MMSC 200 EXAM 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE

MMSC 200 EXAM 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE

●● prefix often indicates.
Answer: often indicates number, direction, orientation, time, negation


●● root.
Answer: fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of the word


●● combining vowel.
Answer: used to ease pronunciation - usually an "o". A combining vowel
is used to connect two word roots or a word root and a suffix


●● suffix.
Answer: word ending. Suffix is attached to end of a root (or rarely to
prefix) to modify its meaning. often indicates a procedure or instrument


●● all medical terms must have a.
Answer: suffix


●● most medical terms have at least one.

,Answer: root


●● Some medical terms do NOT have.
Answer: a prefix or combining vowel, although they all have suffix


●● When a suffix begins with a vowel.
Answer: the combining vowel is usually omitted


●● Prefix can be directly attached to a root without.
Answer: the combining vowel "o"


●● hemat.
Answer: blood


●● -logy.
Answer: study of


●● electr.
Answer: electricity


●● cardi.
Answer: heart

,●● -gram.
Answer: record of information generated from an analyzer


●● gastr.
Answer: stomach


●● -itis.
Answer: inflammation


●● sub.
Answer: under


●● -ic.
Answer: pertaining to


●● aden/o.
Answer: gland


●● arthr/o.
Answer: joint

, ●● bi/o.
Answer: life


●● carcin/o.
Answer: cancer


●● cardi/o.
Answer: heart


●● cephal/o.
Answer: head


●● cerebr/o.
Answer: cerebrum


●● cis/o.
Answer: to cut


●● crin/o.
Answer: to secrete


●● cyst/o.