Instructor’s Answer Key
Chapter 1: Medical Language: 20. skin
21. intestine
Its Structure and Meaning 22. abdomen
23. side
1.1 Practice Laps 24. white
A. Matching Exercise 25. breast
3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 2, 1 26. muscle
B. True or False Exercise 27. nose
1. T 5. T 28. birth
2. F 6. T 29. nerve
3. T 7. T 30. pregnancy and childbirth
4. F 31. hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis
32. eating; swallowing
C. Fill in the Blank Exercise 33. paralysis
1. Reading medical words
34. air; lung
2. Hearing medical words
35. mind
3. Thinking, analyzing, and understanding medical words
36. breathe; coil
4. Writing (or typing) and spelling medical words
37. pressure; tension
5. Speaking and pronouncing medical words
38. treatment
39. thyroid gland
1.2 Practice Laps 40. tonsil
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 41. urinary system; urine
1. density 42. uterus; womb
2. abdomen 43. vagina
3. artery 44. vein
4. joint
B. Matching Exercise
5. living organism; living tissue 4, 17, 6, 8, 14, 11, 7, 3, 12, 15, 2, 5, 10, 1, 16, 13, 9
6. heart
C. True or False Exercise
7. heart
1. T 4. F
8. colon
2. T 5. T
9. rib
3. T
10. skin
11. blue D. English Plural Noun Exercise
12. skin 1. hormones 4. nerves
13. skin 2. kidneys 5. ovaries
14. break down food; digest 3. arteries
15. intestine
E. Greek Plural Noun Exercise
16. feeling; sensation
1. irides 3. carcinomata
17. stomach
2. phalanges 4. ganglia
18. group; set
19. liver
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F. Latin Plural Noun Exercise Chapter Review Exercises: Chapter 1
1. vertebrae 7. bacteria
2. sclerae 8. ova
Dive In: Medical Language Exercises
3. bronchi 9. diagnoses
4. alveoli 10. testes 1.1 Medical Language
5. thrombi 11. cortices
Circle Exercise
6. atria
1. terminology 3. Arabic
1.3 Practice Laps 2. word origins
True or False Exercise
A. True or False Exercise
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F
1. T 4. T
2. F 5. T 1.2 Medical Nouns and Word Parts
3. F 6. T
Matching Exercise
B. Divide Medical Words 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1
1. cardi/o- -logy
Matching Exercise
2. cardi/o- -ac
1, 10, 5, 4, 17, 9, 12, 15, 7, 6, 16, 20, 14, 3, 19, 18, 2, 8, 13, 11
3. intestin/o- -al
4. muscul/o- -ar Circle Exercise
5. ven/o- -ous 1. -ae 6. testis
6. intra- ven/o- -ous 2. combining form 7. vertebrae
7. brady- cardi/o- -ia 3. intestine 8. bacteria
8. urin/o- -ation 4. -i 9. alveoli
9. tonsill/o- -itis 5. phalanx 10. ovum
10. bi- later/o- -al
True or False Exercise
C. Build Medical Words 1. F 4. F
2. F 5. T
Suffix that Begins with a Vowel
3. F
1. cardiac 4. neuroma
2. digestive 5. therapist Plural Noun Exercise
3. intestinal 6. tonsillitis 1. irides 8. bacteria
Suffix that Begins with a Consonant 2. diagnoses 9. ganglia
7. arthropathy 9. cardiomegaly 3. ova 10. vertebrae
8. cardiology 10. colonoscope 4. phalanges 11. arteries
5. ovaries 12. thrombi
D. Spell Medical Words 6. hormones 13. testes
1. psychiatry 5. pelvic
7. bronchi 14. ovaries
2. cardiac 6. cardiology
3. tonsillitis 7. hypertension 1.3 Use Medical Words
4. venous 8. antibiotic
Divide Medical Words
E. Pronounce and Spell Medical Words 1. langu/o- -age
1. abdominal 8. muscular 2. medic/o- -al
2. cardiac 9. psychiatry 3. etym/o- -logy
3. cardiology 10. therapist 4. bi- later/o- -al
4. digestion 11. tonsillectomy 5. cardi/o- -ac
5. digestive 12. urinary
6. intestin/o- -al
6. intestinal 13. pelvic
7. mammogram 14. venous
