1. Alzheimers disease is an example of an

Chapter 01-01: Introduction to Healthcare Terminology

Shiland: Medical Terminology and Anatomy for Coding, 4th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Alzheimer’s disease is an example of a(n)
• prefix.
• word root.
• eponym.
• translatable term.

ANS: C

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• Arthr/o is an example of a
• prefix.
• word root.
• suffix.
• combining form.

ANS: D OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms.

TOP: BUILDING TERMS

• In the term hypodermic, the prefix is
• hypo-.
• derm-.
• dermo-.
• -ic.

ANS: A OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms.

TOP: BUILDING TERMS

• In the term neonatology, the suffix is
• neo-.
• nat-.
• nato-.
• -logy.

ANS: D OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms.

TOP: BUILDING TERMS

• A word root for bone is
• osis.
• oste.
• ophthalm.
• opsy.

ANS: B OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms.

TOP: BUILDING TERMS

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• The word component that refers to the stomach is
• gastr/o.
• col/o.
• enter/o.
• path/o.

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• The prefix anti- means
• before.
• after, behind.
• near.
• against.

ANS: D

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• If a patient is being treated for hypothermia, he/she has abnormally
• high body temperature.
• low body temperature.
• high blood pressure.
• low blood pressure.

ANS: B

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner
• after the birth of her child.
• before the birth of her child.
• the time surrounding the birth of her child.
• at the time of delivery.

ANS: B

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: DERIVATION OF

HEALTHCARE TERMS

• A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. You know that the joint
• was cut.
• was cut out.
• had a new opening made.
• was visually examined.

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms and their respective meanings. TOP: DERIVATION OF 2 / 4

HEALTHCARE TERMS

• A notation is made about an instrument to be ordered for the hospital. It makes a record of

the electrical activity of the heart. The instrument is called an

• electrocardioscope.
• electrocardiogram.
• electrocardiograph.
• electrocardiography.

ANS: C

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: DERIVATION OF

HEALTHCARE TERMS

• You are checking a report for errors and find that one of the procedures listed is

misspelled. Which one is it?

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• Colostomy
• Ileotomy
• Ostetomy

ANS: D

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• Neurology is a discipline that would most likely treat patients with disorders of the
• nerves.
• teeth.
• stomach.
• joints.

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• An instrument used to cut bone is an
• osteotome.
• osteoscope.
• osteotripter.
• osteometer.

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• Surgically forming the external ear may be termed
• otoplasty.
• oculoplasty.
• tympanoplasty.
• trophoplasty. 3 / 4

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• The study of disease is
• pathology.
• neonatology.
• obstetrics.
• biology.

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• An enlargement of the heart is
• cardialgia.
• cardiopathy.
• cardiorrhexis.
• cardiomegaly.

ANS: D

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• Making a new opening of the small intestines is
• colostomy.
• colotomy.
• enterostomy.
• enterotomy.

ANS: C

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• A dermatosis would be a(n) _____ the skin.
• abnormal condition of
• examination of
• discharge or flow from
• instrument for cutting

ANS: A

OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

and their respective meanings. TOP: TYPES OF HEALTHCARE

TERMS

• A patient has a hypertrophied scar. You recognize that this means the scar is
• inflamed.
• bleeding.
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