Medical Terminology Final Review
Exam Questions with Latest Update
hypobilirubinemia - Answer-Abnormally low levels of bilirubin in the blood
celiac - Answer-pertaining to the abdomen
gastric - Answer-pertaining to the stomach
in the cheek - Answer-buccal
stomat/o - Answer-mouth, opening
rapid breathing - Answer-tachypnea
A rapid heartbeat is called: - Answer-tachycardia
slow heart rate - Answer-bradycardia
difficulty digesting - Answer-dyspepsia
difficulty speaking - Answer-dysphasia
difficulty swallowing - Answer-dysphagia
palatoplasty - Answer-surgical repair of the roof of the mouth
-stenois - Answer-narrowing
-ptysis - Answer-to spit
-spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
-stasis - Answer-stopping, controlling
-lysis - Answer-loosening, destruction
-emesis - Answer-vomiting
-rrhaphy - Answer-suturing
-rrhea - Answer-discharge, flow
diuresis - Answer-increased excretion of urine
anuria - Answer-absence of urine
absence - Answer-failure to be present
, voiding - Answer-another term for urination
micturition - Answer-act of passing urine
nocturia - Answer-urination at night
sac containing testes - Answer-scrotum
testis - Answer-male reproductive organ that produces sperm and hormones
valve on left side of heart - Answer-bicuspid/mitral
tricuspid valve - Answer-between right atrium and right ventricle
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - Answer-stroke
multiple sclerosis - Answer-myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve impulse
conduction
aphasia - Answer-inability to speak
anencephaly - Answer-congenital deformity in which some or all of fetal brain is
missing
analgesia - Answer-inability to feel pain
dementia - Answer-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including
memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
anesthesia - Answer-loss of feeling or sensation of the nerve
diastole - Answer-Relaxation of the heart
systole - Answer-Contraction of the heart
tarsal bones - Answer-ankle bones
carpal bones - Answer-wrist bones
ulnar bone - Answer-Longer of the two bones in the forearm
sternum - Answer-breastbone
clavicle - Answer-collar bone
scapular - Answer-shoulder blade region
ophthamologist - Answer-medical doctor who studies and treats diseases of the eye
Exam Questions with Latest Update
hypobilirubinemia - Answer-Abnormally low levels of bilirubin in the blood
celiac - Answer-pertaining to the abdomen
gastric - Answer-pertaining to the stomach
in the cheek - Answer-buccal
stomat/o - Answer-mouth, opening
rapid breathing - Answer-tachypnea
A rapid heartbeat is called: - Answer-tachycardia
slow heart rate - Answer-bradycardia
difficulty digesting - Answer-dyspepsia
difficulty speaking - Answer-dysphasia
difficulty swallowing - Answer-dysphagia
palatoplasty - Answer-surgical repair of the roof of the mouth
-stenois - Answer-narrowing
-ptysis - Answer-to spit
-spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
-stasis - Answer-stopping, controlling
-lysis - Answer-loosening, destruction
-emesis - Answer-vomiting
-rrhaphy - Answer-suturing
-rrhea - Answer-discharge, flow
diuresis - Answer-increased excretion of urine
anuria - Answer-absence of urine
absence - Answer-failure to be present
, voiding - Answer-another term for urination
micturition - Answer-act of passing urine
nocturia - Answer-urination at night
sac containing testes - Answer-scrotum
testis - Answer-male reproductive organ that produces sperm and hormones
valve on left side of heart - Answer-bicuspid/mitral
tricuspid valve - Answer-between right atrium and right ventricle
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - Answer-stroke
multiple sclerosis - Answer-myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve impulse
conduction
aphasia - Answer-inability to speak
anencephaly - Answer-congenital deformity in which some or all of fetal brain is
missing
analgesia - Answer-inability to feel pain
dementia - Answer-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including
memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
anesthesia - Answer-loss of feeling or sensation of the nerve
diastole - Answer-Relaxation of the heart
systole - Answer-Contraction of the heart
tarsal bones - Answer-ankle bones
carpal bones - Answer-wrist bones
ulnar bone - Answer-Longer of the two bones in the forearm
sternum - Answer-breastbone
clavicle - Answer-collar bone
scapular - Answer-shoulder blade region
ophthamologist - Answer-medical doctor who studies and treats diseases of the eye