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7. muscul/o- -ar 3. right lumbar region
8. uter/o- -ine 4. umbilical region
9. urin/o- -ary 5. right inguinal region
10. digest/o- -ive 6. left hypochondriac region
11. peri- cardi/o- -al 7. left lumbar region
12. hyper- tens/o- -ion 8. left inguinal region
13. anti- bi/o- -tic 9. hypogastric region
14. cardi/o- -megaly 10. right upper quadrant
15. tonsill/o- -ectomy 11. left upper quadrant
12. right lower quadrant
Build Medical Words
13. left lower quadrant
1. -ive digestive
2. -ous venous B. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms
3. -ics obstetrics 1. back; dorsum
4. -ation urination 2. abdomen
5. -itis tonsillitis 3. before; front part
6. -pathy arthropathy 4. tailbone
7. -scopy gastroscopy 5. hollow space
6. cell
Spell Medical Words
7. head
1. cardiac 5. tonsillitis
8. cartilage
2. subcutaneous 6. urination
9. structure that encircles like a crown
3. mammography 7. venous
10. cranium; top part of the skull
4. tachycardia
11. cell
Pronunce and Spell Medical Words 12. away from the center or point of origin
1. cardiac 4. neurology 13. outside
2. urination 5. tonsillitis 14. front
3. intravenous 6. subcutaneous 15. stomach
16. below
17. groin
Chapter 2: Health Care Today 18. inside
19. side
2.1 Practice Laps
20. lower back
A. Label Structures 21. middle
22. hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis
Body Directions
23. physical function
1. posterior (dorsal) 4. lateral
24. back part
2. anterior (ventral) 5. proximal
25. near the center or point of origin
3. medial 6. distal
26. four
Body Cavities 27. front to back
1. cranial cavity 4. diaphragm 28. backbone; spine
2. spinal cavity 5. abdominal cavity 29. above
3. thoracic cavity 6. pelvic cavity 30. chest; thorax
Body Regions 31. cut; layer; slice
1. right hypochondriac region 32. navel; umbilicus
2. epigastric region 33. abdomen; front
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2.2 Practice Laps 4. tooth
5. skin
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 6. innermost; within
1. medicine 7. intestine
2. time 8. stomach
3. impart; transmit 9. genitalia
4. present at birth 10. old age
5. cause of disease 11. female; woman
6. increase; provoke 12. blood
7. bend; break up 13. medical treatment; physician
8. arising from; produced by 14. immune response
9. gene 15. skin
10. creation; production 16. inside
11. knowledge 17. intestine
12. genetic inheritance 18. larynx; voice box
13. medical treatment; physician 19. lymph; lymphatic system
14. individual; unknown 20. muscle
15. disease within 21. birth
16. new 22. new
17. hospital 23. nerve
18. nourishment 24. nerve
19. disease 25. pregnancy and childbirth
20. formation; growth 26. mass; tumor
21. prevent 27. eye
22. recover 28. straight
23. send back 29. ear
24. operative procedure 30. child
25. collection of symptoms 31. drug; medicine
26. boundary; end; word 32. produce
27. therapy; treatment 33. mind
B. Build Medical Words 34. lung
1. -logy etiology 35. forearm bone; radius; x-ray
2. -ic symptomatic 36. skeleton
3. -gen pathogen 37. breathe; coil
4. -ery surgery 38. urinary system; urine
5. -al congenital 39. urinary system; urine
6. -ic therapeutic 40. blood vessel
7. -ary hereditary B. Build Medical Words
8. -ious infectious 1. -logy pharmacology
2. -istry dentistry
2.3 Practice Laps 3. -ary integumentary
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 4. -atic lymphatic
1. medicine 5. -ics obstetrics
2. heart 6. -iatry psychiatry
3. secrete
