Test Bank for Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course

Test Bank for Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3e Barbara Gylys, Regina Masters (All Chapters Answers at the end of each Chapter)

Chapter 01

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following is a word root?

• hepat/o
• -itis
• gastr/o
• cardi
• peri-

____ 2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:

• consonant
• suffix
• word root
• prefix
• combining form

____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?

• gastr/itis
• gastr/o/dynia
• gastr/o/esophag/itis
• gastr/o/megaly
• gastr/oma

____ 4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.

• a
• e
• i
• o
• u

____ 5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?

• before
• after
• death
• life
• beyond

____ 6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?

• mouth 1 / 4

• intestine
• stomach
• liver
• bladder

____ 7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):

• adjective
• verb
• combining form
• compound word
• suffix

____ 8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:

• prefix
• suffix
• vowel
• consonant
• letter o

____ 9. Which of the following is a word root?

• hepat
• hepat/o
• hepatoma
• -megaly
• hepatomegaly

____ 10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):

• prefix
• vowel
• suffix
• another word root
• consonant

____ 11. What does the suffix -ior mean?

• small
• specialist
• condition
• pertaining to
• treatment

____ 12. Define medical words by first defining the:

• prefix
• suffix
• middle part of the word
• combining form
• word root

____ 13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:

• word stem 2 / 4

• combining vowel
• word root
• prefix
• combining form

____ 14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?

• gastritis
• hepatoma
• cardiology
• monocyte
• nephritis

____ 15. Word endings are called:

• prefixes
• suffixes
• vowels
• consonants
• word roots

____ 16. What does the suffix -itis mean?

• pain
• blood
• excision
• rupture
• inflammation

____ 17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?

• pelv/i/metry
• pelv/i/scope
• pelv/i/scopy
• pelv/i/meter
• pelv/i/therm

____ 18. What is the plural form of nucleus?

• nuclear
• nucleolus
• nuclei
• nucleic
• nucleii

____ 19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:

• short sound
• stress
• silent letter
• long sound
• diphthong

____ 20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:

• “pee” 3 / 4

• “eff”
• “ss”
• “sh”
• “cee”

____ 21. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced:

• “chal”
• “cha”
• “k”
• “aitch”
• “cee”

____ 22. In the terms bronchi and fungi, the i is pronounced:

• “ah”
• “ee”
• “eye”
• “eah”
• “aye”

____ 23. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:

• “eh”
• “oy”
• “u”
• “o”
• “a”

____ 24. To make words ending in y plural:

• retain the y and add “es”
• drop the y and add “es”
• drop the y and add “i”
• retain the y and add “s”
• drop the y and add “ies”

____ 25. What does the suffix -edema mean?

• vomiting
• softening
• condition
• swelling
• hemorrhage

____ 26. Which of the following combining forms means joint?

• oste/o
• chondr/o
• -ist
• arthr/o
• -osis

____ 27. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:

• combining form
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