)

the practice or techniques of diagnosis

b)

Tool used in a lab

c)

Specialists

d)

Lying on the back with knees bent

11.

phlegm

a)

Thick mucus secreted by the tissues lining the respiratory passages

b)

specialists

c)

Loss of sensation and voluntary muscle movements

d)

Thick mucus secreted by the tissues lining the stomach passages

12.

Edema

a)

Fatness

b)

Swelling

c)

Sudden onset

d)

Cancerous

13.

Benign

a)

Non-cancerous

b)

Swelling

c)

tissue taken as a sample

d)

Cancerous

14.

Malignant

a)

Cancerous

b)

Sudden Onset

c)

Tissue is a sample that sent to lab

d)

Non-Cancerous

15.

Cephalic

a)

Towards the Body

b)

Chest

c)

Towards the Head

d)

Legs

16.

Myo

a)

Bone

b)

Muslce

c)

Appendix

d)

Ligament

17.

indicating condition, status, process, whether normal or diseased, or sometimes an increase

a)

itis

b)

osis

c)

ology

d)

ologist

18.

What means pain or suffering?

a)

megaly

b)

algia

c)

necrosis

d)

dynia

19.

This Suffix means enlargement?

a)

Algia

b)

Megaly

c)

Necrosis

d)

Dynia

20.

This suffix means tissue death

a)

algia

b)

itis

c)

megaly

d)

necrosis

21.

This suffix is related to a procedure meaning surgical repair?

a)

graphy

b)

algia

c)

plasty

d)

scopy

22.

This is a suffix dealing with procedures and means the surgical removal of something.

a)

Ectomy

b)

Graphy

c)

Plasty

d)

Scopy

23.

Connects bone to bone

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

c)

Muscle

d)

Bone

24.

What connects muscle to bone?

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

c)

Bone

d)

Muscle

25.

Where two bones come together

a)

Joint

b)

Ligament

c)

Tendon

d)

Bone

26.

Osteo

a)

Bone

b)

Muscle

c)

Tendon

d)

Heart

27.

Injury to a tendon or muscle?

a)

Sprain

b)

Strain

c)

Derm/o

d)

Contusion

28.

A sprain is an injury to what?

a)

Bone

b)

Ligament

c)

Tendon

d)

Muscle

29.

The common term for a contusion is what?

a)

Cancer

b)

Bruise

c)

Bleeding

d)

Sore

30.

Derm/o deals with what part of the body?

a)

Head

b)

Organs

c)

Skin

d)

Bleeding

31.

Crack or break in the bone

a)

Sprain

b)

Strain

c)

Fracture

d)

Contusion

32.

Meaning Blood

a)

Hypo

b)

Hemo

c)

Hyper

d)

Ab

33.

Ab in medical terms means what?

a)

Away From

b)

Towards

c)

Front

d)

Back

34.

The medical term Ad means what?

a)

Toward or direction of

b)

Away from

c)

Decrease

d)

Increase

35.

Hyper

a)

Excessive or increased

b)

Decrease or Deficient

c)

Away from

d)

Towards

36.

Hypo in the medical term means what?

a)

deficient and decreased

b)

excessive or increase

c)

away from

d)

towards or in direction of

37.

What motion is this?

a)

Adduction

b)

Abduction

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

38.

The end of a bone that is closest to the midline or the center of the body

a)

Proximal

b)

Distal

c)

Ab

d)

Flexion

39.

The end of a bone that is farthest from the midline or center of the body

a)

Proximal

b)

Distal

c)

Contusion

d)

Concussion

40.

type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.

a)

Contusion

b)

Concussion

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

41.

The shortening of the muscle?

a)

Abduction

b)

Adduction

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

42.

The lengthening of a muscle is what?

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Adduction

43.

movement of a body region in a circular manner

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Circumduction

d)

Adduction

44.

situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ

a)

medial

b)

lateral

c)

superior

d)

inferior

45.

above or toward the head of the body

a)

superior

b)

inferior

c)

medial

d)

lateral

46.

below, away from the head

a)

Inferior

b)

Superior

c)

flexion

d)

extension

47.

to the side of, or away from, the middle of the body

a)

lateral

b)

medial

c)

superior

d)

inferior

48.

positioning of the body when it is standing upright and facing forward with each arm hanging on either side of the body, and the palms facing forward

a)

saggital

b)

Frontal

c)

Anatomical position

d)

Coronal

49.
a)

Saggital

b)

Coronal

c)

Anatomical position

d)

Midline

50.

anatomical plane which divides the body into right and left parts

a)

Saggital

b)

Coronal

c)

Frontal

d)

Anatomical Position

51.

What does the image show?

a)

Saggital

b)

Coronal

c)

Anatomical Postion

d)

Frontal

52.

any vertical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal (belly and back) sections

a)

Saggital

b)

Coronal

c)

Anatomical Position

d)

Frontal

53.

What plane is this?

a)

Saggital

b)

Frontal

c)

Anatomical Postion

d)

Coronal

54.

situated toward the front of the body

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

55.

of or nearer the rear or hind end,

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

56.

What side of the body is this?

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

57.

What side is this showing?

a)

Saggital

b)

Posterior

c)

Anterior

d)

Frontal

58.

accessory part

a)

collateral

b)

cruciate

c)

medial

d)

Lateral

59.

cruciate

a)

cross shaped

b)

parallel

c)

medial

d)

lateral

60.

Thoracic

a)

Spine where ribs gather

b)

Spine where the neck is

c)

Spine of the lower back

d)

Spine of the pelvis

61.

Cervical

a)

spine of the neck

b)

spine where the ribs gather

c)

spine of lower back

d)

spine of the pelvis

62.

Lumbar

a)

Spine of the lower back

b)

Spine of the neck

c)

Spine where ribs gather

d)

Spine of the pelvis

63.

Abnormal Narrowing

a)

Stenosis

b)

Anatomy

c)

Caudal

d)

Cranial

64.

Adipose

a)

Fat

b)

Fascia

c)

Nerves

d)

Cells

65.

Study of the structures of the body

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

c)

Cardiology

d)

Psychology

66.

Study of the functions of the structures

a)

Physiology

b)

Anatomy

c)

Cardiology

d)

Psychology

67.

superficial rub or wearing off of the skin, "Strawberry"

a)

Abrasion

b)

Laceration

c)

Puncture

d)

STAPH

68.

What is the image show?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Laceration

c)

STAPH

d)

Puncture

69.

wound that is produced by the tearing of soft body tissue, jagged cut

a)

Laceration

b)

Abrasion

c)

Puncture

d)

Cavity

70.

What is the image showing?

a)

Laceration

b)

Abrasion

c)

Puncture

d)

Cavity

71.

An injury that is caused by a pointed object that pierces or penetrates the skin.

a)

Puncture

b)

Laceration

c)

Abrasion

d)

Cavity

72.
a)

Puncture

b)

Abrasion

c)

Cavity

d)

Laceration

73.

hollow or space, or a potential space, within the body or one of its organs

a)

Laceration

b)

Puncture

c)

Cavity

d)

Abrasion

74.

invasion and growth of germs in the body

a)

Infection

b)

Cavity

c)

Laceration

d)

Abrasion

75.

When you go up on your toes

a)

Dorsiflexion

b)

Plantarflexion

c)

Opposition

d)

Circumduction

76.

Walking on your heels, toes pointed up toward the body

a)

Dorsiflexion

b)

Plantarflexion

c)

Opposition

d)

Circumduction