WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY OA ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION

WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY OA ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION 1. Movement toward the median plane of the body - ANSWER adduction 2. Each of the four areas of the abdominopelvic cavity - ANSWER quadrants 3. Protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy - ANSWER inflammation 4. destruction, dissolution, or separation of a cell - ANSWER cytolysis 5. The control center of the cell and responsible for reproduction - ANSWER nucleus 6. pertaining to the front of the body - ANSWER anterior 7. Body cavity composed of the cranial and spinal cavities - ANSWER dorsal 8. anterior or front - ANSWER anter/o 9. tail - ANSWER caud/o 10. head - ANSWER cephal/o 11. neck, cervix uteri - ANSWER cervic/o 12. cartilage - ANSWER chondr/o 13. skull, cranium - ANSWER crani/o 14. far, farthest - ANSWER dist/o 15. back (of body) - ANSWER dors/o 16. cause - ANSWER eti/o (etiology) 17. stomach - ANSWER gastr/o 18. tissue - ANSWER hist/o 19. ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone) - ANSWER ili/o 20. lower, below - ANSWER infer/o 21. groin - ANSWER inguin/o 22. side (to one side) - ANSWER later/o 23. loins (lower back) - ANSWER lumb/o 24. middle - ANSWER medi, medi/o 25. nucleus - ANSWER nucle/o, kary/o 26. pelvis - ANSWER pelv/o, pelv/i 27. gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) - ANSWER poli/o 28. back (of body), behind, posterior - ANSWER poster/o 29. near, nearest - ANSWER proxim/o 30. radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) - ANSWER radi/o 31. body - ANSWER somat/o 32. spine - ANSWER spin/o 33. chest - ANSWER thorac/o, thorax 34. umbilicus, navel - ANSWER umbilic/o 35. belly, belly side - ANSWER ventr/o 36. internal organs - ANSWER viscer/o 37. toward - ANSWER ad 38. forming, producing, origin - ANSWER -gen, -genesis 39. knowing - ANSWER gnosis 40. instrument for measuring - ANSWER meter 41. visual examination - ANSWER scopy 42. poison - ANSWER toxic 43. above, on - ANSWER epi 44. below, under - ANSWER infra 45. across, through - ANSWER trans 46. Areas of tissue pathologically altered by injury, wound, or infection - ANSWER lesions 47. Layer of skin where new cells are formed - ANSWER basal 48. A system of categorizing tumor cells based on the degree of loss of cellular differentiation and function - ANSWER grading 49. Gland that cools the body by evaporation - ANSWER sudoriferous 50. Removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue,especially in a wound - ANSWER debridement 51. Benign (not malignant) neoplasm in which the tumor cells form glands or glandlike structures - ANSWER adenoma 52. Anti-inflammatory agents that treat skin inflammation - ANSWER corticosteroids 53. Growth of hair in dermoid cyst or in a sinus opening on the skin - ANSWER pilonidal 54. Layer of skin that binds the dermis to underlying structures - ANSWER subcutaneous 55. outer layer of skin - ANSWER epidermis 56. A graft done with tissue transplanted from the patient's own skin - ANSWER autograft 57. Tissue sample removed from a body site for microscopic examination - ANSWER biopsy 58. Deficiency of oxygen in arterial blood - ANSWER hypoxemia 59. A chronic disease characterized by destruction of the alveoli - ANSWER emphysema 60. Medical specialty concerned with disorders of the respiratory system - ANSWER pulmonology 61. A symptom of croup - ANSWER stridor 62. Seals off the air passage to the lungs during swallowing - ANSWER epiglottis 63. These blood cells carry carbon dioxide to the lungs for exhalation - ANSWER erythrocytes 64. Pneumonia can occur when these small clusters of air sacs become infected - ANSWER alveoli 65. Disorder that produces bronchospasms and leads to dyspnea - ANSWER asthma 66. Using a stethoscope to listen to sounds made by organs of the body - ANSWER auscultation 67. Narrowing of the larynx - ANSWER laryngostenosis 68. Process by which O2 is taken from air and carried to body cells for their use - ANSWER respiration 69. glans penis - ANSWER balan/o 70. gonad, sex gland - ANSWER gonad/o 71. opening, meatus - ANSWER meat/o 72. testis (pleural testes) - ANSWER test/o, orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o 73. prostate gland - ANSWER prostat/o 74. spermatozoa, sperm cells - ANSWER spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o 75. dilated vein - ANSWER varic/o 76. Which term can be constructed to mean "inflammation around the heart," using the following word elements? cardio- endo- phleb- peri- -megaly -carditis -itis -cardium - ANSWER Pericarditis 77. Which suffix should be added to arterio- to construct a term that means "narrowing of an