CLC Midterm Test Question with
identified answers
,Order the following pathways of food from first to last: 1. ileum 2. duodenum 3. transverse colon 4.
stomach - CORRECT ANS:4 2 1 3
Which of the following means "Joining of the bile duct to the small intestine?" Choose one. - CORRECT
ANS:choledochojejunostomy
Which of the following conditions result from peristalsis? Choose all that apply. - CORRECT
ANS:achalasia ileus
Match the following: 1. lip 2. lower jaw 3. tooth 4. anus and rectum
A. mandibul/o B. odont/o C. labi/o D. proct/o - CORRECT ANS:C A B D
Joe had a stroke in the left hemisphere of his brain, and ever since, he encountered paralysis in his left
hand. The effect was clearly (x). - CORRECT ANS:ipsilateral
Match these suffixes: 1. to grow 2. to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) 3. birth, labor 4. droop, sag,
prolapse
A. -phoria B. -ptosis C. -physis D. -partum - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match the following: 1. col/o 2. enter/o 3. gingiv/o 4. gloss/o
A. intestines, usually small intestine B. tongue C. colon, large intestine D. gums - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match these prefixes: 1. slow 2. down, lack of 3. through, complete 4. out, outside
A. brady- B. dia- C. ec, ecto- D. de- - CORRECT ANS:A D B C
Order the parts of the stomach from proximal (first) to distal (last). 1. Fundus 2. Body 3. Lower
esophageal (cardiac) sphincter 4. Pylorus 5. Antrum - CORRECT ANS:3 1 2 5 4
,Match the following: 1. nat/i 2. nect/o 3. norm/o 4. sepso
A. birth B. infection C. rule, order D. to bind, tie, connect - CORRECT ANS:A D C B
Out of the following forms, which ones would be necessary to describe a condition present at birth in
which the head is smaller than usual? - CORRECT ANS:micro cephaly congenital
Match these prefixes: 1. beyond, change 2. all 3. abnormal, beside, near 4. many, much
A. pan- B. poly- C. para- D. meta- - CORRECT ANS:1. beyond, change =meta 2. all = pan 3. abnormal,
beside, near = para 4. many, much = poly
Match the following: 1. anus 2. cheek 3. cecum 4. belly, abdomen
A. cec/o B. bucc/o C. celi/o D. an/o - CORRECT ANS:D B A C
Match these suffixes: 1. embryonic, immature 2. to secrete 3. pregnancy 4. to run
A. -crine B. -drome C. -blast D. -cyesis - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match these suffixes: 1. to slide, fall, lag 2. breakdown, separation, loosening 3. to send 4. to flow
A. -mission B. -rrhea C. -lysis D. -lapse - CORRECT ANS:D C A B
The digestive system has the following functions (choose all that apply): - CORRECT ANS:absorption
digestion elimination
When someone coins a new word, it is, technically speaking, a/an (choose one). - CORRECT
ANS:neologism
Match these prefixes: 1. no, not, without 2. away from 3. toward 4. self, own
A. a-, an- B. auto- C. ab- D. ad- - CORRECT ANS:A C D B
, Match the following: 1. fat 2. fat, lipid 3. stone 4. sugar
A. lith/o B. gluc/o C. steat/o D. lip/o - CORRECT ANS:C D A B
Match the following: 1. belly, abdomen 2. lip 3. gallbladder 4. common bile duct
A. celi/o B. cheli/o C. cholecyst/o D. choledoch/o - CORRECT ANS:A B C D
Match these prefixes: 1. false 2. together, with 3. fast 4. beyond, excess
A. tachy- B. ultra- C. pseudo- D. syn-, sym- - CORRECT ANS:C D A B
Order the following layers of a tooth from outermost to innermost: 1. dentin 2. crown 3. enamel 4. pulp
- CORRECT ANS:3 2 1 4
Match the following: 1. cutane/o 2. dactyl/o 3. duct/o 4. flex/o
A. to lead, carry B. skin C. fingers, toes D. to bend - CORRECT ANS:B C A D
Match the following: 1. sleep 2. to put, place 3. nipple 4. place, position, location
A. top/o B. the/o C. thel/o D. somn/o - CORRECT ANS:D B C A
Choose all the elements necessary in creating the medical terms for "stones in the gallbladder" and
"stones in the salivary gland." - CORRECT ANS:lith/o chol/e sialaden/o
Match the following with literal meanings: 1. bunch of grapes 2. shaggy hairs 3. little nipples 4. blind 5.
gatekeeper
A. papillae B. pylorus C. villi D. cecum E. uvula - CORRECT ANS:E C A D B
Match the following: 1. forking, branching 2. tongue 3. sugar 4. death
identified answers
,Order the following pathways of food from first to last: 1. ileum 2. duodenum 3. transverse colon 4.
