- In medical terms, "ch" is usually pronounced
Your answer:
"ess"
"cha"
"kay"
"aitch"
"cee"
- The letters "c" and "g" are pronounced with a soft sound before
Your answer:
r
e
a
o
l
- The letter combination "ps" at the beginning of a word is pronounced
Your answer:
"pee"
"eff"
"ess"
"sh"
"cee"
- Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate
Your answer:
short sound
stress
silent letter
long sound
diphthong
- The "oe" in roentgen is pronounced
Your answer:
"e"
"oy"
"u"
"o"
"a"
- The combining vowel is usually
Your answer:
a
e
i
o
u
- Choose the prefix:
Your answer:
abdomin
abdomino
tomy
abdomen
hyper
- Choose the word root
Your answer:
nephr
nephro
nephros
nephrotomy
tomy
- A combining form is a word root plus
Your answer:
prefix
suffix
vowel
another word root
all of the above
- The word root usually indicates
Your answer:
position
number
condition
body part
procedure
- Arthr/o is an example of
Your answer:
suffix
combining form
word root
prefix
none of the above
- The word elements used to form medical words are
Your answer:
prefixes
suffixes
combining forms
word roots
all of the above
- An element located at the beginning of a medical word is a
Your answer:
word stem
combining vowel
word root
prefix
combining form
- A combining vowel is used before
Your answer:
another word root
a prefix
a suffix that begins with a consonant
both A and C
none of the above
- In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates a
Your answer:
position, direction, color, number, or negation
procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech
position, direction, or part of speech
color, number, condition, or disease
procedure, condition, or negation
- Which of the following regarding compound words is FALSE?
Your answer:
they contain two or more stems or combining forms
they have only one word element and a suffix
their word elements are usually joined
their suffixes are added using the rules that govern suffixes
their word elements usually refer to body structures and organs
- An element located at the beginning of a word is called a
Your answer:
prefix
suffix
word root
vowel
consonant
- Aword ending is called a
Your answer:
prefix
suffix
vowel
consonant
word root
- Macroglossia means large tongue. in this word, macro- is a
Your answer:
consonant
suffix
word root
prefix
combining form
- Arthr/o/centesis means puncture of a joint. In this word arthr/o is a
Your answer:
combining form
prefix
word root
suffix
vowel
- In medical word building, combining forms are used with suffixes that begin with
Your answer:
the letter "o"
a word root
a prefix
a vowel
a consonant
- When building a compound word, the first element is usually a
Your answer:
suffix
vowel
combining form
consonant
A and B
- Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of
Your answer:
suffix that begins with a consonant
simple word
compound word
medical word containing a prefix
word with only one word element
- In the word therm/o/meter, -meter is
Your answer:
an adjective
a prefix
a combining form
a compound word
a suffix
- A word root is used before a suffix that begins with a vowel. An example of this rule is
Your answer:
cardi/o/centesis
enter/o/lysis
therm/o/meter
scler/osis
cardi/o/megaly
- Which of the following words is built incorrectly?
Your answer:
my/algia
nephr/o/dynia
aden/oid
gastr/plasty
py/o/rrhea
- All medical words have a prefix.
Your answer:
True
False
- Gastr/o is a combining form.
Your answer:
True
False
- In the word laryngotomy, the "g" is given the hard sound.
Your answer:
True
False
- The word gastroenterologist is an example of a compound word.
Your answer:
True
False
- When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, the combining form, rather than the word root, is used.
Your answer:
True
False
- A word root + "o" forms a combining form.
Your answer:
True
False
- In the word salpingitis, the "g" is given a hard sound.
Your answer:
True
False
- In the word erythrocyte, eryrhr- is a combining form.
Your answer:
True
False
- Inflammation of the stomach is
Your answer:
stomatoitis
gastritis
nephritis
gastroitis
stomatitis
- Visual examination of a joint is.