artery"? - ANSWER -stenosis 78. What does the prefix in tachycardia mean? - ANSWER Rapid 79. What does the combining form mean in the word thrombolysis? - ANSWER Blood clot 80. Which acronym is used for the blood vessel that conveys blood from the upper portion of the body to the right atrium? - ANSWER SVC 81. What is a main function of the lymphatic system? - ANSWER Defends against harmful agents 82. What are the thin-walled tubes that carry lymph from the tissue? - ANSWER Lymph capillaries 83. Which term can be constructed to mean "the process of cells clumping together" using the following word elements? lympho- lymph- agglutin- adeno- -poiesis -angioma -ation -pathy - ANSWER Agglutination 84. Which term can be created to mean "an acute allergic reaction characterized by extreme decrease in blood pressure, difficulty breathing, hives, and abdominal cramps" using the following word elements? immuno- anaphyl- prophyl- -axis -gen -deficiency - ANSWER Anaphylaxis 85. What is the meaning of the suffix in the term lymphoid? - ANSWER Resembling 86. What does the word element - oma mean when used in the term lymphangiosarcoma? - ANSWER Tumor 87. What is the definition of the word paranasal? - ANSWER Near or beside the nose 88. Which suffix should be added to pleur to construct a term that means "pain of the pleura"? - ANSWER -algia 89. Which term can be constructed to mean "pain in the chest" using the following word elements? Pleur- Hypox- Thoraco- Bronchiect- -dynia -ia -asis -itic - ANSWER Thoracodynia 90. Which word element in the term pulmonologist means "specialist in the study of"? - ANSWER Suffix 91. What is the meaning of the word element -pnea in the term orthopnea? - ANSWER Breathing 92. What is the abbreviation for carbon dioxide? - ANSWER CO 2 93. Which condition is a result of the oversecretion of growth horomone (GH) in adults? - ANSWER Acromegaly 94. Which term can be constructed to mean "excessive thirst" using the following word elements? thyro- poly- hyper- hypo- -dipsia -megaly -trophy -calcemia - ANSWER Polydipsia 95. What should be added to thyro- to form a term that means "incision of the thyroid gland"? - ANSWER -tomy 96. Which part of the term hyperparathyroidism means "excessive"? - ANSWER hyper- 97. What does the combining form mean in the word hyperglycemia? - ANSWER Sugar 98. Which abbreviation describes the hormone that increases water absorption? - ANSWER ADH - Anti Diuretic Hormone 99. What is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)? - ANSWER stroke 100. What should be added to neuro- to construct a term that means "destruction of a nerve"? - ANSWER -lysis 101. A patient is diagnosed with paralysis of one-half of the body. 102. Which word element should be added to the prefix hemi- to construct a term referring to this condition? - ANSWER -paresis 103. Which term, meaning a specialist in disorders of the nervous system, is spelled correctly? - ANSWER neurologist 104. What does the combining form in the term xenophobia mean? - ANSWER Foreign 105. Which nervous system abbreviation is a radiographic procedure? - ANSWER MSI - multi-spectral imagery 106. Which term means "opening or tunnel of any part of the body"? - ANSWER Meatus 107. A physician informs the patient that she has an inflammation of the urethra. 108. What is the correct spelling of this diagnosis? - ANSWER Urethritis 109. A doctor orders a test to check for blood in the urine. 110. Which word element should be added to the suffix -uria to construct a term referring to the condition for which the doctor is testing? - ANSWER Hemat- 111. A female patient reports that she experiences urinary leakage when she cannot get to a toilet in time. Documentation states that the patient has arthritis making it difficult for her to walk. 112. Which type of incontinence does the patient have? - ANSWER Functional incontinence 113. What is the meaning of the suffix in the term urethrocele? - ANSWER Hernia 114. What is a function of the uterus? - ANSWER Nourishes embryo 115. What does the term orchidectomy mean? - ANSWER Excision of testes 116. Order the following elements from first (1) to last (4) to correctly form a medical term referring to the removal of multiple female reproductive system organs. 117. Select your answers from the pull-down list. - ANSWER Hystero - Salpingo - Oophor - Ectomy 118. Which medical term can be constructed to mean "flow of milk" using the following word elements? oligo- galacto- mast- masto- -itis -pexy -rrhea -galactia - ANSWER Galactorrhea 119. What does the suffix mean in the word amniocentesis? - ANSWER Surgical puncture 120. What does the suffix mean in the word menarche? - ANSWER Beginning 121. What does the combining form mean in the term galactorrhea? - ANSWER Milk