Medical Terminology Final Exam Study
Guide Questions with Complete
Answers
differential diagnosis - Answer-a list of conditions that patient may have based on the
symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam
morbidity - Answer-the risk for being sick
mortality - Answer-the risk for dying
prognosis - Answer-the chances for things getting better or worse
etiology - Answer-the cause
proximal - Answer-closer in to the center
distal - Answer-farther away from the center
dorsal/posterior - Answer-the back
prone - Answer-lying down on belly
contralateral - Answer-opposite side
sagittal - Answer-divides the body in slices right to left
anterior/ventral/antral - Answer-the front
medial - Answer-toward the middle
lateral - Answer-out to the side
inferior - Answer-below
posterior - Answer-the back
superior - Answer-above
I/O - Answer-intake/output
PCP - Answer-primary care provider
PERRLA - Answer-pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accomodation
A&O - Answer-alert and oriented (the patient can answer questions and is aware of
what's going on)
, BID - Answer-twice daily
fissure - Answer-a crack in the skin
nodule - Answer-a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin
pustule - Answer-a pus-filled blister
bulla - Answer-bubble, blister
vesicle - Answer-a smaller blister
macule, macula - Answer-freckle, small, flat discolored area
nevus - Answer-mole
verruca - Answer-wart
cicatrix - Answer-scar
dermat/o - Answer-skin
seb/o - Answer-oil
cyan/o - Answer-blue
hidr/o - Answer-sweat
onych/o - Answer-nail
eponym - Answer-a word including the name of the person who discovered or
invented whatever is being described
acronym - Answer-a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make
up a phrase
modern language terms - Answer-words that come from whatever language that
happens to be most commonly spoken by the majority of health care professionals
cost/o - Answer-rib
my/o - Answer-muscle
arthr/o - Answer-joint
carp/o - Answer-wrist
ten/o - Answer-tendon
Guide Questions with Complete
Answers
differential diagnosis - Answer-a list of conditions that patient may have based on the
symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam
morbidity - Answer-the risk for being sick
mortality - Answer-the risk for dying
prognosis - Answer-the chances for things getting better or worse
etiology - Answer-the cause
proximal - Answer-closer in to the center
distal - Answer-farther away from the center
dorsal/posterior - Answer-the back
prone - Answer-lying down on belly
contralateral - Answer-opposite side
sagittal - Answer-divides the body in slices right to left
anterior/ventral/antral - Answer-the front
medial - Answer-toward the middle
lateral - Answer-out to the side
inferior - Answer-below
posterior - Answer-the back
superior - Answer-above
I/O - Answer-intake/output
PCP - Answer-primary care provider
PERRLA - Answer-pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accomodation
A&O - Answer-alert and oriented (the patient can answer questions and is aware of
what's going on)
, BID - Answer-twice daily
fissure - Answer-a crack in the skin
nodule - Answer-a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin
pustule - Answer-a pus-filled blister
bulla - Answer-bubble, blister
vesicle - Answer-a smaller blister
macule, macula - Answer-freckle, small, flat discolored area
nevus - Answer-mole
verruca - Answer-wart
cicatrix - Answer-scar
dermat/o - Answer-skin
seb/o - Answer-oil
cyan/o - Answer-blue
hidr/o - Answer-sweat
onych/o - Answer-nail
eponym - Answer-a word including the name of the person who discovered or
invented whatever is being described
acronym - Answer-a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make
up a phrase
modern language terms - Answer-words that come from whatever language that
happens to be most commonly spoken by the majority of health care professionals
cost/o - Answer-rib
my/o - Answer-muscle
arthr/o - Answer-joint
carp/o - Answer-wrist
ten/o - Answer-tendon
