TEST BANK
Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning
Approach by Body System
Barbara A. Gylys, and Regina M. Masters
7th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building 1
Chapter 02: Body Structure 18
Chapter 03: Integumentary System 32
Chapter 04: Respiratory System 48
Chapter 05: Cardiovascular, Blood, and Lymphatic Systems 64
Chapter 06: Digestive System 80
Chapter 07: Urinary System 96
Chapter 08: Reproductive Systems 112
Chapter 09: Endocrine and Nervous Systems 128
Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal System 144
Chapter 11: Special Senses: Eyes and Ears 160
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
A. -rrhea
B. -rrhage
C. -rrhexis
D. -penia
E. -iasis
ANS: D PTS: 1
2. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
A. mouth
B. intestine
C. stomach
D. liver
E. bladder
ANS: C PTS: 1
3. To build a medical word, use a combining form (CF) to link a suffix that begins with a(n):
A. “a.”
B. “o.”
C. vowel.
D. consonant.
E. “e.”
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Which word element is a word root?
A. hepat-
B. hepato-
C. hepatom-
D. -megaly
E. Hepatomegaly
ANS: A PTS: 1
5. A CF is a word root plus a:
A. prefix.
B. vowel.
C. suffix.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Which word element is an adjective suffix?
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A. -oma
B. -penia
C. -itis
D. -ic
E. -ia
ANS: D PTS: 1
7. Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. word root
B. suffix
C. combining vowel
D. prefix
E. combining form
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. What does the word root usually indicate?
A. position
B. number
C. condition
D. body part
E. procedure
ANS: D PTS: 1
9. What does the prefix in post-mortem mean?
A. before
B. after
C. death
D. life
E. beyond
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
D. combining vowel.
E. combining form.
ANS: E PTS: 1
11. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
A. adjective.
B. verb.
C. combining form.
D. compound word.
E. suffix.
ANS: E PTS: 1
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12. Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. Which word is built correctly?
A. my/algia
B. nephr/dynia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
ANS: A PTS: 1
14. The suffix -itis means:
A. pain.
B. blood.
C. excision.
D. rupture.
E. inflammation.
ANS: E PTS: 1
15. Which word contains a prefix?
A. hyperthermia
B. gastric
C. thermometer
D. nephritis
E. cardiac
ANS: A PTS: 1
16. The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
A. word root.
B. combining form.
C. suffix.
D. combining vowel.
E. consonant.
ANS: D PTS: 1
17. Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
D. long sound.
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E. diphthong.
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a:
A. suffix that begins with a consonant.
B. simple word.
C. compound word.
D. medical word containing a prefix.
E. word with only one word element.
ANS: C PTS: 1
19. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
A. e.
B. oy.
C. u.
D. o.
E. a.
ANS: A PTS: 1
20. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “cee.”
ANS: C PTS: 1
21. To make words ending in y plural:
A. retain the y and add es.
B. drop the y and add es.
C. drop the y and add i.
D. retain the y and add s.
E. drop the y and add ies.
ANS: E PTS: 1
22. The plural form of diagnosis is:
A. diagnose.
B. diagnostic.
C. diagnosia.
D. diagnoses.
E. diagnosticians.
ANS: D PTS: 1
23. What does the suffix -ior mean?
A. small
B. specialist
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C. condition
D. pertaining to
E. treatment
ANS: D PTS: 1
24. What is the plural form of appendix?
A. appendamata
B. appendises
C. appendices
D. appendae
E. appendia
ANS: C PTS: 1
25. What is the adjective form of axilla?
A. axillar
B. axillary
C. axilliac
D. axillae
E. axillic
ANS: B PTS: 1
26. What is the plural form of radius?
A. radii
B. radium
C. radiae
D. radious
E. radial
ANS: A PTS: 1
27. What is the plural form of nucleus?
A. nuclear
B. nucleolus
C. nuclei
D. nucleic
E. nuclei
ANS: C PTS: 1
28. Which word means surgical fracture of a bone?
A. oste/o/malacia
B. oste/o/blast
C. oste/o/clasis
D. oste/o/gen
E. oste/o/metry
ANS: C PTS: 1
29. Which word means rupture of an artery?
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A. arthritis
B. arthrodynia
C. arteriorrhexis
D. arthrodesis
E. arthralgia
ANS: C PTS: 1
30. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
A. pelviscope
B. pelvimetry
C. pelvitomer
D. pelvimeter
E. pelvometer
ANS: D PTS: 1
31. In the term chol/e/lith/iasis, the element lith is a:
A. combining form.
B. suffix.
C. prefix.
D. combining vowel.
E. word root.
ANS: E PTS: 1
32. Which term means pain in a nerve?
A. neuroblast
B. neuralgia
C. neuroclonic
D. neuroglia
E. neurogenic
ANS: B PTS: 1
33. What does the suffix -edema mean?
A. vomiting
B. softening
C. condition
D. swelling
E. tumor
ANS: D PTS: 1
34. Which suffix means pain?
A. -algia
B. -emesis
C. -plasia
D. -ectasis
E. -poiesis
ANS: A PTS: 1
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35. What does the term gastritis mean?
