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TEST BANK For Quick and Easy Medical Terminology
9th Edition BY PEGGY C. LEONARD
|Complete Chapter 1 - 15 |

,Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The main body of a word is called a:
a. suffix.
b. word root.
c. combining vowel.
d. combining form.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

2. Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structures of the body.
ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

3. When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word follows the prefix
to suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.
ANS: C REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

4. A combining vowel is used:
a. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
b. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
c. when there is no prefix.
d. when there is a prefix.
ANS: A REF: p. 5 TOP: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms

5. Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.

,c. i.
d. e.
ANS: A REF: p. 3 TOP: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms

, a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

11. Learning the meanings of word parts:
a. is not important as long as every word is memorized.
b. is one of the most difficult tasks to master in health care.
c. should be done only if time allows.
d. eliminates the necessity of memorizing each new word encountered.
ANS: D REF: p. 5 TOP: Word Parts

12. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Green began around the year:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS: A REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms

13. Latin and Green combined are the origin of what percentage of medical terms?
a. 40 %
b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %
ANS: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms

14. The suffix “-itis” meANS:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

15. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combining vowels
d. Word roots
ANS: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts

16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
ANS: B REF: p. 8 TOP: Proper Names

17. MD stands for:
a. modern doctor.

, b. medical dentistry.
c. doctor of medicine.
d. medical derivative.
ANS: C REF: p. 9 TOP: Abbreviations
20. In pharmacology, drugs are grouped into classes based on their:
a. major effects.
b. potential for abuse.
c. color.
d. method of administration.
ANS: A REF: p. 9 TOP: Abbreviations

COMPLETION

1. A plural expresses that there is more than _ of something. ( Use only numeric characters in your answer.

ANS: 1

REF: p. 9 TOP: Plurals

2. Every medical term contains at least _ component parts. ( Use only numeric characters in your answer. )

ANS: 2

REF: p. 7 TOP: Word Parts

3. Pronunciation of medical terms may vary by .

ANS: geographical region

REF: p. 11 TOP: Pronunciation of Medical Terms

4. Many nouns that end with s, ch, and sh form their plurals by adding _.

ANS: es

REF: p. 9 TOP: Plurals

5. The plural of a noun ending in nx is .

ANS: nges

REF: p. 9 TOP: Plurals

Chapter 02: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical
Terminology, 8th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Suture of a blood vessel is called:
a. angiectomy
b. angioplasty
c. angiorrhaphy

, d. angiotomy

ANS: C REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called:
a. adenectomy
b. amniocentesis
c. angiorrhexis
d. glycolysis

ANS: B REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called:
a. neuralgia
b. neurocele
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis

ANS: A REF: p. 36N
U RSINGTOP:TB. CSymptoms and Diagnostic SuffixesOM

4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called: a. a hernia
b. dilatation
c. edema
d. emesis

ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

5. A term that means stretching of a structure is:
a. dilatation
b. ptosis
c. prolapse
d. spasm

ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is called:
a. dilatation
b. edema
c. emesis
d. ptosis

, ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed:
a. hydrophobia
b. kleptomania
c. paranoia
d. pyromania

ANS: D REF: p. 44 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

8. Carcinoma is:
a. an abnormal fear of something
b. another term for cancer
c. any disease of a body structure
d. excessive preoccupation with illness

ANS: B REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

9. Prolapse meANS:
a. cramping
b. discharge
c. sagging
d. rupture

ANS: C REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is:
a. edema NURSINGTB.COM
b. mania
c. ptosis
d. stasis

ANS: D REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

11. Surgical repair of the eye is:
a. ophthalmalgia

, b. ophthalmological
c. ophthalmoplasty
d. ophthalmorrhagia

ANS: C REF: p. 34 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is:
a. augmentation mammoplasty
b. mammography
c. mastitis
d. reduction mammoplasty

ANS: A REF: p. 33 TOP: Combining Forms for Body Structures

13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called:
a. neurectomy
b. neurology
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis

ANS: A REF: p. 32 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

14. A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal wall is: a. colonoscopy
b. colopexy
c. coloscopy
d. colostomy

ANS: B REF: pp. 32, 33 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

15. A term that means vomiting is:
a. amnion
b. emesis
c. endocrine
d. forensic

ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

,16. The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss
of feeling is:
a. anesthesiologist
b. anesthesiology
c. immunologist

d. immunology NURSINGTB.COM
ANS: B REF: p. 26 TOP: Specialists and Specialties

17. The physician who specializes in intestinal and gastric disorders is a:
a. gastroenterologist
b. gastroenterology
c. gerontologist
d. gerontology

ANS: A REF: p. 24 TOP: Specialists and Specialties

18. The medical specialty that is devoted to treating diseases of the female reproductive organs,
including the breasts, is: a. gerontology
b. gynecology
c. pathology
d. urology

ANS: B REF: p. 24 TOP: Specialists and Specialties

19. A term that means uniting a wound by stitches is:
a. excision
b. incision
c. surgical puncture
d. suture

ANS: D REF: pp. 29, 33 TOP: Surgical Suffixes

20. A term that means the opposite of malignant is:
a. benign
b. cancerous
c. obstetric
d. ptosis

, ANS: A REF: p. 23 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Terms

21. Inflammation of the eye is called:
a. ophthalmalgia
b. ophthalmitis
c. ophthalmopathy
d. ophthalmorrhexis

ANS: B REF: p. 39 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

22. Herniation of the brain through an opening in the skull is called:
a. craniectomy
b. craniotomy
c. encephalocele
d. encephalopathy

ANS: C REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

23. The term cardiologist meANS:
a. a heart specialist NURSINGTB.COM
b. any disease of the heart
c. inflammation of the heart muscle
d. study of the heart and its associated diseases

ANS: A REF: p. 20 TOP: Specialists and Specialties

24. Rupture of the eyeball is termed:
a. ophthalmocentesis
b. ophthalmorrhexis
c. otorrhexis
d. otorrhea

ANS: B REF: p. 39 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes

25. Cramping of the hand is:
a. chirosis
b. cholestasis

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