TEST BANK FOR QUICK AND
EASY MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
9TH EDITION BY LEONARD
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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.
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ANS:! A! REF:! p. !3 TOPD:isC oumtiobninoif nthgisW
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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! medicineD.ownloaded! by:! Sophiie! |!
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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
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