A. excision of the stomach
B. pain in the stomach
C. hemorrhage of the stomach
D. inflammation of the stomach
E. incision of the stomach
ANS: D PTS: 1
36. Which word means double vision?
A. bivisual
B. divisual
C. monopia
D. diplopia
E. bilateral
ANS: D PTS: 1
37. Which prefix means around?
A. trans-
B. dia-
C. supra-
D. circum-
E. esto-
ANS: D PTS: 1
38. The prefix dia- means:
A. away from.
B. within.
C. wide.
D. against.
E. through, across.
ANS: E PTS: 1
39. What is the term that means without a breast?
A. amastia
B. dysmastia
C. eumastia
D. hemimastia
E. supermastia
ANS: A PTS: 1
40. The prefix hypo- means:
A. excessive.
B. below.
C. slow.
D. between.
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E. above.
ANS: B PTS: 1
41. Which term means first pregnancy?
A. multigravida
B. primigravida
C. polygravida
D. agravida
E. homogravida
ANS: D PTS: 1
42. The prefix homo- means:
A. against.
B. good.
C. all.
D. same.
E. union.
ANS: D PTS: 1
43. Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another
part of the body in the same person?
A. xen/o/graft
B. allo/graft
C. homo/graft
D. auto/graft
E. heter/o/graft
ANS: D PTS: 1
44. What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar, post/nat/al, and
macro/cyte?
A. combining form
B. word root
C. compound element
D. suffix
E. prefix
ANS: E PTS: 1
45. Which term is an adjective?
A. cardiac
B. bile
C. lung
D. tooth
E. kidney
ANS: A PTS: 1
46. The plural form of calcaneum is:
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Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning
Approach by Body System
Barbara A. Gylys, and Regina M. Masters
7th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building 1
Chapter 02: Body Structure 18
Chapter 03: Integumentary System 32
Chapter 04: Respiratory System 48
Chapter 05: Cardiovascular, Blood, and Lymphatic Systems 64
Chapter 06: Digestive System 80
Chapter 07: Urinary System 96
Chapter 08: Reproductive Systems 112
Chapter 09: Endocrine and Nervous Systems 128
Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal System 144
Chapter 11: Special Senses: Eyes and Ears 160
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Test Bank - Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning Approach by Body System, 7th Edition (Gylys, 2023)
Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
A. -rrhea
B. -rrhage
C. -rrhexis
D. -penia
E. -iasis
ANS: D PTS: 1
2. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
A. mouth
B. intestine
C. stomach
D. liver
E. bladder
ANS: C PTS: 1
3. To build a medical word, use a combining form (CF) to link a suffix that begins with a(n):
A. “a.”
B. “o.”
C. vowel.
D. consonant.
E. “e.”
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Which word element is a word root?
A. hepat-
B. hepato-
C. hepatom-
D. -megaly
E. Hepatomegaly
ANS: A PTS: 1
5. A CF is a word root plus a:
A. prefix.
B. vowel.
C. suffix.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Which word element is an adjective suffix?
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A. -oma
B. -penia
C. -itis
D. -ic
E. -ia
ANS: D PTS: 1
7. Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. word root
B. suffix
C. combining vowel
D. prefix
E. combining form
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. What does the word root usually indicate?
A. position
B. number
C. condition
D. body part
E. procedure
ANS: D PTS: 1
9. What does the prefix in post-mortem mean?
A. before
B. after
C. death
D. life
E. beyond
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
D. combining vowel.
E. combining form.
ANS: E PTS: 1
11. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
A. adjective.
B. verb.
C. combining form.
D. compound word.
E. suffix.
ANS: E PTS: 1
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12. Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. Which word is built correctly?
A. my/algia
B. nephr/dynia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
ANS: A PTS: 1
14. The suffix -itis means:
A. pain.
B. blood.
C. excision.
D. rupture.
E. inflammation.
ANS: E PTS: 1
15. Which word contains a prefix?
A. hyperthermia
B. gastric
C. thermometer
D. nephritis
E. cardiac
ANS: A PTS: 1
16. The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
A. word root.
B. combining form.
C. suffix.
D. combining vowel.
E. consonant.
ANS: D PTS: 1
17. Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
D. long sound.
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E. diphthong.
