Chapter 01: Introduction to Medical Language and Evolve Student Resources LAFleur:
Exploring Medical Language, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages?
a. German and Russian
b. Italian and French
c. Greek and Latin
d. Chine...
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Medical Language and Evolve Student Resources LAFleur:
Exploring Medical Language, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages?
a. German and Russian
b. Italian and French
c. Greek and Latin
d. Chinese and Japanese
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language
2. A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as
a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
a. an eponym.
b. modern language.
c. built from the English language.
d. an acronym.
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language
3. A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who
first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is
a. an acronym.
b. built from the English language.
c. an eponym.
d. modern language.
ANS: C REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language
4. The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. suffix.
d. combining vowel.
ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
5. The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the
a. word root.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combining vowel.
ANS: C REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
6. The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the
, a. combining vowel.
b. suffix.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
7. All medical terms have at least one
a. prefix.
b. combining vowel.
c. suffix.
d. word root.
ANS: D REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
8. A combining form is made up of a
a. word root and a combining vowel.
b. prefix and a combining vowel.
c. combining vowel and a suffix.
d. prefix and a word root.
ANS: A REF: 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
9. A combining vowel is used to
a. ease word pronunciation.
b. modify the meaning of a word.
c. make analyzing a word easier.
N UR SINGTB.COM
d. make defining a word easier.
ANS: A REF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
10. The most common combining vowel is
a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.
ANS: D REF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
11. In the term arthr/itis, itis is the
a. word root.
b. prefix.
c. combining vowel.
d. suffix.
ANS: D REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
12. In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o
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, ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
13. In othe oterm ooste/o/arthr/o/pathy, owhich opart ois othe osuffix?
a. the osecond oo
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy
ANS: o D REF: o o8 OBJ: o o4 TOP: o Word oParts
14. The oo oin oarthr/o/pathy ois othe
a. combining ovowel.
b. prefix.
c. word oroot.
d. suffix.
ANS: o A REF: o o8 OBJ: o o4 TOP: o Word oParts
15. When odefining oa omedical oterm, oone ousually obegins othe odefinition owith othe
a. word oroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combining ovowel.
ANS: o C REF: o o 11 OBJ: o 5
TOP: o Analyze oand oDefine oMedical oTerms
MATCHING NURSINGTB.COM
Match oeach oitem owith othe ocorrect odescription obelow.
a. Terms obuilt ofrom oword oparts
b. Terms onot obuilt ofrom oword oparts
c. Acronym
d. Modern olanguage
e. Eponym
f. Greek oand oLatin
1. Languages oused oin omedical oterms
2. Name oof oa oplace oor oa operson, ooften oa ophysician oor oscientist, oused oto oname oa
ocondition oor otechnique
3. Use oof oEnglish olanguage oto oform oa oterm
4. Can obe otranslated oliterally oto ofind otheir omeaning
5. The ofirst oletters oof othe owords oin oa ophrase othat ocan obe ospoken oas oa owhole oword
oand ousually ocontains oa ovowel, oare oused oto oform oa omedical oterm
6. Cannot obe oeasily otranslated oliterally oto ofind otheir omeaning
1. ANS: o F REF: o o 3 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
2. ANS: o E REF: o o 4 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
3. ANS: o D REF: o o 4 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
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, TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
4. ANS: o A REF: o o 5 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
5. ANS: o C REF: o o 4 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
6. ANS: o B REF: o o 5 OBJ: o 2 o| o3
TOP: o Origins oof oMedical oLanguage oand oCategories oof oMedical oTerms
WORD ROOTS SUFFIXES PREFIXES
arth joint
-itis inflammation
intra- within
hepat liver-
-ic pertaining to
sub- under, below
ven ven
-ous pertaining to
oste bone
-pathy disease
-megaly enlargement
COMBINING VOWEL
o
Using othe oword oparts oin othe oabove obox, oselect othe ocorrect odefinition oof othe ofollowing
omedical oterms.
a. arthr/itis
b. arthr/o/pathy
c. hepat/o/megaly NURSINGTB.COM
d. intra/ven/ous
e. hepat/itis
f. hepat/ic
g. oste/o/pathy
h. sub/hepat/ic
7. Pertaining oto othe oliver
8. Disease oof othe obone
9. Pertaining oto owithin othe
ovein
10. Pertaining oto obelow othe
oliver
11. Disease oof oa ojoint
12. Inflammation oof oa ojoint
13. Enlargement oof othe oliver
14. Inflammation oof othe oliver
7. ANS: o F REF: o o 12 OBJ: o5
TOP: o Analyze oand oDefine oMedical oTerms
8. ANS: o G REF: o o 12 OBJ: o5
TOP: o Analyze oand oDefine oMedical oTerms
9. ANS: o D REF: o o 12 OBJ: o5
TOP: o Analyze oand oDefine oMedical oTerms
10. ANS: o H REF: o o 12 OBJ: o5
TOP: o Analyze oand oDefine oMedical oTerms
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