NURS 300 Midterm Quizzes - Questions and Answers

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NURS 300 Midterm Quizzes - Questions and Answers Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages? Greek and Latin A medical term formed from the first letters of the word... s in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is an acronym A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is an eponym The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the the word root The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the the prefix The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the the suffix All medical terms have at least one word root A combining form is made up of a word root and a combining vowel A combining vowel is used to ease word pronunciation Most common combining vowel is O In the term arthr/itis, itis is the Suffix In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix? Sub In the term oste/o/arthr/o/pathy, which part is the suffix? Pathy The o in arthr/o/pathy is the combining vowel When defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the Suffix Word root for joint Arth Suffix for inflammation -it is Prefix for within intra- Word root for liver Hepat Suffix for pertaining to -ic Prefix for under, below sub- Word root for vein Ven Suffix for pertaining to -ous Word root for bone Osteo Suffix for disease -pathy Suffix for enlargement -megaly Pertaining to the liver heapt/ic Disease of the bone oste/o/pathy Pertaining to within the vein inta/ven/ous Pertaining to below the liver sub/hepat/ic Disease of a joint arthr/o/pathy Inflammation of a joint arthr/it is Enlargement of the liver hepat/o/megaly Inflammation of the liver hepat/it is The combining form referring two or more types of tissues that together perform special body functions is organ/o The combining form my/o is defined as Muscle The combining form carcin/o means Cancer The combining form that means red is erythr/o The term carcinoma is defined as a cancerous tumor (malignant) Hyperplasia is defined as cell development that is Excessive The study of cells is Cytology If a tumor is becoming progressively worse and is likely to cause death, it is Malignant The term idiopathic is defined as pertaining to a disease of unknown origin The term that means state of complete knowledge and refers to the art of identifying a disease based on the patient's signs, symptoms and test results is Diagnosis A term that means abnormal condition of bluish discoloration is Cyanosis The term that means without fever is Afebrile The combining form meaning tail (downward) is caud/o The combining form meaning belly (front) is ventr/o The combining form dist/o means Away The combining form dors/o means Back The term lateral describes movement toward the Side The term that refers to the direction closest to the point of attachment is Proximal The term unilateral means pertaining to one side The term that means pertaining to below is Inferior The term that means pertaining to the back and to the front is Posteroanterior A vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides (any plane parallel to the midsagittal plane) is called Sagittal A horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions is called Transverse The definition of the Fowler position is semi-sitting position with slight elevation of the knees [Show More]

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