Medical Terminology and Body Position Understanding Quiz

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#1

What does the medical term 'cardio' refer to?

Brain
Heart
Stomach
Lungs
#2

What does 'antecubital' mean in medical terminology?

Front of the knee
Back of the hand
Front of the elbow
Back of the neck
#3

What is the medical term for the voice box?

Thyroid
Epiglottis
Trachea
Larynx
#4

What does the prefix 'peri-' mean in medical terminology?

Around
Below
Above
Within
#5

What is the medical term for a heart attack?

Myocardial infarction
Atrial fibrillation
Angina pectoris
Cardiac tamponade
#6

What does the prefix 'hypo-' mean in medical terminology?

Above
Below
Around
Within
#7

What does the medical term 'arthro' refer to?

Bone
Muscle
Joint
Skin
#8

Which of the following positions is often used during abdominal surgeries?

Prone position
Supine position
Fowler's position
Trendelenburg position
#9

What does the medical term 'hemoptysis' refer to?

Vomiting blood
Coughing up blood
Bloody diarrhea
Excessive bleeding
#10

What position is a patient in when lying on their left side with the left knee and thigh drawn up and the right knee and thigh partially flexed?

Supine position
Sims' position
Trendelenburg position
Fowler's position
#11

What is the medical term for inflammation of the liver?

Hepatitis
Nephritis
Gastritis
Colitis
#12

What position is used for patients undergoing a colonoscopy?

Lithotomy position
Trendelenburg position
Prone position
Sims' position
#13

What is the medical term for difficulty swallowing?

Dysphagia
Dyspepsia
Dysuria
Dyspnea
#14

What position is typically used for chest X-rays?

Trendelenburg position
Prone position
Supine position
Fowler's position
#15

Which of the following suffixes means 'surgical repair'?

-ectomy
-plasty
-rrhaphy
-otomy
#16

What does the suffix '-algia' mean in medical terminology?

Pain
Inflammation
Swelling
Tumor
#17

Which of the following suffixes means 'visual examination'?

-scopy
-gram
-pathy
-phobia
#18

Which of the following prefixes means 'above' or 'excessive'?

Hypo-
Hyper-
Peri-
Dys-
#19

Which of the following suffixes means 'formation or development'?

-plasia
-stasis
-phasia
-phagia

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