CADUCEUS ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● In the medical word intra/ven/ous, 'ven' is the
Answer: root or stem word
●● In the medial trm arthr/itis, -itis is the
Answer: suffix
●● The word part attached to the end of a root word in order to modify
its meaning is the
Answer: suffix
●● The most common combining vowel is
Answer: 'o'
●● In the divided medical term arthr/o/pathy, "o" is the
Answer: combining vowel "used with both the stem word and the suffix"
●● In the divided medical term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix and
which part is the suffix?
,Answer: sub- and -ic
●● The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two
component parts, the ___ and _____.
Answer: root word and combining vowel
●● In the divided medical term osteo/por/o/sis, the slash lines indicate
that the vowel may be used as part of which word parts?
Answer: por- and -osis
●● The phrase, refers to or _______, is a generalized actual menaing
(not a literal meaning) uses for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -
on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um
Answer: pertains to
●● Verb variations of a stem word usually describe
Answer: action taken, condition, or state
●● Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality,
quantity, extent or ______
Answer: distinction of the object from something else
●● Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with
combining vowel or vowels) is called
,Answer: fracturing
●● What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal
meaning 'nut'?
Answer: nucleus
●● The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is
Answer: viscer/o
●● the abdominal cavity contains the
Answer: liver
●● my/o is the combining form of a word part that means
Answer: muscle
●● the combining form hist/o means
Answer: tissue or web-like
●● A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissues
and performs one or more specific functions is called an
Answer: organ
, ●● The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers
to
Answer: formation, growth, or development
●● Bone is described as ____ tissue
Answer: connective
●● The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is
Answer: eti/o
●● The prefix that means "change or after " is
Answer: meta
●● The suffix that means "to control or stop" is
Answer: -stasis
●● The medical term that means "the science of or study of body
changes caused by disease" is
Answer: path/o/logy
●● The combining form onc/o means
Answer: tumor
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● In the medical word intra/ven/ous, 'ven' is the
Answer: root or stem word
●● In the medial trm arthr/itis, -itis is the
Answer: suffix
●● The word part attached to the end of a root word in order to modify
its meaning is the
Answer: suffix
●● The most common combining vowel is
Answer: 'o'
●● In the divided medical term arthr/o/pathy, "o" is the
Answer: combining vowel "used with both the stem word and the suffix"
●● In the divided medical term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix and
which part is the suffix?
,Answer: sub- and -ic
●● The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two
component parts, the ___ and _____.
Answer: root word and combining vowel
●● In the divided medical term osteo/por/o/sis, the slash lines indicate
that the vowel may be used as part of which word parts?
Answer: por- and -osis
●● The phrase, refers to or _______, is a generalized actual menaing
(not a literal meaning) uses for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -
on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um
Answer: pertains to
●● Verb variations of a stem word usually describe
Answer: action taken, condition, or state
●● Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality,
quantity, extent or ______
Answer: distinction of the object from something else
●● Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with
combining vowel or vowels) is called
,Answer: fracturing
●● What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal
meaning 'nut'?
Answer: nucleus
●● The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is
Answer: viscer/o
●● the abdominal cavity contains the
Answer: liver
●● my/o is the combining form of a word part that means
Answer: muscle
●● the combining form hist/o means
Answer: tissue or web-like
●● A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissues
and performs one or more specific functions is called an
Answer: organ
, ●● The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers
to
Answer: formation, growth, or development
●● Bone is described as ____ tissue
Answer: connective
●● The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is
Answer: eti/o
●● The prefix that means "change or after " is
Answer: meta
●● The suffix that means "to control or stop" is
Answer: -stasis
●● The medical term that means "the science of or study of body
changes caused by disease" is
Answer: path/o/logy
●● The combining form onc/o means
Answer: tumor