Your answer:
arthroscopy
arthopexy
arthrocentesis
arthoscopy
arhroscope
- Inability to speak is
Your answer:
aphasia
anophagia
anphasia
aphagia
anaphasia
- The suffix for puncture is
Your answer:
-plasty
-desis
-ectasis
-clasis
-centesis
- To define medical words, you usually start with the
Your answer:
prefix
word root
suffix
combining form
element in the middle of the word
- The suffix for suture is
Your answer:
-rrhapy
-centesis
-rrhagia
-rrhaphy
-rrhexis
- The suffix for crushing is
Your answer:
-pexy
-tripsy
-plexy
-centesis
-poiesis
- Fixation of a breast is
Your answer:
mastodesis
mastocentesis
mastopexy
mastoclasis
mastectasis
- Narrowing of a vein is
Your answer:
venodesis
phlebostenosis
venotripsy
phlebectasis
venotripsy
- To refracture a bone is
Your answer:
arthocentesis
osteolysis
osteocentesis
arthrolysis
osteoclasis
- A headache is
Your answer:
cephaldynia
cephalalgia
encephalgia
encephalodynia
none of the above
- An instrument to measure the pelvis is
Your answer:
pubiomeyer
pelvimetry
pelvitome
pelvimeter
pelvometer
- The suffix -cele means
Your answer:
suture
to break
dilation
puncture
herniation
- The suffix meaning partial paralysis is
Your answer:
-poiesis
-plagia
-plasia
-stenosis
-paresis
- The suffix for prolapse is
Your answer:
-cele
-ptosis
-lysis
-rrhexis
-poiesis
- The suffix for resembling is
Your answer:
-iasis
-philia
-oma
-oid
-osis
- The suffix -penia means
Your answer:
deficiency
fixation
prolapse
production
pain
- The suffix -megaly means
Your answer:
decrease
enlargement
stricture
separation
softening
- The suffix -malacia means
Your answer:
expansion
bone
swelling
softening
formation
- The suffix -poiesis means
Your answer:
blood condition
destruction
decrease
narrowing
formation
- Dilation of the bronchi is
Your answer:
bronchectasis
bronchorrhexis
bronchiectasis
bronchioectasis
bronchiorrhexis
- The suffix that means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint), is
Your answer:
-plasty
-pexy
-desis
-centesis
-tomy
- Hepat/o means liver. The medical word for swelling or herniation of the liver is
Your answer:
hepat/oma
hepat/o/centesis
hepat/ic
hepat/itis
hepat/o/cele
- The medical word meaning to break or fracture a bone is
Your answer:
oste/o/malacia
oste/o/blast
oste/o/clasis
oste/o/gen
oste/o/metry
- The suffix -dynia means pain. Another suffix for pain is
Your answer:
-algia
-emesis
-plasia
-ectasis
-poiesis
- The medical word meaning enlargement of the liver is
Your answer:
hepat/omy
hepat/o/megaly
mega/hepat/ic
macro/hepat/oma
hepat/o/cele
- An instrument for recording the activity of the heart is
Your answer:
cardi/o/version
cardi/o/graph
cardi/o/graphy
cardi/o/meter
A and B
- Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?
Your answer:
-osis; abnormal condition
-rrhaphy; bursting forth
-itis; inflammation
-rrhexis; rupture
-rrhea; flow or discharge
- Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?
Your answer:
-poiesis; prolapse, downward displacement
-ectasis; dilation, expansion
-tripsy; crushing
-osis; abnormal condition (of)
-rrhea; flow, discharge
- In the word dystrophy, the suffix -trophy means
Your answer:
paralysis
displacement
stricture
development, nourishment
accomplishment
- An instrument to cut the skin is a
Your answer:
derm/o/scope
dermat/o/meter
derm/o/graph
dermat/o/graphy
derm/a/tome
- An incision to remove a stone is lithotomy
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix -ptosis means prolapse or downward displacement
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix -philia means fear.
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix -plegia means paralysis.
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix for an incision is -ectomy.
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix -lysis means puncture.
Your answer:
True
False
- Gastr/o/rrhexis is a rupture of the stomach.
Your answer:
True
False
- When defining the term gastr/algia, define the suffix first.
Your answer:
True
False
- Gastr/algia and gastr/o/dynia have the same meaning.
Your answer:
True
False
- The suffix -stomy indicates a surgical procedure.
Your answer:
True
False
- My/algia is a surgical procedure.
Your answer:
True
False