WGU C804 Medical Terminology Pre-
Assessment Questions and Answers
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Which term has a prefix? ✔✔Hypertension
Which three terms are singular? ✔✔Metastases - Nucleus - Bronchus
Which combining form means tissue? ✔✔hist/o
What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions?
✔✔coronal
What is the primary function of the integumentary system? ✔✔Shields the body against injuries,
infection, and dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle"?
✔✔Onychomycosis
A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? ✔✔foot
, What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? ✔✔Skin
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? ✔✔Basal cell carcinoma
What is otitis media? ✔✔Infection of the middle ear
Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a term that means
"inflammation of the middle ear"? ✔✔Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means "paralysis of the sphincter of the
eye"? ✔✔Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? ✔✔Surgical repair
What does the combining form mean in the word salpingopharyngeal? ✔✔Tube
Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement, stabilizing body position, storing
and moving substances within the body, and which other function? ✔✔Generating heat
Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region? ✔✔Lordosis
Assessment Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Which term has a prefix? ✔✔Hypertension
Which three terms are singular? ✔✔Metastases - Nucleus - Bronchus
Which combining form means tissue? ✔✔hist/o
What is the name of the vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions?
✔✔coronal
What is the primary function of the integumentary system? ✔✔Shields the body against injuries,
infection, and dehydration
Which medical term means "nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle"?
✔✔Onychomycosis
A patient chart states that a patient has tinea pedis with itching and redness.
Which part of the body has the physician examined? ✔✔foot
, What does the word root in the medical term dermatitis mean? ✔✔Skin
What does the abbreviation BCC stand for? ✔✔Basal cell carcinoma
What is otitis media? ✔✔Infection of the middle ear
Which word element should be added to the suffix -itis to construct a term that means
"inflammation of the middle ear"? ✔✔Ot-
What should be added to the suffix -ia to form a term that means "paralysis of the sphincter of the
eye"? ✔✔Iridopleg-
What is the meaning of the suffix in the medical term tympanoplasty? ✔✔Surgical repair
What does the combining form mean in the word salpingopharyngeal? ✔✔Tube
Muscles have four key functions: producing body movement, stabilizing body position, storing
and moving substances within the body, and which other function? ✔✔Generating heat
Which term refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar region? ✔✔Lordosis