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a:
A. suffix that begins with a consonant.
B. simple word.
C. compound word.
D. medical word containing a prefix.
E. word with only one word element.
ANS: C PTS: 1
19. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
A. e.
B. oy.
C. u.
D. o.
E. a.
ANS: A PTS: 1
20. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “cee.”
ANS: C PTS: 1
21. To make words ending in y plural:
A. retain the y and add es.
B. drop the y and add es.
C. drop the y and add i.
D. retain the y and add s.
E. drop the y and add ies.
ANS: E PTS: 1
22. The plural form of diagnosis is:
A. diagnose.
B. diagnostic.
C. diagnosia.
D. diagnoses.
E. diagnosticians.
ANS: D PTS: 1
23. What does the suffix -ior mean?
A. small
B. specialist
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C. condition
D. pertaining to
E. treatment
ANS: D PTS: 1
24. What is the plural form of appendix?
A. appendamata
B. appendises
C. appendices
D. appendae
E. appendia
ANS: C PTS: 1
25. What is the adjective form of axilla?
A. axillar
B. axillary
C. axilliac
D. axillae
E. axillic
ANS: B PTS: 1
26. What is the plural form of radius?
A. radii
B. radium
C. radiae
D. radious
E. radial
ANS: A PTS: 1
27. What is the plural form of nucleus?
A. nuclear
B. nucleolus
C. nuclei
D. nucleic
E. nuclei
ANS: C PTS: 1
28. Which word means surgical fracture of a bone?
A. oste/o/malacia
B. oste/o/blast
C. oste/o/clasis
D. oste/o/gen
E. oste/o/metry
ANS: C PTS: 1
29. Which word means rupture of an artery?
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A. arthritis
B. arthrodynia
C. arteriorrhexis
D. arthrodesis
E. arthralgia
ANS: C PTS: 1
30. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
A. pelviscope
B. pelvimetry
C. pelvitomer
D. pelvimeter
E. pelvometer
ANS: D PTS: 1
31. In the term chol/e/lith/iasis, the element lith is a:
A. combining form.
B. suffix.
C. prefix.
D. combining vowel.
E. word root.
ANS: E PTS: 1
32. Which term means pain in a nerve?
A. neuroblast
B. neuralgia
C. neuroclonic
D. neuroglia
E. neurogenic
ANS: B PTS: 1
33. What does the suffix -edema mean?
A. vomiting
B. softening
C. condition
D. swelling
E. tumor
ANS: D PTS: 1
34. Which suffix means pain?
A. -algia
B. -emesis
C. -plasia
D. -ectasis
E. -poiesis
ANS: A PTS: 1
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35. What does the term gastritis mean?
A. excision of the stomach
B. pain in the stomach
C. hemorrhage of the stomach
D. inflammation of the stomach
E. incision of the stomach
ANS: D PTS: 1
36. Which word means double vision?
A. bivisual
B. divisual
C. monopia
D. diplopia
E. bilateral
ANS: D PTS: 1
37. Which prefix means around?
A. trans-
B. dia-
C. supra-
D. circum-
E. esto-
ANS: D PTS: 1
38. The prefix dia- means:
A. away from.
B. within.
C. wide.
D. against.
E. through, across.
ANS: E PTS: 1
39. What is the term that means without a breast?
A. amastia
B. dysmastia
C. eumastia
D. hemimastia
E. supermastia
ANS: A PTS: 1
40. The prefix hypo- means:
A. excessive.
B. below.
C. slow.
D. between.
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E. above.
ANS: B PTS: 1
41. Which term means first pregnancy?
A. multigravida
B. primigravida
C. polygravida
D. agravida
E. homogravida
ANS: D PTS: 1
42. The prefix homo- means:
A. against.
B. good.
C. all.
D. same.
E. union.
ANS: D PTS: 1
43. Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another
part of the body in the same person?
A. xen/o/graft
B. allo/graft
C. homo/graft
D. auto/graft
E. heter/o/graft
ANS: D PTS: 1
44. What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar, post/nat/al, and
macro/cyte?
A. combining form
B. word root
C. compound element
D. suffix
E. prefix
ANS: E PTS: 1
45. Which term is an adjective?
A. cardiac
B. bile
C. lung
D. tooth
E. kidney
ANS: A PTS: 1
46. The plural form of calcaneum is:
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