MMSC200 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. arthritis (arthr/itis) - ANSWER ✔ inflammation of a joint
2. intravenous (intra/ven/ous) - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to within a vein
3. osteoarthritis (oste/o/arthr/itis) - ANSWER ✔ inflammation of the bone and
joint
4. subhepatic (sub/hepat/ic) - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to under the liver
5. osteopathy (oste/o/pathy) - ANSWER ✔ disease of the bone
6. arthropathy (arthr/o/pathy) - ANSWER ✔ disease of the joint
7. ilium - ANSWER ✔ part of the hip bone
8. ileum - ANSWER ✔ refers to a part of the small intestine
,9. cephalgia - ANSWER ✔ headache
10.-algia - ANSWER ✔ pain
11.-dynia - ANSWER ✔ pain
12.-ectomy - ANSWER ✔ excision, removal
13.-tomy - ANSWER ✔ incision, cutting into
14.-stomy - ANSWER ✔ creating a new opening
15.-gram - ANSWER ✔ record
16.prefix - ANSWER ✔ attached to beginning of a medical term to modify the
unique meaning derived from root
17.prefix often indicates - ANSWER ✔ often indicates number, direction,
orientation, time, negation
18.root - ANSWER ✔ fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of the
word
,19.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
20.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
21.all medical terms must have a - ANSWER ✔ suffix
22.most medical terms have at least one - ANSWER ✔ root
23.Some medical terms do NOT have - ANSWER ✔ a prefix or combining
vowel, although they all have suffix
24.When a suffix begins with a vowel - ANSWER ✔ the combining vowel is
usually omitted
25.Prefix can be directly attached to a root without - ANSWER ✔ the
combining vowel "o"
26.hemat - ANSWER ✔ blood
27.-logy - ANSWER ✔ study of
, 28.electr - ANSWER ✔ electricity
29.cardi - ANSWER ✔ heart
30.-gram - ANSWER ✔ record of information generated from an analyzer
31.gastr - ANSWER ✔ stomach
32.-itis - ANSWER ✔ inflammation
33.sub - ANSWER ✔ under
34.-ic - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to
35.aden/o - ANSWER ✔ gland
36.arthr/o - ANSWER ✔ joint
37.bi/o - ANSWER ✔ life
38.carcin/o - ANSWER ✔ cancer
39.cardi/o - ANSWER ✔ heart
40.cephal/o - ANSWER ✔ head
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. arthritis (arthr/itis) - ANSWER ✔ inflammation of a joint
2. intravenous (intra/ven/ous) - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to within a vein
3. osteoarthritis (oste/o/arthr/itis) - ANSWER ✔ inflammation of the bone and
joint
4. subhepatic (sub/hepat/ic) - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to under the liver
5. osteopathy (oste/o/pathy) - ANSWER ✔ disease of the bone
6. arthropathy (arthr/o/pathy) - ANSWER ✔ disease of the joint
7. ilium - ANSWER ✔ part of the hip bone
8. ileum - ANSWER ✔ refers to a part of the small intestine
,9. cephalgia - ANSWER ✔ headache
10.-algia - ANSWER ✔ pain
11.-dynia - ANSWER ✔ pain
12.-ectomy - ANSWER ✔ excision, removal
13.-tomy - ANSWER ✔ incision, cutting into
14.-stomy - ANSWER ✔ creating a new opening
15.-gram - ANSWER ✔ record
16.prefix - ANSWER ✔ attached to beginning of a medical term to modify the
unique meaning derived from root
17.prefix often indicates - ANSWER ✔ often indicates number, direction,
orientation, time, negation
18.root - ANSWER ✔ fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of the
word
,19.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
20.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
21.all medical terms must have a - ANSWER ✔ suffix
22.most medical terms have at least one - ANSWER ✔ root
23.Some medical terms do NOT have - ANSWER ✔ a prefix or combining
vowel, although they all have suffix
24.When a suffix begins with a vowel - ANSWER ✔ the combining vowel is
usually omitted
25.Prefix can be directly attached to a root without - ANSWER ✔ the
combining vowel "o"
26.hemat - ANSWER ✔ blood
27.-logy - ANSWER ✔ study of
, 28.electr - ANSWER ✔ electricity
29.cardi - ANSWER ✔ heart
30.-gram - ANSWER ✔ record of information generated from an analyzer
31.gastr - ANSWER ✔ stomach
32.-itis - ANSWER ✔ inflammation
33.sub - ANSWER ✔ under
34.-ic - ANSWER ✔ pertaining to
35.aden/o - ANSWER ✔ gland
36.arthr/o - ANSWER ✔ joint
37.bi/o - ANSWER ✔ life
38.carcin/o - ANSWER ✔ cancer
39.cardi/o - ANSWER ✔ heart
40.cephal/o - ANSWER ✔ head
