Medical Terminology - Chapters 3 & 4

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  1. The adjectival form of stomach is
  2. Your answer:
    stomatal
    gastrous
    gastric
    gastrin
    stomatic


  3. The word mucous is a/an
  4. Your answer:
    adjective
    adverb
    noun
    plural form
    singular form


  5. The adjectival form of axilla is
  6. Your answer:
    axillar
    axillary
    axilliac
    axillae
    axillic


  7. The plural form of carcinoma is
  8. Your answer:
    carcinomes
    carcinomi
    carcinomus
    carcinomatae
    carcinomata


  9. The word macula means
  10. Your answer:
    a small spot
    pertaining to a spot
    pertaining to spots
    a raised spot
    small spots


  11. The word for a small vein is
  12. Your answer:
    venous
    venae
    venule
    venicle
    veinula


  13. To make words ending in "y" plural
  14. Your answer:
    retain the y and add es
    drop the y and add es
    drop the y and add i
    retain the y and add s
    drop the y and add ies


  15. To make words ending in "is" plural
  16. Your answer:
    drop is and add es
    drop is and add ex
    drop is and add ices
    drop is and add a
    retain is and add es


  17. The plural form of radius is
  18. Your answer:
    radii
    radium
    radiae
    radious
    radial


  19. The plural form of calcaneum is
  20. Your answer:
    calcaniae
    calcaneus
    calcaneal
    calcanea
    calcania


  21. The plural form of bursa is
  22. Your answer:
    bursi
    bursium
    bursices
    bursae
    bursal


  23. The process of visually examining the sigmoid colon is
  24. Your answer:
    sigmoidoscopic
    sigmoidoscopy
    colonostomy
    sigmoidoscope
    sigmoidography


  25. The plural form of bacterium is
  26. Your answer:
    bacteria
    bacteries
    bacteriae
    bacterion
    bacteriae


  27. The word leukemia is a/an
  28. Your answer:
    adverb
    verb
    noun
    adjective
    pronoun


  29. The plural form of pubis is
  30. Your answer:
    pubices
    pubex
    pubic
    pubes
    pubous


  31. The plural form of fornix is
  32. Your answer:
    forniae
    fornima
    fornum
    fornices
    fornia


  33. The pural form of lumen is
  34. Your answer:
    lumena
    lumenae
    luminata
    lumina
    luminal


  35. Which ending is NOT an adjective ending?
  36. Your answer:
    -tic
    -ia
    -ary
    -eal
    -ous


  37. The suffix -ism means
  38. Your answer:
    small
    specialist
    condition
    pertaining to
    treatment


  39. The suffix -iatry means
  40. Your answer:
    disease
    pertaining to
    specialist
    study of
    treatment


  41. The plural form of nucleus is
  42. Your answer:
    nuclear
    nucleolus
    nuclei
    nucleic
    nucleii


  43. Which of the following is a noun form for heart?
  44. Your answer:
    cardiac
    cardium
    cardial
    cardii
    cardiae


  45. Which set of singular/plural terms is paired INCORRECTLY?
  46. Your answer:
    ganglion; ganglia
    lumen; lumina
    pleura; pleural
    deformity; deformities
    apex; apices


  47. Which set of noun/adjective terms is paired INCORRECTLY?
  48. Your answer:
    vein; venous
    cardium; cardiac
    artery; arteries
    cerebrum; cerebral
    neuron; neural


  49. All of the following are nouns EXEPT
  50. Your answer:
    pneumonia
    alcoholism
    psychologist
    psychiatry
    coronary


  51. WHich of the following is not a diminutive word?
  52. Your answer:
    arteriole
    macule
    particle
    atom
    venule


  53. Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?
  54. Your answer:
    mucus; mucous
    myocardium; myocardial
    ileum; ilea
    duodenum; duodenal
    colon; colic


  55. All of the following are adjectives except
  56. Your answer:
    cutaneous
    acoustic
    hypodermic
    pulmonary
    rectum


  57. All of the following are nouns except
  58. Your answer:
    coronary
    bile
    lung
    tooth
    kidney


  59. Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?
  60. Your answer:
    bursa; bursae
    thorax; thoraces
    radius; radii
    bronchus; bronchial
    atrium; atria


  61. The word "medical" is a noun
  62. Your answer:
    True False


  63. Emboli is a plural form
  64. Your answer:
    True False


  65. Spinal is a noun
  66. Your answer:
    True False


  67. Radial is an adjective form
  68. Your answer:
    True False


  69. Radii is a plural form
  70. Your answer:
    True False


  71. Muscular is an adjective form
  72. Your answer:
    True False


  73. Tissue is a noun form.
  74. Your answer:
    True False


  75. Cellular is an adjective form.
  76. Your answer:
    True False


  77. Atrium is an adjective form
  78. Your answer:
    True False


  79. Glossal is a noun form.
  80. Your answer:
    True False


  81. Adsternal means
  82. Your answer:
    within the sternum
    toward the sternum
    under the sternum
    upon the sternum
    away from the sternum


