Exam 16: Medical Anatomy and Terminology

Montez is 4 years old. He wakes up crying in the night because his ear hurts. His mother takes him to a clinic and is told that Montez has a middle ear infection. What is the medical term for this diagnosis?

A couple consults an infertility clinic because they are having difficulty getting pregnant. The husband is diagnosed with oligospermia. What does this mean?

When treating reproductive system disorders, sometimes a body part must be removed. Build a medical term that means removal of a breast.

What is a fracture reduction?

Suzette is nearsighted. (She can see "near," but needs glasses to see "far.") What is the correct spelling of the medical term for nearsighted?

A disease that lasts a long time is called what type of disease?

Adrian has just graduated as a surgery assistant. He is preparing a patient who will have a kidney removed. Let's make sure Adrian spells the name of the procedure correctly! Which spelling is correct?

The medical term for the large intestine is the colon. The large intestine can develop many issues, but one of the most serious is colon cancer. A procedure of viewing the colon with an endoscope can be done to see if a person has colon cancer. What is the name of this procedure?

A patient has a nevus that looks suspicious for malignancy. The dermatologist performs a biopsy. What is the abbreviation for biopsy?

Many people have heard the word hyper applied to overactive children. In correct medical terminology, what word part is this, and what does it mean?

What is the medical term for a fibroid?

The suffix -uria means "pertaining to urine or urination." The condition of a person's urine gives information about the health of the urinary system and often about the health of the entire body. What prefix can be combined with -uria to mean "painful urination"?

What is sputum?

What is the correct medical term for a nerve cell?

Dr. Martin is writing a chart note on her patient, Ms. Patrick, who is not doing well. Ms. Patrick has smoked for 30 years and has a chronic cough, a barrel-shaped chest, dyspnea, and hypoxemia. What is the correct spelling for the diagnosis that Dr. Martin will write?

If a patient had a GTT, what did they have?

Mr. Barret was in a terrible car accident. He was not wearing a seat belt, and he suffered a broken neck and a spinal cord injury. He ended up paralyzed from the neck down. Build the medical term for his condition.

You have learned that most medical terms are put together from word parts. For example, the suffix -scope means "instrument for viewing" and the combining form arthr/o means "joint." How would you use this combining form and this suffix correctly to form a medical term meaning "instrument for viewing a joint"?

Diabetes mellitus results if there is not enough insulin in the body, or if the cells are resistant to insulin. Which endocrine gland produces insulin?

Darius has just started his new job as a medical assistant. He is interviewing a patient about her breathing problems. The patient states that she cannot breathe lying down, and she must prop up on three pillows to breathe. Darius remembers that there is a medical term for this, but he is not sure how to spell it. What is the correct spelling?