Allied Health Terminology
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Course Introduction
Allied Health Terminology introduces students to the fundamental vocabulary used across health care professions, focusing on the structure, meaning, and proper use of medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, pathology, procedures, and treatments.
Through the systematic study of prefixes, suffixes, and root words, students will develop the skills necessary to accurately interpret and communicate medical information. This course emphasizes correct spelling, pronunciation, and application of terminology in real-world clinical scenarios, preparing students for effective collaboration within interdisciplinary health care teams.
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Exploring Medical Language A Student Directed Approach 9th Edition by Myrna Brooks
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language and Online Learning
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Q1) A term built from the name of a person, often a physician or scientist who was the first to identify a technique or condition, such as Alzheimer disease, is
A) an acronym
B) built from the English language
C) an eponym
D) modern language
Answer: C
Q2) The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the
A) word root
B) suffix
C) prefix
D) combining vowel
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
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Q1) The suffix -genic is defined as
A) producing, originating, causing
B) pertaining to C) tumor, swelling
D) development, growth
Answer: A
Q2) The physician wrote in her progress note that the patient is in remission, meaning
A) improvement or absence of signs and symptoms of the disease
B) providing relief but not cure of the disease
C) signs and symptoms of the disease have returned
D) the disease is enclosed within a capsule
Answer: A
Q3) The term idiopathic is defined as
A) the absence of signs of disease
B) becoming progressively worse
C) pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
D) a response to injury
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants
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Q1) The term ventral has a meaning similar to A) lateral
B) distal
C) dorsal
D) anterior
Answer: D
Q2) A patient lying on their back facing upward would be in what position?
A) prone
B) Trendelenburg
C) Sims
D) supine
Answer: D
Q3) The combining form dist/o means
A) near
B) below
C) away
D) back
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Integumentary System
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Q1) The combining form that means death is
A) necr/o
B) pachy/o
C) coni/o
D) aut/o
Q2) The term leiodermia is defined as
A) basal cell carcinoma
B) condition of smooth skin
C) white skin
D) fungus of the hair
Q3) The term rhytidoplasty means the
A) surgical repair of wrinkles
B) excision of a nail
C) surgical repair of the skin
D) excision of wrinkles
Q4) The combining form that means grapelike clusters is
A) staphyl/o
B) strept/o
C) xer/o
D) pachy/o
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Chapter 5: Respiratory System and Introduction to Diagnostic Procedures
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Q1) The term that means narrowing of the trachea is A) tracheitis
B) atelectasis
C) tracheostenosis
D) bronchopneumonia
Q2) An upper respiratory infection (commonly called a cold) affects the A) nose, larynx, and trachea
B) trachea, lungs, and pleura
C) trachea, larynx, and lung
D) nasal cavity, pharynx or larynx
Q3) A cancerous tumor originating in the bronchus could be A) bronchiectasis
B) lobar pneumonia
C) tuberculosis
D) bronchogenic carcinoma
Q4) The term pulmonology is defined as
A) physician who studies and treats diseases of the lung
B) pain in the diaphragm
C) spasm of the diaphragm
D) study of the lungs
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Chapter 6: Urinary System
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Q1) The abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder because of an inability to urinate is called
A) renal hypertension
B) polycystic kidney disease
C) urinary suppression
D) urinary retention
Q2) The term pyelitis means inflammation of the
A) renal pelvis
B) bladder
C) ureter
D) kidney
Q3) The term cystolithotomy is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?
