BIOD 103 / BIOD103 MODULE 7 | MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | PORTAGE
LEARNING | 2026/2027 GUIDE
A woman underwent a procedure with a colposcope due to an abnormal
pap smear. Define the underlined terms.
- Correct Answer - Colposcope is a medical instrument that examines
the cervix and vagina with a magnifying lens.
Pap smear is a test that is used for early detection of cervical cancer
where cells are removed from the cervix and then examined under a
microscope.
A patient underwent a balanoplasty to correct an epispadias deformity.
A) Identify and define the combining form in balanoplasty and then
define the term.
B) Define epispadias.
- Correct Answer - A) The combining form is balan/o, which means
glans penis. The term balanoplasty is a surgical repair of the glans
penis.
B) Epispadias is a deformity where the urethral meatus opens on the
dorsal side of the penis
, A boy with bilateral cryptorchism underwent a surgical orchiopexy.
A) Identify and define the combining form in the underlined words.
B) Using the definitions of these words, explain why the boy had this
procedure performed. (Hint: The suffix -pexy means a surgical fixation)
- Correct Answer - A) The combining form is orch/o meaning testicle
B) Both of the testicles did not descend into the scrotum, a condition
called cryptorchism. He had a surgical procedure called an orchiopexy
completed where the testes were freed and then implanted or fixed
within the scrotum
During a vasectomy, the vas deferens are cut bilaterally to prevent
sperm from leaving the body. Identify and define the combining form in
the term, vasectomy.
- Correct Answer - Vas/o is the combining form, and it means vessel
The fluid in the male ejaculation contains sperm and fluids secreted from
the seminal vesicles, prostate gland, and bulbourethral gland. Identify
and define the combining forms in the underlined words
- Correct Answer - Ejaculat/o means to throw out. Semin/I means
semen. Prostat/o means prostate
TERMINOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | PORTAGE
LEARNING | 2026/2027 GUIDE
A woman underwent a procedure with a colposcope due to an abnormal
pap smear. Define the underlined terms.
- Correct Answer - Colposcope is a medical instrument that examines
the cervix and vagina with a magnifying lens.
Pap smear is a test that is used for early detection of cervical cancer
where cells are removed from the cervix and then examined under a
microscope.
A patient underwent a balanoplasty to correct an epispadias deformity.
A) Identify and define the combining form in balanoplasty and then
define the term.
B) Define epispadias.
- Correct Answer - A) The combining form is balan/o, which means
glans penis. The term balanoplasty is a surgical repair of the glans
penis.
B) Epispadias is a deformity where the urethral meatus opens on the
dorsal side of the penis
, A boy with bilateral cryptorchism underwent a surgical orchiopexy.
A) Identify and define the combining form in the underlined words.
B) Using the definitions of these words, explain why the boy had this
procedure performed. (Hint: The suffix -pexy means a surgical fixation)
- Correct Answer - A) The combining form is orch/o meaning testicle
B) Both of the testicles did not descend into the scrotum, a condition
called cryptorchism. He had a surgical procedure called an orchiopexy
completed where the testes were freed and then implanted or fixed
within the scrotum
During a vasectomy, the vas deferens are cut bilaterally to prevent
sperm from leaving the body. Identify and define the combining form in
the term, vasectomy.
- Correct Answer - Vas/o is the combining form, and it means vessel
The fluid in the male ejaculation contains sperm and fluids secreted from
the seminal vesicles, prostate gland, and bulbourethral gland. Identify
and define the combining forms in the underlined words
- Correct Answer - Ejaculat/o means to throw out. Semin/I means
semen. Prostat/o means prostate
