Medical Terminology Final Exam –
VirtualSC Questions and Answers
-um - Answer-noun, ending
Cardiac - Answer-adjective pertaining to the heart
ac - Answer-pertaining to
Gastrosis - Answer-any disease of the stomach
Pathology - Answer-study of all aspects of disease
Gastralgia - Answer-stomachache, pain in the stomach
Gastritis - Answer-Inflammation of the stomach
arteriosclerosis - Answer-abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries
hepatomegaly - Answer-abnormal enlargement of the liver
Abdominocentesis - Answer-the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove
fluid
Angiography - Answer-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast
material
Hemorrhage - Answer-the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time
diarrhea - Answer-frequent passage of loose, watery stools
Myorrhexis - Answer-rupture of a muscle
Hypertension - Answer-higher than normal blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer-lower than normal blood pressure
Interstitial - Answer-between, but not within, the parts of a tissue
Intramuscular - Answer-within the muscle
Subcostal - Answer-below a rib or ribs
Supracostal - Answer-above or outside the ribs
acute disease - Answer-symptoms develop rapidly but the disease lasts only a short
time
VirtualSC Questions and Answers
-um - Answer-noun, ending
Cardiac - Answer-adjective pertaining to the heart
ac - Answer-pertaining to
Gastrosis - Answer-any disease of the stomach
Pathology - Answer-study of all aspects of disease
Gastralgia - Answer-stomachache, pain in the stomach
Gastritis - Answer-Inflammation of the stomach
arteriosclerosis - Answer-abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries
hepatomegaly - Answer-abnormal enlargement of the liver
Abdominocentesis - Answer-the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove
fluid
Angiography - Answer-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast
material
Hemorrhage - Answer-the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time
diarrhea - Answer-frequent passage of loose, watery stools
Myorrhexis - Answer-rupture of a muscle
Hypertension - Answer-higher than normal blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer-lower than normal blood pressure
Interstitial - Answer-between, but not within, the parts of a tissue
Intramuscular - Answer-within the muscle
Subcostal - Answer-below a rib or ribs
Supracostal - Answer-above or outside the ribs
acute disease - Answer-symptoms develop rapidly but the disease lasts only a short
time
