ALHS 1090 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026

ALHS 1090 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 a combining form is a word root plus - answer-a vowel in medical word building, combining forms are used with suffixes that begin with - answer-a consonant the word root usually indicates - answer-body part in the term "hypogastric" the prefix is - answer-hypo which of the ofllowing statements regarding compound words is false - answer-they have only one word element and a suffix a word root is usually derived from the Greek or Latin language T/F - answer-true the "element" at the end of a medical term is a - answer-suffix which of the following words is built incorrectly - answer-gastr/plasty should be gastr/o/plasty a combining form is a prefix plus a word root T/F - answer-false a combining vowel - answer-enables to word elements to be connected the combining vowel is usually - answer-O the most important part of a medical term is the suffix - answer-falsewhich of the following is an example of when a combining form is used to link one word root to another word root? - answer-gastr/o/esophag/itis gastr/o is a combining form T/F - answer-true all medical words have a prefix T/F - answer-false