HLHS 101 Midterm Review Questions With
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Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from
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which two ancient languages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greek and Latin
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Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in pneumothorax.
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(pneu) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--noo
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Identify and define the prefix in the term antigen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anti,
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against
When putting medical terms together, use a combining vowel: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-all of these; to join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant,
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to join two roots together and, to join two roots together even when the second
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root begins with a vowel
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When translating a medical term, one can usually figure out the definition by: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interpreting the suffix first, then the prefix, and finally the
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root or roots.
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Which part of the SOAP method most accurately describes the following excerpt
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from a patient's clinic note?
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T: 99.0; HR: 60; RR: 20; BP: 112/70.
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, General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
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HEENT: PERRLA. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
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Resp: CTA. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi, or crackles. Good air exchange. No
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increased work of breathing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Objective
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Which of the following roots means thick? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pachy/o
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What of the following roots means fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- all of these:
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adip/o, lip/0 and, steat/o
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What is the correct breakdown of the term hypohidrosis into its component
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parts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hypo/hidr/osis
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What is the correct breakdown of the term hypopigmentation into its component
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parts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hypo/pigment/ation
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The medical term for a freckle is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-macule, macula
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Chose the correct translation for the root ankyl/o. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Stiff,
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bent
Choose the correct translation for the root femor/o. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Femur
Correct Answers
Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from
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which two ancient languages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greek and Latin
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Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in pneumothorax.
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(pneu) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--noo
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Identify and define the prefix in the term antigen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anti,
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against
When putting medical terms together, use a combining vowel: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-all of these; to join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant,
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to join two roots together and, to join two roots together even when the second
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root begins with a vowel
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When translating a medical term, one can usually figure out the definition by: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interpreting the suffix first, then the prefix, and finally the
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root or roots.
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Which part of the SOAP method most accurately describes the following excerpt
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from a patient's clinic note?
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T: 99.0; HR: 60; RR: 20; BP: 112/70.
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, General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
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HEENT: PERRLA. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
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Resp: CTA. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi, or crackles. Good air exchange. No
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increased work of breathing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Objective
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Which of the following roots means thick? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pachy/o
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What of the following roots means fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- all of these:
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adip/o, lip/0 and, steat/o
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What is the correct breakdown of the term hypohidrosis into its component
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parts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hypo/hidr/osis
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What is the correct breakdown of the term hypopigmentation into its component
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parts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hypo/pigment/ation
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The medical term for a freckle is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-macule, macula
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Chose the correct translation for the root ankyl/o. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Stiff,
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bent
Choose the correct translation for the root femor/o. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Femur