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Chapter 1: Medical Language: 20. skin
21. intestine
Its Structure and Meaning 22. abdomen
23. side
1.1 Practice Laps 24. white
A. Matching Exercise 25. breast
3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 2, 1 26. muscle
B. True or False Exercise 27. nose
1. T 5. T 28. birth
2. F 6. T 29. nerve
3. T 7. T 30. pregnancy and childbirth
4. F 31. hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis
32. eating; swallowing
C. Fill in the Blank Exercise 33. paralysis
1. Reading medical words
34. air; lung
2. Hearing medical words
35. mind
3. Thinking, analyzing, and understanding medical words
36. breathe; coil
4. Writing (or typing) and spelling medical words
37. pressure; tension
5. Speaking and pronouncing medical words
38. treatment
39. thyroid gland
1.2 Practice Laps 40. tonsil
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 41. urinary system; urine
1. density 42. uterus; womb
2. abdomen 43. vagina
3. artery 44. vein
4. joint
B. Matching Exercise
5. living organism; living tissue 4, 17, 6, 8, 14, 11, 7, 3, 12, 15, 2, 5, 10, 1, 16, 13, 9
6. heart
C. True or False Exercise
7. heart
1. T 4. F
8. colon
2. T 5. T
9. rib
3. T
10. skin
11. blue D. English Plural Noun Exercise
12. skin 1. hormones 4. nerves
13. skin 2. kidneys 5. ovaries
14. break down food; digest 3. arteries
15. intestine
E. Greek Plural Noun Exercise
16. feeling; sensation
1. irides 3. carcinomata
17. stomach
2. phalanges 4. ganglia
18. group; set
19. liver
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F. Latin Plural Noun Exercise Chapter Review Exercises: Chapter 1
1. vertebrae 7. bacteria
2. sclerae 8. ova
Dive In: Medical Language Exercises
3. bronchi 9. diagnoses
4. alveoli 10. testes 1.1 Medical Language
5. thrombi 11. cortices
Circle Exercise
6. atria
1. terminology 3. Arabic
1.3 Practice Laps 2. word origins
True or False Exercise
A. True or False Exercise
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F
1. T 4. T
2. F 5. T 1.2 Medical Nouns and Word Parts
3. F 6. T
Matching Exercise
B. Divide Medical Words 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1
1. cardi/o- -logy
Matching Exercise
2. cardi/o- -ac
1, 10, 5, 4, 17, 9, 12, 15, 7, 6, 16, 20, 14, 3, 19, 18, 2, 8, 13, 11
3. intestin/o- -al
4. muscul/o- -ar Circle Exercise
5. ven/o- -ous 1. -ae 6. testis
6. intra- ven/o- -ous 2. combining form 7. vertebrae
7. brady- cardi/o- -ia 3. intestine 8. bacteria
8. urin/o- -ation 4. -i 9. alveoli
9. tonsill/o- -itis 5. phalanx 10. ovum
10. bi- later/o- -al
True or False Exercise
C. Build Medical Words 1. F 4. F
2. F 5. T
Suffix that Begins with a Vowel
3. F
1. cardiac 4. neuroma
2. digestive 5. therapist Plural Noun Exercise
3. intestinal 6. tonsillitis 1. irides 8. bacteria
Suffix that Begins with a Consonant 2. diagnoses 9. ganglia
7. arthropathy 9. cardiomegaly 3. ova 10. vertebrae
8. cardiology 10. colonoscope 4. phalanges 11. arteries
5. ovaries 12. thrombi
D. Spell Medical Words 6. hormones 13. testes
1. psychiatry 5. pelvic
7. bronchi 14. ovaries
2. cardiac 6. cardiology
3. tonsillitis 7. hypertension 1.3 Use Medical Words
4. venous 8. antibiotic
Divide Medical Words
E. Pronounce and Spell Medical Words 1. langu/o- -age
1. abdominal 8. muscular 2. medic/o- -al
2. cardiac 9. psychiatry 3. etym/o- -logy
3. cardiology 10. therapist 4. bi- later/o- -al
4. digestion 11. tonsillectomy 5. cardi/o- -ac
5. digestive 12. urinary
6. intestin/o- -al
6. intestinal 13. pelvic
7. mammogram 14. venous
