1. Thermainrbodyrofrarwordrisrcalledra:
a. suffix.
b. wordrroot.
c. combiningrvowel.
d. combiningrform.
ANS:rBr REF:rp.r2 TOP:rWordrRootsrandrCombiningrForms
2. Latinrrootsrarerusedrtorwriterwordsrnamingrandrdescribing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structuresrofrtherbody.
ANS:rDr REF:rp.r3 TOP:rWordrRootsrandrCombiningrForms
3. Whenrwrittenralone,rarprefixrisrusuallyrfollowedrbyrthisrtorindicaterthatranotherrwordrfollowsrtherprefixrto
suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. wordrroot.
ANS:rCr REF:rp.r4 TOP:rPrefixesrandrSuffixes
4. Arcombiningrvowelrisrused:
a. whenrthersuffixrthatrfollowsrbeginsrwithrarconsonant.
b. whenrthersuffixrthatrfollowsrbeginsrwithrarconsonant.
c. whenrthererisrnorprefix.
d. whenrthererisrarprefix.
ANS:rAr REF:rp.r5 TOP:rCombiningrWordrPartsrtorWriterTerms
5. WhichrwordrrootrisrGreekrforr“stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS:rBr REF:rp.r2 TOP:rWordrRootsrandrCombiningrForms
6. Therpunctuationrmarkrthatrdesignatesrarcombiningrformrisra:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonalrslash.
d. semicolon.
ANS:rCr REF:rp.r3 TOP:rWordrRootsrandrCombiningrForms
7. Thermostrfrequentlyrusedrcombiningrvowelris:
a. o.
b. a.
,c. i.
d. e.
ANS:rAr REF:rp.r3 TOP:rCombiningrWordrPartsrtorWriterTerms
, a. Wordrroot
b. Prefix
c. Combiningrvowel
d. Suffix
ANS:rDr REF:rp.r4 TOP:rPrefixesrandrSuffixes
11. Learningrthermeaningsrofrwordrparts:
a. isrnotrimportantrasrlongrasreveryrwordrisrmemorized.
b. isronerofrthermostrdifficultrtasksrtormasterrinrhealthrcare.
c. shouldrberdoneronlyrifrtimerallows.
d. eliminatesrthernecessityrofrmemorizingreachrnewrwordrencountered.
ANS:rDr REF:rp.r5 TOP:rWordrParts
12. BorrowingrofrmedicalrwordsrfromrLatinrorrGreenrbeganraroundrtheryear:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS:rAr REF:rp.r1 TOP:rSimplifyingrMedicalrTerms
13. LatinrandrGreenrcombinedrarertheroriginrofrwhatrpercentagerofrmedicalrterms?
a. 40r%
b. 50r%
c. 70r%
d. 90r%
ANS:rDr REF:rp.r1 TOP:rSimplifyingrMedicalrTerms
14. Thersuffixr“-itis”rmeans:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS:rBr REF:rp.r2 TOP:rPrefixesrandrSuffixes
15. Arcompoundr wordr isr ar wordr inr whichr twor ofr whatr arer combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combiningrvowels
d. Wordrroots
ANS:rDr REF:rp.r2 TOP:rWordrParts
16. Eponymsrare:
a. diseases,rorgans,rprocedures,rorrbodilyrfunctionsrnamedrafterrarperson.
b. diseases,rorgans,rprocedures,rorrbodilyrfunctionsrnamedrafterrarplace.
c. alwaysrcapitalized.
d. neverrcapitalized.
ANS:rBr REF:rp.r8 TOP:rProperrNames
17. MDrstandsrfor:
a. modernrdoctor.
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