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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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