Medical Office Administration Exam Review
Course Introduction
Medical Office Administration introduces students to the foundational skills and knowledge required to manage the daily operations of medical offices, clinics, and healthcare facilities. The course covers administrative tasks such as patient scheduling, medical billing and coding, health records management, insurance procedures, and effective communication with patients and healthcare professionals. Emphasis is placed on maintaining patient confidentiality, understanding healthcare regulations, and utilizing electronic health record systems. Students will also develop organizational and problem-solving skills essential for efficient and professional medical office management.
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Exploring Medical Language A Student Directed Approach 8th Edition by Myrna Brooks
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language
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Q1) A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
A) an eponym
B) modern language
C) built from the English language
D) an acronym
Answer: D
Q2) All medical terms have at least one
A) prefix
B) combining vowel
C) suffix
D) word root
Answer: D
Q3) A combining form is made up of a A) word root and a combining vowel
B) prefix and a combining vowel
C) combining vowel and a suffix
D) prefix and a word root
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
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Q1) Tumors of connective tissue usually develop rapidly and metastasize through the lymph channels. These tumors are called
A) melanomas
B) lipomas
C) carcinomas
D) sarcomas
Answer: D
Q2) The term that means cancer in the early stage, before invading the surrounding tissue is
A) carcinoma in situ
B) in vivo
C) benign
D) encapsulated
Answer: A
Q3) The term that means new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is
A) sarcoma
B) oncology
C) neoplasm
D) melanoma
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants
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Q1) The term that means pertaining to below is
A) posterior
B) dorsal
C) inferior
D) distal
Answer: C
Q2) The term that means toward the head is
A) ventral
B) cephalad
C) caudal
D) caudad
Answer: B
Q3) The abbreviation for the medical term meaning pertaining to a side is
A) LUQ
B) ant
C) med
D) lat
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Integumentary System
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Q1) When on a cruise ship, many people wear a skin patch for the prevention or treatment of sea sickness; the term that indicates how the medication is administered (through the skin) is
A) intradermal
B) transdermal
C) subdermal
D) subcutaneous
Q2) The combining form rhytid/o means
A) dry
B) wrinkles
C) fungus
D) dust
Q3) The term percutaneous is defined as pertaining to A) under the skin
B) within the skin
C) on the skin
D) through the skin
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Chapter 5: Respiratory System
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Q1) A patient with blood in the chest (pleural space) has a A) thoracalgia
B) pneumothorax
C) hemothorax
D) pleural effusion
Q2) The suffix that means stretching out, dilation, or expansion is
A) -ectasis
B) -centesis
C) -stenosis
D) -cele
Q3) A patient admitted to the emergency department suddenly turned cyanotic and was having difficulty breathing or
A) apnea
B) dyspnea
C) eupnea
D) hyperpnea
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Chapter 6: Urinary System
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Q1) Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system?
A) regulates fluid volume
B) removes waste from the body
C) maintains electrolyte concentration
D) maintains sugar level in the blood
Q2) The term diuresis is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?
