HIM 2472 MODULE 1 (MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!

HIM 2472 MODULE 1 (MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!




All medical terms have a Answer - suffix


Which element appears at the beginning of a medical term? Answer - Prefix


HEMAT/O/LOGY Answer - root combining vowel suffix


-LOGY Answer - process of study


Root Answer - foundation of the word


Suffix Answer - word ending


Prefix Answer - small part attached to the beginning of a term


Combining vowel Answer - vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or
the root to another root


Combining form Answer - root + combining vowel


ELECTR/O/CARDI/O/GRAM Answer - root combining vowel root combining
vowel suffix

, cardi/0 Answer - heart


-gram Answer - record


GASTR/ITIS Answer - Root Suffix


-itis Answer - inflammation


Drop combining vowel Answer - suffix starts with a vowel


GASTR/O/ENTER/O/LOGY Answer - root combining vowel root combining
vowel suffix


enter Answer - intestines


READ the meaning of medical terms from the Answer - suffix back to the
beginning of the term and across


DROP the combining vowel (usually o) Answer - before a suffix beginning with
a vowel


gastritis or gastroitis Answer - gastritis


KEEP the combining vowel Answer - between two roots


gastroenterology or gastrenterology Answer - gastroenterology