  83. The prefix infra-means
  84. Your answer:
    over
    within
    between
    through
    under


  85. The prefix uni- means the same as
  86. Your answer:
    micro-
    meso-
    epi-
    mono-
    ante-


  87. The prefix hypo- means
  88. Your answer:
    excessive
    below
    slow
    between
    above


  89. The prefix for around is
  90. Your answer:
    trans-
    dia-
    supra-
    circum-
    esto-


  91. The prefix para- means
  92. Your answer:
    in front of
    along the side of
    together
    away from
    same


  93. The prefix for rapid is
  94. Your answer:
    brady-
    supra-
    eu-
    contra-
    tachy-


  95. The term meaning pertaining to under the skin is
  96. Your answer:
    subungual
    hypodermic
    epidermis
    hyperdermic
    antecubital


  97. The prefix homo- means
  98. Your answer:
    against
    good
    all
    same
    union


  99. The prefix for easy or good is
  100. Your answer:
    eu-
    homo-
    dys-
    mal-
    syn-


  101. The prefix for against is
  102. Your answer:
    dys-
    contra-
    homo-
    ante-
    syn-


  103. The term bradycardia means
  104. Your answer:
    small heart
    slow heartbeat
    regular heartbeat
    enlarged heart
    rapid heartbeat


  105. The term for above the kidney is
  106. Your answer:
    perirenal
    intrarenal
    pararenal
    suprarenal
    infrarenal


  107. The prefix for false is
  108. Your answer:
    hetero-
    supra-
    para-
    pseudo-
    contra-


  109. The prefix pan- means
  110. Your answer:
    near
    against
    bad
    same
    all


  111. The term extraocular means
  112. Your answer:
    outside the eye
    above the eye
    rapid eye movement
    visual acuity
    around the eye


  113. The prefix that does NOT mean out or outside is
  114. Your answer:
    ec-
    extra-
    endo-
    exo-
    ecto-


  115. The prefix dia- means
  116. Your answer:
    away from
    within
    wide
    against
    through


  117. The word syndrome means
  118. Your answer:
    run together
    run upward
    run toward
    run against
    run downward


  119. The prefix intra- means
  120. Your answer:
    between
    below
    within
    through
    excessive


  121. Tarsus is a foot bone. The word mesotarsal means pertaining to
  122. Your answer:
    the edge of the foot bone
    the area around the foot bone
    behind the foot bone
    the middle of the foot bone
    the area under the foot bone


  123. The word that means rapid speech is
  124. Your answer:
    tachyphasia
    bradyphasia
    dysphasia
    diaphasia
    paraphasia


  125. A word that means different from the normal type of
  126. Your answer:
    homeomorphous
    dysmorphous
    midmorphous
    hexomorphous
    heteromorphous


  127. The suffix -cephaly refers to the head. A word that means a small head is
  128. Your answer:
    macrocephaly
    microcephaly
    monocephaly
    morocephaly
    midcephaly


  129. Midsternal means pertaining to the middle of the sternum. Another word for midsternal is
  130. Your answer:
    mesothorax
    mesosternal
    microsternal
    microthorax
    mesomorphic


  131. Antepartum means before birgh or labor. The word that means after birth or labor is
  132. Your answer:
    peripartum
    adpartum
    postpartum
    intrapartum
    dipartum


  133. when there is evidence against using a drug, the drug is said to be
  134. Your answer:
    ineffective
    contraindicated
    homogenous
    postprandial
    superior


  135. The word for double vision is
  136. Your answer:
    bivisual
    divisual
    monopia
    diplopia
    bilaterial


  137. The kidneys are retroperitoneal. This means that they are found
  138. Your answer:
    within the peritoneal cavity
    over the peritoneal cavity
    behind the peritoneum
    above the peritoneum
    below the peritoneum


  139. Postmortem means after death.
  140. Your answer:
    True False


  141. All medical words contain prefixes.
  142. Your answer:
    True False


  143. Prefixes are word elements placed at the beginning of words to alter their meaning.
  144. Your answer:
    True False


  145. In the word mono/nuclear, mono- is a prefix.
  146. Your answer:
    True False


  147. Infrapubic means under or below the pubis.
  148. Your answer:
    True False


  149. Epigastric means behind the stomach.
  150. Your answer:
    True False


  151. The medical word that means outside the eyes is circumocular.
  152. Your answer:
    True False


  153. An ectopic pregnancy is one that is in its correct position.
  154. Your answer:
    True False


  155. A person with polyphobia has an abnormal fear of many things.
  156. Your answer:
    True False


  157. The word oral means pertaining to the mouth. The word circumoral means above the mouth.
  158. Your answer:
    True False


  159. The word abduction means movement toward the median line.
  160. Your answer:
    True False


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