Transcript Match the following words and word parts with their

Medical Terminology Visual Study Guide
Use these questions and images to help reinforce your
understanding of the terms we have learned!
1. You are at the hospital, and overhear a doctor say
“hemolysis” when talking to your neighbor. Your
neighbor turns to you and asks, “What in the world is
hemolysis?” What do you tell him?
__________________________________________
2. “Gastr/o” is the medical root word that means
______________________________.
3. The meaning of the medical suffix “-itis” is __________.
Arthritis
Allergic Contact Dermatitis
4. This is a picture of a white blood cell. What is the
correct medical term?
A. Erythrocyte
B. Leukocyte
C. Melanocyte
D. Cyanocyte
5. A neurologist is a doctor that specializes in
treating which of the following body parts?
A.
B.
C.
6. The medical term for a red blood cell is _____________.
-cyte
-emia
Leuk/o Melan/o
poly-
-megaly
Erythr/o
-lysis
Cyan/o
-ic
7. Use the word parts from the word bank to correctly write
the medical term that means “softening of the cartilage.”
Cutane/o
Crani/o
Chondr/o
Dermat/o
-itis
- malacia
- oma
-logist
8. Jeff had an intracranial hematoma as a result of his recent
motorcycle wreck. What is an intracranial hematoma?
A. A collection of cells within the brain
B. A swollen area filled with blood, inside of the skull
C. A swollen area filled with pus, inside the colon
9. What kind of doctor would specialize in treating
cancer?
A. Herpatologist
B. Neurologist
C. Oncologist
D. Nephrologist
10. What is blepharoplasty?
_____________________________
11.
The medical root word for
blood is
__________________.
12.
The medical root
word for
electricity is
_____________.
Bonus: What is the
medical term for “a
record of the electrical
activity of the heart?”
_________________
13. A recording of the electrical activity of the heart is _________.
A. An electrocardiogram
B. An electroencephalogram
C. An electrographicalcardy
14. This is the medical term for an enlarged liver.
A. Hepatomegaly
B. Hyperhepatitis
C. Thrombophlebitis
D. Otolaryngitis
15. Using the word bank, write the medical term that means
“surgical removal of the gallbladder.”
End/o
-ectomy
Cholecyst/o
-itis
-plasty
Yes, you have to spell it
correctly, and use the combining
vowel correctly 
__________________________
16. A surgical opening in the trachea (windpipe) is often used to
help people breathe when they have had throat cancer, or
need long term assistance breathing. What is the term that
means “surgical opening in the trachea?”
A. Tracheostomy
B. Tracheoscopy
C. Tracheoplasty
D. Tracheology
17. Tylenol is in a class of drugs known as “antipyretic.”
Based on your knowledge of medical word parts, what
does the term “antipyretic” mean?
A. Relieves runny nose
B. Reduces or eliminates fever
C. Makes the skin soft
18. The term “psychopathy” can
best be defined as…..
A. Disease of the mind
B. Disease of the skull
C. Disease of the intestine
D. Disease of the bladder
19. Pneumonia is a condition that affects which of the
following body parts?
A.
B.
C.
20.Osteoporosis is a
condition that affects what
body part?
__________________
21. An abnormal condition that causes paralysis on
one side of the body, for instance, after a stroke, is
called ___________________________________.
Hypo-
Hyper-
Hemi-
Lith-
-lysis
-plegia
-rrhea
-ac
-lysis
- uria
22. A nephrologist is a specialist that treats __________________.
23. Thrombolysis, often achieved through the use of
thrombolytic medications, can be life saving. A thrombolytic
medication is designed to ______________.
A. Digest food
B. Break up a blood clot
C. Reduce depression and anxiety
24. The picture shows an electrocardiogram reading of someone
with “a condition of a slow heart” beat. What would the doctor
write in the patient’s medical record?
The patient is suffering from _________________.
Tachy- -pnea
Brady- -cardia
Chondr/o -emia
25. The electrocardiogram below shows a recording from a
patient with a condition of a fast heart beat. What would we call
this condition?
_____________________________
Tachy-
-pnea
Brady-
-cardia
Chondr/o -emia
26. The term arthralgia could be used to describe which of the
following patients?
A. A 15-year-old soccer player suffering from sore muscles
after practice.
B. A 40-year-old retired football player suffering from pain in
his joints.
C. A 60-year-old woman suffering from frequent headaches
and nausea.
27. An otoscope is an instrument a doctor would use to
__________________.
A. Examine the colon
B. Examine the ear
C. Examine the mouth
D. Examine the stomach
28. Infection in the bladder, or injury, can cause a
condition of having blood in the urine. What is the
medical term for this condition?
________________________________________
-emia
Hyper-
-uria
Hemat/o Cardi/o
-malacia
erythr/o
Leuk/o
-itis
29. Necrosis is a term that means
A. Death of tissue
B. Blood clot
C. Spinal cord
30. What term means “to examine the colon?”
A. Colonosocopy
B. Colostomy
C. Endoscopy
Matching
Match the following words and word parts with their meanings.
31. ______ Arteri/o
A. muscle
32. ______ Enterocolitis
B. inflammation of the
colon and intestines
33. ______ Intravenous
C. Fungus
34. ______ Myc/o
D. Difficulty breathing
35. ______ Dyspnea
E. Within the vein
36. ______ My/o
F. Artery
Intravenous fluids (IV) being given to a
dog.
This man may be
experiencing
dyspnea.
Arteries and veins