A) a prefix, a word root, and a suffix
B) a word root and a suffix
C) two word roots, two combining vowels, and a suffix
D) a prefix, a word root, a combining vowel, and a suffix
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Chapter 7: Male Reproductive System
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Q1) The fluid that aids in the movement of the sperm is secreted by the A) prostate gland
B) seminal vesicles
C) vas deferens
D) seminiferous tubules
Q2) Scrotal swelling caused by a collection of fluid is called
A) phimosis
B) prostatitis
C) varicocele
D) hydrocele
Q3) The dissolution of sperm is called
A) priapism
B) oligospermia
C) spermatolysis
D) andropathy
Q4) The medical term that means disease specific to the male is
A) priapism
B) oligospermia
C) spermatolysis
D) andropathy
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Chapter 8: Female Reproductive System
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Q1) The connection of the uterus to the outside of the body is the A) rectouterine pouch
B) hymen
C) cervix
D) vagina
Q2) The term that means blood in the uterine tubes is
A) hydrosalpinx
B) salpingocele
C) pyosalpinx
D) hematosalpinx
Q3) Egg cells are stored in the A) ovaries
B) ovum
C) uterus
D) vagina
Q4) Mastalgia is defined as A) white discharge
B) pain in the breast
C) heavy menstrual flow
D) pain in the vagina
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Chapter 9: Obstetrics and Neonatology
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Q1) Scanty amount of amnion water (less than normal amount of amniotic fluid) is called
A) hydrocele
B) hydramnios
C) polyhydramnios
D) oligohydramnios
Q2) The term that describes an unborn child from the ninth week of pregnancy until birth is
A) zygote
B) gamete
C) embryo
D) fetus
Q3) The term that means pertaining to after birth (reference to the newborn) is
A) prenatal
B) postnatal
C) postpartum
D) antepartum
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Chapter 10: Cardiovascular, Immune, and Lymphatic
Systems and Blood
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Q1) Because of one completely and two partially obstructed arteries, the patient was scheduled for surgery to bring a new blood supply to the heart muscle by detouring around the obstructed arteries called
A) CABG
B) PTCA
C) IPG
D) SPEC
Q2) Which of the following is also called a heart attack?
A) angina pectoris
B) arrhythmia
C) hypertensive heart disease
D) myocardial infarction
Q3) The combining form angi/o is defined as
A) vessel
B) duct
C) vein
D) artery
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Chapter 11: Digestive System
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Q1) The term for passage of bloody feces is
A) stoma
B) hematochezia
C) hematemesis
D) dysentery
Q2) The abnormal backward flow of GI contents into the esophagus is called
A) Crohn disease
B) bulimia nervosa
C) intussusception
D) gastroesophageal reflux disease
Q3) A condition of chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract, usually affecting the affecting the ileum and colon, is called
A) hypochondriasis
B) Crohn disease
C) celiac disease
D) volvulus
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Chapter 12: Eye
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Q1) The combining form ocul/o is defined as
A) tear
B) eye
C) vision
D) iris
Q2) Normal refractive condition of the eye is called
A) miotic
B) mydriatic
C) emmetropia
D) pseudophakia
Q3) Thin tissue growing into the cornea from the conjunctiva is
A) hordeolum
B) chalazion
C) pterygium
D) cataract
Q4) The opening in the center of the iris is the
A) lens
B) pupil
C) retina
D) cornea
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Chapter 13: Ear
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Q1) The term that means inflammation of the mastoid bone is
A) otomastoiditis
B) otorrhea
C) mastoiditis
D) otalgia
Q2) An instrument used for visual examination of the ear is
A) an ophthalmoscope
B) a stethoscope
C) an otoscope
D) otoscopy
Q3) Inflammation of the ear and mastoid bone is called
A) mastoiditis
B) otitis externa
C) otomastoiditis
D) otomycosis
Q4) The term otalgia is defined as
A) pain in the ear
B) enlarged auricle
C) drainage from the middle ear
D) infection of the eardrum
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Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal System
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Q1) In the medical term ankyl/osis, the word root means
A) bent forward
B) stiff, bent
C) crooked, curved
D) hump
Q2) An abnormal prominence of the joint at the base of the great toe is called
A) bunion
B) exostosis
C) bursolith
D) gout
Q3) The combining form spondyl/o is defined as
A) scapula
B) vertebra
C) cranium
D) symphysis pubis
Q4) The term rhabdomyolysis is defined as _____ of striated muscle.
A) weakness
B) split
C) dissolution
D) surgical fixation
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Chapter 15: Nervous System and Behavioral Health
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Q1) The largest portion of the brain is the
A) cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C) medulla oblongata
D) cerebral cortex
Q2) The term that means inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord is
A) polyneuritis
B) neuralgia
C) poliomyelitis
D) meningitis
Q3) The combining form phas/o is defined as
A) one
B) mind
C) speech
D) sensation
Q4) An instrument used for recording the electrical activity of the brain is a(n)
A) electrocardiograph
B) electroencephalogram
C) shunt
D) electroencephalograph
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Chapter 16: Endocrine System
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Q1) A blood test that gives the direct measurement of the amount of T? in the blood is
A) thyroid-stimulating hormone level
B) thyroxine level
C) radioactive iodine uptake
D) fasting blood sugar
Q2) Hormones are distributed throughout the body by
A) tissue fluid
B) lymph
C) blood
D) secretions
Q3) The term thyroidotomy is defined as _____ gland.
A) excision of the thyroid
B) excision of a parathyroid
C) incision of the thyroid
D) surgical repair of the thyroid
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