HSA 3534 Exam 1 FAU Exam Questions and answers ()
3 types of medical terms - built from latin or greek part words, eponyms (based on a
person's name), modern english words
Word roots - foundation, gives essential meaning, frequently but not always refers to
body structure, organs, system
Suf...
HSA 3534 Exam 1 FAU Exam Questions and answers (202472025)
3 types of medical terms - ✔✔built from latin or greek part words, eponyms (based on a
person's name), modern english words
Word roots - ✔✔foundation, gives essential meaning, frequently but not always refers to
body structure, organs, system
Suffix - ✔✔end of medical term. provides information about condition, diseases, surgical
procedures, and diagnostic procedures
Provides information about condition, diseases, surgical and diagnostic procedures -
✔✔Suffix
ALL medical terms must have - ✔✔a suffix
when written by itself a hyphen is placed - ✔✔before suffix
Found at beginning of medical term - ✔✔Prefix
Provides information such as abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, and times. -
✔✔Prefix
Prefix - ✔✔Many medical terms don't have one
when written by itself the hyphen is placed after - ✔✔prefix
combining vowel - ✔✔almost always uses an "O"
Does not have any meaning simply used to connect together word parts, & to make
terms easier to spell and pronounce - ✔✔Combining vowel
Combining vowel - ✔✔a root word and suffux. or two root words
Is NEVER placed between a prefix and word root - ✔✔Combining vowel
If suffix begins with a vowel - ✔✔a combining vowel is not necessary ex: arthritis
if suffix begins with a consonant - ✔✔use a combining vowel ex: rhin-o-plasty
between root words use a _______ even if the second root begins with a vowel. ex:
gastro-enter-o-logy - ✔✔combining vowel
Combining form - ✔✔is not one of the 3 word parts,
, Combining form - ✔✔combination of the root and the combining vowel, standard way to
write word roots bc it's easier to pronounce ex: gastro
-oma - ✔✔Tumor or mass ex: carcinoma (cancerous tumor)
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