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MCPHS Medical Terminology Final Exam; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ot/o Correct Answer-combining form: ear Anterior Correct Answer-Surface region of the body, front (or ventral), including thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities. posterior Correct Answer-Surface region of the body, back (or dorsa...

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MCPHS Medical Terminology Final Exam;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ot/o Correct Answer-combining form: ear


Anterior Correct Answer-Surface region of the body, front (or ventral),
including thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities.


posterior Correct Answer-Surface region of the body, back (or dorsal), cranial
and spinal cavities.


prone Correct Answer-lying face down, anterior part of the body down


supine Correct Answer-lying face up, posterior part of the body down


posterioranterior (PA) Correct Answer-type of x-ray, beam passes through the
patient back to front


superior Correct Answer-upper half of the body, above


inferior Correct Answer-lower half of the body, below


Distal Correct Answer-away from the body


Proximal Correct Answer-towards the body


cephalad Correct Answer-toward the head

, MCPHS Medical Terminology Final Exam;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

caudad Correct Answer-toward the tailbone, downward


lateral Correct Answer-side; away from the midline


medial Correct Answer-Toward the midline of the body


coronal plane (frontal plane) Correct Answer-divides body into front and
back


midsagittal plane Correct Answer-divides the body into equal right and left
sides


Transvere Plane Correct Answer-divides body into top and bottom


sagittal plane Correct Answer-divides body into left and right sides, not
evenly


ac Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. cardiac


al Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. intestinal


ar Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. muscular

, MCPHS Medical Terminology Final Exam;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ary Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. urinary


ic Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. pelvic


ine Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. uterine


ive Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. digestive


ous Correct Answer-suffix: pertaining to, ex. venous


ation Correct Answer-suffix: process, having, being


ion Correct Answer-suffix: action, condition


ia Correct Answer-suffix: condition, state, thing


ism Correct Answer-suffix: disease from a specific cause


itis Correct Answer-suffix: infection of, inflammation of


megaly Correct Answer-suffix: enlargement


oma Correct Answer-suffix: mass, tumor

, MCPHS Medical Terminology Final Exam;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

osis Correct Answer-suffix: abnormal condition, process, ex. psychosis


pathy Correct Answer-suffix: disease


ecotmy Correct Answer-suffix: surgical removal


gram Correct Answer-suffix: picture, record


graphy Correct Answer-suffix: process of recording


metry Correct Answer-suffix: process of measuring


scope Correct Answer-suffix: instrument used to examine


scopy Correct Answer-suffix: process of using an instrument to examine


therapy Correct Answer-suffix: treatment


tomy Correct Answer-suffix: process of cutting, making an incision


iarty Correct Answer-suffix: medical treatment

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