Download Review Worksheet Medical Terminology and more Exercises Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 1 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education Medical Terminology Review Worksheet Page 3 Name ________________________________________ Period _______ 1. ______ Ferritin is responsible for storing what mineral? a. iron b. calcium c. iodine d. fluorine 2. ______ What is happening to the gallbladder in a cholecystectomy? a. repaired/sutured b. it ruptured c. an incision was made into it d. it was removed 3. ______ Which eye is the oculo dextro? a. right b. left 4. ______ What does an orthodontist make straight? a. bone b. skin c. teeth d. branches 5. _______ An oligodendrocyte is a specialized neuroglia cell that contains few a. feelings b. symptoms c. bands d. branches 6. _______ What does a bat use in echolocation to find his/her way? a. light b. sound c. touch d. smell 7. _______ An anesthetic is given to decrease or dull one’s ability to a. feel/sense b. react c. move d. think 8. _______ What is determined by the etiology of a disease? a. cause b. spread c. treatment d. mortality 9. _______ In polydactylism, there are too many .... a. teeth b. fingers c. bones d. hairs 10. _______ What process occurs during diuresis? a. vomiting b. diarrhea c. urinating d. bleeding 11. _______ What term means pertaining to the back? a. mental b. dorsal c. buccal d. celiac 12. _______ What is diplopia? a. double vision b. earache c. excessive thirst d. diarrhea 13. _______ What color is an erythrocyte? a. red b. blue c. yellow d. white Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 2 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education 14. _______ Leukemia, anemia, and polycythemia are conditions of the a. bones b. skin c. blood d. liver 15. _______ What two terms refer to unborn babies in different stages of growth? a. fet/o, embry/o b. epiglott/o, esophag/o c. fibul/o, dermat/o d. disko, dips/o 16. _______ What term refers to inflammation (infection) of the small intestines? a. colitis b. hepatitis c. enteritis d. diverticulitis 17. _______ What is cutting into the vulva or perineum? a. fasciotomy b. enterectomy c. duodenectomy d. episiotomy 18. _______ What is the scientific term for swelling? a. ectopic b. emesis c. edema d. dextro 19. _______ What term refers to carrying away from a certain place (think motor neurons) a. afferent b. efferent c. abduction d. adduction 20. _______ What term refers to “upon the skin”? a. epidermis b. endothelium c. endocrine d. epiglottis 21. _______ What term refers to a good or true nucleus? a. prokaryotic b. eukaryotic 22. _______ What term refers to vomiting? a. ectopic b. emesis c. edema d. dextro 23. _______ What term refers to a misplaced pregnancy, such as one that occurs in the uterine tubes instead of the uterus? a. ectopic b. emesis c. edema d. dextro 24. _______ What does the suffix in abduction or adduction mean? a. pain b. fever c. stretching d. movement 25. _______ What is cephalodynia? a. headache b. ear pain c. sore throat d. rupture intestine 26. _______ The condition dyspnea describes ________ breathing. a. rapid b. slow c. painful d. moist
