UF HSC3537 F EXAM #1 Questions with correct answers
The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the: - ✔✔root
word "stem word"
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: - ✔✔word root or stem word
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its
meaning is called a(n): - ✔✔prefix
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: - ✔✔suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning
is the: - ✔✔suffix
The most common combining vowel is: - ✔✔O
* "mOst cOmmOn cOmbining vOwel"
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the: - ✔✔combining vowel
"used with both the stem word and suffix"
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part
is the suffix? - ✔✔sub- and -ic
,The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the
______ ______ and ______ _______: - ✔✔word root and combining vowel
In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the
vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts? - ✔✔por- and -osis
The phrase, refers to or ____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal
meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -
um. - ✔✔pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: - ✔✔action taken, condition, or
state
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named), denoting quality, quantity,
extent, or ______. - ✔✔distinction of the object from something else
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its
combining vowel or vowels) is called: - ✔✔fracturing
* breaking is ~synonymous~ with fracturing
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is: -
✔✔viscer/o-
The abdominal cavity contains the: - ✔✔liver
,* for my Spanish speakers: "cost" ~ costilla (the ribs)
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: - ✔✔muscle
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to: -
✔✔formation, growth or development
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is: - ✔✔eti/o
The prefix that means "change or after" is: - ✔✔meta-
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is: - ✔✔-stasis
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by
disease" is: - ✔✔path/o/logy
The combining form onc/o means: - ✔✔tumor
* I know u wanna put cancer but DON'T
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is: - ✔✔encapsulated, slow growing, and
expansive
* as long as you remember it is slow-growing
, The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is: - ✔✔neoplasm
* NEo -- NEw
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is: - ✔✔crab-like tumor
"invades with crab-like leg growths"
* Carcinoma -- Crab-like
C/C
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is: -
✔✔melano/carcin/oma
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as: - ✔✔conveying toward
the center
* aFFerent -- Forward/toward
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the
beginning of what famous oath? - ✔✔Hippocratic Oath
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by: - ✔✔little change, slow
progression, and long duration
* long duration
The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the: - ✔✔root
word "stem word"
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: - ✔✔word root or stem word
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its
meaning is called a(n): - ✔✔prefix
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: - ✔✔suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning
is the: - ✔✔suffix
The most common combining vowel is: - ✔✔O
* "mOst cOmmOn cOmbining vOwel"
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the: - ✔✔combining vowel
"used with both the stem word and suffix"
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part
is the suffix? - ✔✔sub- and -ic
,The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the
______ ______ and ______ _______: - ✔✔word root and combining vowel
In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the
vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts? - ✔✔por- and -osis
The phrase, refers to or ____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal
meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -
um. - ✔✔pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: - ✔✔action taken, condition, or
state
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named), denoting quality, quantity,
extent, or ______. - ✔✔distinction of the object from something else
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its
combining vowel or vowels) is called: - ✔✔fracturing
* breaking is ~synonymous~ with fracturing
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is: -
✔✔viscer/o-
The abdominal cavity contains the: - ✔✔liver
,* for my Spanish speakers: "cost" ~ costilla (the ribs)
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: - ✔✔muscle
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to: -
✔✔formation, growth or development
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is: - ✔✔eti/o
The prefix that means "change or after" is: - ✔✔meta-
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is: - ✔✔-stasis
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by
disease" is: - ✔✔path/o/logy
The combining form onc/o means: - ✔✔tumor
* I know u wanna put cancer but DON'T
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is: - ✔✔encapsulated, slow growing, and
expansive
* as long as you remember it is slow-growing
, The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is: - ✔✔neoplasm
* NEo -- NEw
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is: - ✔✔crab-like tumor
"invades with crab-like leg growths"
* Carcinoma -- Crab-like
C/C
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is: -
✔✔melano/carcin/oma
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as: - ✔✔conveying toward
the center
* aFFerent -- Forward/toward
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the
beginning of what famous oath? - ✔✔Hippocratic Oath
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by: - ✔✔little change, slow
progression, and long duration
* long duration
