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This comprehensive Test Bank for The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition by Davi-Ellen Chabner covers Chapters 1–21 and is designed to help students master medical terminology through structured, exam-style practice. The resource includes multiple-choice questions, matching, fill-in-the-blank exercises, word-building activities, pronunciation practice, and clinical application scenarios. It reinforces understanding of word roots, prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, diagnostic procedures, pathological conditions, pharmacology terminology, laboratory tests, and abbreviations used in healthcare settings. Ideal for students in medical assisting, nursing, health information management, and allied health programs, this complete guide supports course exams, certification preparation, and comprehensive review for the 2024–2025 academic year.

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TEST BANK FOR THE LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE 13TH EDITION BCHABNER
/ALL CHAPTERS1-21/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025

,Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Gastrectomy:
a. Gastric resection
b. Intestinal incision
c. Tumor of the stomach
d. Incision of the stomach
e. Resection of the intestine
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.9 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

2. Osteitis:
a. Incision of a bone
b. Removal of a bone
c. Incision of a joint
d. Inflammation of a joint
e. Inflammation of a bone
ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.4 | page.11 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

3. Cystoscopy:
a. Study of cells
b. Visual examination of cells
c. Removal of a sac of fluid
d. Removal of the urinary bladder
e. Visual examination of the urinary bladder
ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.8 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

4. Hepatoma:
a. Incision of the kidney
b. Tumor of the liver
c. Blood mass
d. Inflammation of the liver
e. Red blood cell
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B REFERENCE: page.13 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

5. Iatrogenic:
a. Pertaining to produced by treatment
b. Produced by the mind
c. Cancer producing
d. Pertaining to producing a tumor
e. Cutting into a tumor
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.10 | page.13 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

, 6. Electroencephalogram:
a. Record of electricity in the brain
b. Record of electricity in the heart
c. X-ray of the brain
d. Record of sound waves in the brain
e. X-ray of the heart and brain
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.9 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

7. Diagnosis:
a. Made after the prognosis
b. A guess as to the patient’s condition
c. A prediction of the course of treatment
d. Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition
e. A treatment of the patient
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.10 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

8. Cancerous tumor:
a. Hematoma
b. Adenoma
c. Carcinoma
d. Carcinogenic
e. Neurotomy
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.7 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

9. Microscopic examination of living tissue:
a. Incision
b. Pathology
c. Biopsy
d. Autopsy
e. Resection
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.7 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

10. Pertaining to the biggest part of the brain:
a. Cerebral
b. Cephalic
c. Renal
d. Cardiac
e. Neural
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.8 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

11. Removal of a gland:
a. Gastrotomy
b. Gastric
c. Hepatic resection
d. Nephric section
e. Adenectomy

ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.

, ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.
12. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:
a. Anemia
b. Erythrocytosis
c. Thrombocytosis
d. Leukemia
e. Leukocytosis
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

13. Pathologist is one who:
a. Examines x-rays
b. Operates on the urinary tract
c. Performs autopsies and examines biopsies
d. Operates on the kidney
e. Treats Diseases with chemicals
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.11 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

14. Pain in a joint:
a. Ostealgia
b. Arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Arthroalgia
e. Arthralgia
ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.

15. Increase in number of malignant white blood cells:
a. Leukocytosis
b. Leukemia
c. Erythremia
d. Thrombocytosis
e. Erythrocytosis
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B REFERENCE: page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

16. Instrument to view the eye:
a. Ophthalmoscopy
b. Opthalmoscope
c. Opthalmology
d. Ophthalmoscope
e. Opthalmoscopy
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.11 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

17. A platelet:
a. Hematoma
b. Thrombosis
c. Leukocyte
d. Thrombocyte
e. Erythrocyte

ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.12 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

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