Quiz - Week 34


1.    Which of the following prefixes does NOT mean after, backward, behind?
    a.    post-
    b.    retro-
    c.    postero-
    d.    dextro-


2.    Which of the following prefixes means to the right of?
    a.    ipsi-
    b.    sinistro-
    c.    dextro-
    d.    latero-


3.    Which of the following combining forms means near?
    a.    medi/o
    b.    dist/o
    c.    proxim/o
    d.    poster/o


4.    The combining form phleb/o means:
    a.    vein
    b.    artery
    c.    vessel
    d.    capillary


5.    The combining form arthr/o means:
    a.    bone
    b.    cartilage
    c.    tendon
    d.    joint


6.    The combining form for head is:
    a.    cephal/o
    b.    cerebr/o
    c.    cerebello
    d.    crani/o


7.    The combining form for eyelid is:
    a.    cili/o
    b.    irid/o
    c.    blephar/o
    d.    ophthalm/o


8.    The combining form for hearing is:
    a.    ot/o
    b.    audit/o
    c.    staped/o
    d.    aur/o


9.    The combining form gastr/o means:
    a.    duodenum
    b.    intestines
    c.    colon
    d.    stomach


10.    The combining form myel/o means:
    a.    muscle
    b.    spinal cord
    c.    nerve
    d.    brain


11.    The combining form that means side is:
    a.    later/o
    b.    anter/o
    c.    poster/o
    d.    infer/o


12.    The combining form that means belly is:
    a.    dors/o
    b.    ventr/o
    c.    thorac/o
    d.    cost/o

 



Study Tip - Week 34

Real Learning
Real learning does not take place unless you can use, practice, and apply what you have learned. Within any subject, whether it's medical language, anatomy, or some other course, you should always be looking for interrelationships that connect everything within that subject together. How does one thing relate to another? How does a part function within the whole? Think of the individual pieces of information as parts of a puzzle. How do they all fit together? Connecting the pieces is where real learning takes place. Making connections will help you to remember the pieces. You’ll find the topic more comprehensible and be able to put the things you’ve learned to use in other courses.

This concept is illustrated at its most basic level by the “Dry Bones” song, but you’ll want to go deeper than that in making connections. For example, you may learn to name the valves of the heart, but unless you understand how each valve functions within the whole, you won’t be able to use that information to resolve discrepancies in transcription. Similarly, you may be able to name all the parts of speech, but if you don’t understand how each part of speech relates to another and how the parts of speech work within the structure of a sentence, you won’t be able to recognize an independent clause or an incomplete sentence. As you read your textbooks and as you study each subject, try to connect the dots, to see how what you read or study today connects to what you learned yesterday.

On a higher level, as you study more and more subjects, try to see connections between the subjects. That way, you’ll begin to understand the entire discipline or program. Use your medical language knowledge in studying anatomy; use your anatomical knowledge in studying disease processes; and when you’re transcribing, relate what you are hearing to what you’ve learned in your academic courses. Seeing interrelationships between individual pieces of information, between topics, between courses, and within a discipline or program of study takes effort. It requires critical thinking. But the results pay off in the long term because when you complete your program, you’ll have a foundation for making the myriad decisions you must make on a moment-by-moment basis when transcribing.




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Answers to Quiz - Week 34


1.    Which of the following prefixes does NOT mean after, backward, behind?
    a.    post-
    b.    retro-
    c.    postero-
    *d.    dextro-


2.    Which of the following prefixes means to the right of?
    a.    ipsi-
    b.    sinistro-
    *c.    dextro-
    d.    latero-


3.    Which of the following combining forms means near?
    a.    medi/o
    b.    dist/o
    *c.    proxim/o
    d.    poster/o


4.    The combining form phleb/o means:
    *a.    vein
    b.    artery
    c.    vessel
    d.    capillary


5.    The combining form arthr/o means:
    a.    bone
    b.    cartilage
    c.    tendon
    *d.    joint


6.    The combining form for head is:
    *a.    cephal/o
    b.    cerebr/o
    c.    cerebello
    d.    crani/o


7.    The combining form for eyelid is:
    a.    cili/o
    b.    irid/o
    *c.    blephar/o
    d.    ophthalm/o


8.    The combining form for hearing is:
    a.    ot/o
    *b.    audit/o
    c.    staped/o
    d.    aur/o


9.    The combining form gastr/o means:
    a.    duodenum
    b.    intestines
    c.    colon
    *d.    stomach


10.    The combining form myel/o means:
    a.    muscle
    *b.    spinal cord
    c.    nerve
    d.    brain


11.    The combining form that means side is:
    *a.    later/o
    b.    anter/o
    c.    poster/o
    d.    infer/o


12.    The combining form that means belly is:
    a.    dors/o
    *b.    ventr/o
    c.    thorac/o
    d.    cost/o