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7. muscul/o- -ar 3. right lumbar region
8. uter/o- -ine 4. umbilical region
9. urin/o- -ary 5. right inguinal region
10. digest/o- -ive 6. left hypochondriac region
11. peri- cardi/o- -al 7. left lumbar region
12. hyper- tens/o- -ion 8. left inguinal region
13. anti- bi/o- -tic 9. hypogastric region
14. cardi/o- -megaly 10. right upper quadrant
15. tonsill/o- -ectomy 11. left upper quadrant
12. right lower quadrant
Build Medical Words
13. left lower quadrant
1. -ive digestive
2. -ous venous B. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms
3. -ics obstetrics 1. back; dorsum
4. -ation urination 2. abdomen
5. -itis tonsillitis 3. before; front part
6. -pathy arthropathy 4. tailbone
7. -scopy gastroscopy 5. hollow space
6. cell
Spell Medical Words
7. head
1. cardiac 5. tonsillitis
8. cartilage
2. subcutaneous 6. urination
9. structure that encircles like a crown
3. mammography 7. venous
10. cranium; top part of the skull
4. tachycardia
11. cell
Pronunce and Spell Medical Words 12. away from the center or point of origin
1. cardiac 4. neurology 13. outside
2. urination 5. tonsillitis 14. front
3. intravenous 6. subcutaneous 15. stomach
16. below
17. groin
Chapter 2: Health Care Today 18. inside
19. side
2.1 Practice Laps
20. lower back
A. Label Structures 21. middle
22. hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis
Body Directions
23. physical function
1. posterior (dorsal) 4. lateral
24. back part
2. anterior (ventral) 5. proximal
25. near the center or point of origin
3. medial 6. distal
26. four
Body Cavities 27. front to back
1. cranial cavity 4. diaphragm 28. backbone; spine
2. spinal cavity 5. abdominal cavity 29. above
3. thoracic cavity 6. pelvic cavity 30. chest; thorax
Body Regions 31. cut; layer; slice
1. right hypochondriac region 32. navel; umbilicus
2. epigastric region 33. abdomen; front
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2.2 Practice Laps 4. tooth
5. skin
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 6. innermost; within
1. medicine 7. intestine
2. time 8. stomach
3. impart; transmit 9. genitalia
4. present at birth 10. old age
5. cause of disease 11. female; woman
6. increase; provoke 12. blood
7. bend; break up 13. medical treatment; physician
8. arising from; produced by 14. immune response
9. gene 15. skin
10. creation; production 16. inside
11. knowledge 17. intestine
12. genetic inheritance 18. larynx; voice box
13. medical treatment; physician 19. lymph; lymphatic system
14. individual; unknown 20. muscle
15. disease within 21. birth
16. new 22. new
17. hospital 23. nerve
18. nourishment 24. nerve
19. disease 25. pregnancy and childbirth
20. formation; growth 26. mass; tumor
21. prevent 27. eye
22. recover 28. straight
23. send back 29. ear
24. operative procedure 30. child
25. collection of symptoms 31. drug; medicine
26. boundary; end; word 32. produce
27. therapy; treatment 33. mind
B. Build Medical Words 34. lung
1. -logy etiology 35. forearm bone; radius; x-ray
2. -ic symptomatic 36. skeleton
3. -gen pathogen 37. breathe; coil
4. -ery surgery 38. urinary system; urine
5. -al congenital 39. urinary system; urine
6. -ic therapeutic 40. blood vessel
7. -ary hereditary B. Build Medical Words
8. -ious infectious 1. -logy pharmacology
2. -istry dentistry
2.3 Practice Laps 3. -ary integumentary
A. Give the Meaning of Combining Forms 4. -atic lymphatic
1. medicine 5. -ics obstetrics
2. heart 6. -iatry psychiatry
3. secrete
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