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Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide,
By Barbara Janson Cohen
9th edition
,Table of contents
Part I Introduction to Medical Terminology
Chapter 1 Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
Chapter 2 Body Structure
Chapter 3 Disease and Treatment
Part II Body Systems
Chapter 4 Integumentary System
Chapter 5 Skeletal System
Chapter 6 Muscular System
Chapter 7 Nervous System and Mental Health
Chapter 8 Special Senses: Ear and Eye
Chapter 9 Endocrine System
Chapter 10 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Chapter 11 Blood and Immunity
Chapter 12 Respiratory System
Chapter 13 Digestive System
Chapter 14 Urinary System
Chapter 15 Male Reproductive System
Chapter 16 Female Reproductive System; Pregnancy and Birth
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Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Edition
Barbara Janson Cohen
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 1: Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
1. The study of the origin and history of words is called:
A) Etymology
B) Morphology
C) Terminology
D) Linguistics
Answer: A
2. Which part of a medical term provides the fundamental meaning of the word?
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word root
D) Combining vowel
Answer: C
3. A combining form is created when a word root is joined with a:
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Combining vowel
D) Another suffix
, Answer: C
4. The most commonly used combining vowel in medical terminology is:
A) A
B) E
C) I
D) O
Answer: D
5. Which of the following is an example of a prefix?
A) -logy
B) -itis
C) hypo-
D) -ectomy
Answer: C
6. The suffix -logy means:
A) Surgical removal
B) Study of
C) Condition of
D) Inflammation
Answer: B
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide,
By Barbara Janson Cohen
9th edition
,Table of contents
Part I Introduction to Medical Terminology
Chapter 1 Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
Chapter 2 Body Structure
Chapter 3 Disease and Treatment
Part II Body Systems
Chapter 4 Integumentary System
Chapter 5 Skeletal System
Chapter 6 Muscular System
Chapter 7 Nervous System and Mental Health
Chapter 8 Special Senses: Ear and Eye
Chapter 9 Endocrine System
Chapter 10 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Chapter 11 Blood and Immunity
Chapter 12 Respiratory System
Chapter 13 Digestive System
Chapter 14 Urinary System
Chapter 15 Male Reproductive System
Chapter 16 Female Reproductive System; Pregnancy and Birth
,TESTBANK
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Edition
Barbara Janson Cohen
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 1: Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
1. The study of the origin and history of words is called:
A) Etymology
B) Morphology
C) Terminology
D) Linguistics
Answer: A
2. Which part of a medical term provides the fundamental meaning of the word?
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word root
D) Combining vowel
Answer: C
3. A combining form is created when a word root is joined with a:
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Combining vowel
D) Another suffix
, Answer: C
4. The most commonly used combining vowel in medical terminology is:
A) A
B) E
C) I
D) O
Answer: D
5. Which of the following is an example of a prefix?
A) -logy
B) -itis
C) hypo-
D) -ectomy
Answer: C
6. The suffix -logy means:
A) Surgical removal
B) Study of
C) Condition of
D) Inflammation
Answer: B
