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, TEST BANK AND EASY MEDICAL EDITION BY FOR QUICK 9TH LEONARD LATEST & VERIFIED
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.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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 t suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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
SOLUTION: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
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, 6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
SOLUTION: 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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SOLUTION: A REF: p. 3 TOPD:isCtriboumtiobninoifnthgisWdoocurdmePnat ristsillteogaWl rite Terms
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a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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 %
SOLUTION: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
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, 14. The suffix “-itis” meSOLUTION:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
SOLUTION: 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
SOLUTION: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts
16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, orgSOLUTION, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, orgSOLUTION, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
SOLUTION: 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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d. medical derivative.
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, TEST BANK AND EASY MEDICAL EDITION BY FOR QUICK 9TH LEONARD LATEST & VERIFIED
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.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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 t suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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
SOLUTION: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
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, 6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
SOLUTION: 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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SOLUTION: A REF: p. 3 TOPD:isCtriboumtiobninoifnthgisWdoocurdmePnat ristsillteogaWl rite Terms
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a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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.
SOLUTION: 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 %
SOLUTION: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
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, 14. The suffix “-itis” meSOLUTION:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
SOLUTION: 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
SOLUTION: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts
16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, orgSOLUTION, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, orgSOLUTION, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
SOLUTION: 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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d. medical derivative.
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