A) word root and suffix
B) prefix, word root, and suffix
C) word root, combining vowel, and suffix
D) prefix, word root, combining vowel, and suffix
Q3) The combining form that means water is
A) glyc/o
B) urin/o
C) hydr/o
D) hem/o
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Chapter 7: Male Reproductive System
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Q1) The term vesiculectomy is defined as
A) male sterilization
B) excision of the seminal vesicle
C) incision into the testes
D) excision of the prostate gland
Q2) The scrotum encases the
A) seminal vesicles
B) prostate gland
C) testes
D) glans penis
Q3) The dissolution of sperm is called
A) priapism
B) oligospermia
C) spermatolysis
D) andropathy
Q4) The couple's probable cause of infertility was a condition of scanty sperm or A) priapism
B) oligospermia
C) spermatolysis
D) aspermia
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Chapter 8: Female Reproductive System
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Q1) The patient had all of the symptoms of being pregnant including absence of menstrual flow or
A) dysmenorrhea
B) amenorrhea
C) menorrhagia
D) oligomenorrhea
Q2) The pigmented area at the center of the breast is called
A) the papilla
B) the areola
C) the nipple
D) glands
Q3) The term that means inflammation of the vagina is
A) colpitis
B) cervicitis
C) perimetritis
D) salpingitis
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Chapter 9: Obstetrics and Neonatology
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Q1) The combining form that means the tube that leads from the pharynx to the stomach is
A) pylor/o
B) lact/o
C) bronch/o
D) esophag/o
Q2) A mature germ cell (either sperm or ovum) is called a(n)
A) embryo
B) fetus
C) gamete
D) zygote
Q3) The term that describes an unborn child from the ninth week of pregnancy until birth is
A) zygote
B) gamete
C) embryo
D) fetus
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Chapter 10: Cardiovascular, Immune, and Lymphatic
Systems and Blood
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Q1) The suffix that means formation is
A) -poiesis
B) -penia
C) -apharesis
D) -sclerosis
Q2) two-layer sac surrounding the heart
A)pericardium
B)arteries
C)atria
D)epicardium
E)semilunar valves
F)ventricles
G)atrioventricular valves
H)myocardium
I)capillaries
J)veins
K)aorta
L)venae cavae
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Chapter 11: Digestive System
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Q1) The term esophagogastroplasty is defined as the
A) creation of an artificial opening between the esophagus and the stomach
B) excision of the esophagus and the stomach
C) surgical repair of the esophagus and the stomach
D) incision of the esophagus and the stomach
Q2) The first section of the large intestine is the
A) ascending colon
B) cecum
C) appendix
D) sigmoid colon
Q3) A psychoneurotic disorder characterized by prolonged refusal to eat is called
A) hypochondriasis
B) anorexia nervosa
C) bulimia nervosa
D) volvulus
Q4) The term that means inflammation of the gallbladder is
A) cholelithiasis
B) diverticulitis
C) cholecystitis
D) esophagitis
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Chapter 12: Eye
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Q1) The oil glands in the upper and lower edges of the eyelids that help to lubricate the eye are called
A) lacrimal glands
B) meibomian glands
C) suspensory
D) conjunctiva
Q2) The iris is
A) a pigmented muscular structure
B) transparent
C) the outer protective layer
D) a mucous membrane
Q3) 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) Premature babies are often susceptible to middle ear infections or A) otitis externa
B) otitis media
C) tinitis
D) mastoiditis
Q2) An audiologist is one who
A) specializes in surgery
B) treats diseases of the ear
C) treats diseases of the ear, nose, and larynx
D) specializes in hearing
Q3) The glands that secrete earwax or cerumen are located in the A) pinna
B) semicircular canals and vestibule
C) cochlea
D) external auditory canal (meatus)
Q4) An instrument used for visual examination of the ear is
A) an ophthalmoscope
B) a stethoscope
C) an otoscope
D) otoscopy
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Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal System
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Q1) A record of the electrical activity in a (skeletal) muscle is abbreviated as A) CTS
B) RA
C) EMG
D) MG
Q2) An abnormal condition involving the death of bone (tissue) is
A) osteofibroma
B) osteonecrosis
C) atrophy
D) osteocyte
Q3) The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is
A) eversion
B) inversion
C) flexion
D) extension
Q4) The upper, wing-shaped portion of the pelvic bone is called the A) ischium
B) ilium
C) pubis
D) acetabulum
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Chapter 15: Nervous System and Behavioral Health
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Q1) Paralysis of four limbs is
A) panplegia
B) quadriplegia
C) monoplegia
D) hemiplegia
Q2) The suffix -iatry is defined as
A) seizure, attack
B) specialist, physician
C) slight, paralysis
D) treatment, specialty
Q3) The combining form encephal/o is defined as
A) spinal cord
B) brain
C) nerve root
D) cerebellum
Q4) The surgical repair of a nerve is called
A) neurotomy
B) neurolysis
C) neurorrhaphy
D) neuroplasty
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Chapter 16: Endocrine System
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Q1) Dips/o is a combining form meaning
A) double
B) poison
C) thirst
D) height
Q2) The term that means state of total deficient pituitary gland activity is
A) hypopituitarism
B) panhypopituitarism
C) hyperpituitarism
D) hyperglycemia
Q3) The term that means a narrow strip of tissue connecting two larger parts in the body is
A) fistula
B) hormone
C) isthmus
D) metabolism
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