stomach - CORRECT ANS:4 2 1 3
Which of the following means "Joining of the bile duct to the small intestine?" Choose one. - CORRECT
ANS:choledochojejunostomy
Which of the following conditions result from peristalsis? Choose all that apply. - CORRECT
ANS:achalasia ileus
Match the following: 1. lip 2. lower jaw 3. tooth 4. anus and rectum
A. mandibul/o B. odont/o C. labi/o D. proct/o - CORRECT ANS:C A B D
Joe had a stroke in the left hemisphere of his brain, and ever since, he encountered paralysis in his left
hand. The effect was clearly (x). - CORRECT ANS:ipsilateral
Match these suffixes: 1. to grow 2. to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) 3. birth, labor 4. droop, sag,
prolapse
A. -phoria B. -ptosis C. -physis D. -partum - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match the following: 1. col/o 2. enter/o 3. gingiv/o 4. gloss/o
A. intestines, usually small intestine B. tongue C. colon, large intestine D. gums - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match these prefixes: 1. slow 2. down, lack of 3. through, complete 4. out, outside
A. brady- B. dia- C. ec, ecto- D. de- - CORRECT ANS:A D B C
Order the parts of the stomach from proximal (first) to distal (last). 1. Fundus 2. Body 3. Lower
esophageal (cardiac) sphincter 4. Pylorus 5. Antrum - CORRECT ANS:3 1 2 5 4
,Match the following: 1. nat/i 2. nect/o 3. norm/o 4. sepso
A. birth B. infection C. rule, order D. to bind, tie, connect - CORRECT ANS:A D C B
Out of the following forms, which ones would be necessary to describe a condition present at birth in
which the head is smaller than usual? - CORRECT ANS:micro cephaly congenital
Match these prefixes: 1. beyond, change 2. all 3. abnormal, beside, near 4. many, much
A. pan- B. poly- C. para- D. meta- - CORRECT ANS:1. beyond, change =meta 2. all = pan 3. abnormal,
beside, near = para 4. many, much = poly
Match the following: 1. anus 2. cheek 3. cecum 4. belly, abdomen
A. cec/o B. bucc/o C. celi/o D. an/o - CORRECT ANS:D B A C
Match these suffixes: 1. embryonic, immature 2. to secrete 3. pregnancy 4. to run
A. -crine B. -drome C. -blast D. -cyesis - CORRECT ANS:C A D B
Match these suffixes: 1. to slide, fall, lag 2. breakdown, separation, loosening 3. to send 4. to flow
A. -mission B. -rrhea C. -lysis D. -lapse - CORRECT ANS:D C A B
The digestive system has the following functions (choose all that apply): - CORRECT ANS:absorption
digestion elimination
When someone coins a new word, it is, technically speaking, a/an (choose one). - CORRECT
ANS:neologism
Match these prefixes: 1. no, not, without 2. away from 3. toward 4. self, own
A. a-, an- B. auto- C. ab- D. ad- - CORRECT ANS:A C D B
, Match the following: 1. fat 2. fat, lipid 3. stone 4. sugar
A. lith/o B. gluc/o C. steat/o D. lip/o - CORRECT ANS:C D A B
Match the following: 1. belly, abdomen 2. lip 3. gallbladder 4. common bile duct
A. celi/o B. cheli/o C. cholecyst/o D. choledoch/o - CORRECT ANS:A B C D
Match these prefixes: 1. false 2. together, with 3. fast 4. beyond, excess
A. tachy- B. ultra- C. pseudo- D. syn-, sym- - CORRECT ANS:C D A B
Order the following layers of a tooth from outermost to innermost: 1. dentin 2. crown 3. enamel 4. pulp
- CORRECT ANS:3 2 1 4
Match the following: 1. cutane/o 2. dactyl/o 3. duct/o 4. flex/o
A. to lead, carry B. skin C. fingers, toes D. to bend - CORRECT ANS:B C A D
Match the following: 1. sleep 2. to put, place 3. nipple 4. place, position, location
A. top/o B. the/o C. thel/o D. somn/o - CORRECT ANS:D B C A
Choose all the elements necessary in creating the medical terms for "stones in the gallbladder" and
"stones in the salivary gland." - CORRECT ANS:lith/o chol/e sialaden/o
Match the following with literal meanings: 1. bunch of grapes 2. shaggy hairs 3. little nipples 4. blind 5.
gatekeeper
A. papillae B. pylorus C. villi D. cecum E. uvula - CORRECT ANS:E C A D B
Match the following: 1. forking, branching 2. tongue 3. sugar 4. death
