Medical terminology
Question 1
A prefix that means outside of or outward:
Selected Answer: exo-
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: This one is simply a case of knowing the meanings of the prefixes. Exo- means outside of or outward.
Objective: Learn the meanings of common combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes in the language of medicine.
Text page: 14
MTO: Section II, Listen and Spell
Question 2
____al means pertaining to the kidneys. The word part you choose is a
_____.
Selected Answer: Ren, word root
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: Ren/o means kidney. Building the term renal requires that you drop the combining vowel and use the word root ren because the suffix -al already begins with a vowel.
Objective: Learn the meanings of common combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes in the language of medicine.
Text page: 11
MTO: Section I, Lesson 3.9
10 out of 10 points
10 out of 10 points
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Question 3
In the term electroencephalogram, the suffix is ____, which means____.
Selected Answer: -gram, record
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: To learn the language of medicine, you do have to commit to memory the meanings of the component parts, but you don't even have to know the meaning of the suffix -gram to choose the correct answer here. To rule out electr/o and encephal/o, you just have to be able to recognize what a suffix looks like compared with a combining form. And to rule out -cephalogram, you have to recognize that cephalogram contains a word root (cephal), a combining vowel (o), and a suffix (-gram), even though it's trying to disguise itself as a suffix by hiding behind a hyphen.
Objective: Analyze words by dividing them into their component parts. Text page: 12
MTO: Section I, Lesson 3.7
Question 4
Listen to the pronunciation of the term and choose the correct spelling.
Selected
A prefix that means outside of or outward:
Selected Answer: exo-
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: This one is simply a case of knowing the meanings of the prefixes. Exo- means outside of or outward.
Objective: Learn the meanings of common combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes in the language of medicine.
Text page: 14
MTO: Section II, Listen and Spell
Question 2
____al means pertaining to the kidneys. The word part you choose is a
_____.
Selected Answer: Ren, word root
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: Ren/o means kidney. Building the term renal requires that you drop the combining vowel and use the word root ren because the suffix -al already begins with a vowel.
Objective: Learn the meanings of common combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes in the language of medicine.
Text page: 11
MTO: Section I, Lesson 3.9
10 out of 10 points
10 out of 10 points
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Question 3
In the term electroencephalogram, the suffix is ____, which means____.
Selected Answer: -gram, record
Response
Feedback:
Rationale: To learn the language of medicine, you do have to commit to memory the meanings of the component parts, but you don't even have to know the meaning of the suffix -gram to choose the correct answer here. To rule out electr/o and encephal/o, you just have to be able to recognize what a suffix looks like compared with a combining form. And to rule out -cephalogram, you have to recognize that cephalogram contains a word root (cephal), a combining vowel (o), and a suffix (-gram), even though it's trying to disguise itself as a suffix by hiding behind a hyphen.
Objective: Analyze words by dividing them into their component parts. Text page: 12
MTO: Section I, Lesson 3.7
Question 4
Listen to the pronunciation of the term and choose the correct spelling.
Selected