,Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
____ 2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant.
b. suffix.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
e. combining form.
____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
____ 4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
____ 5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. Before
b. After
c. Death
d. Life
e. Beyond
____ 6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. Mouth
b. Intestine
c. Stomach
d. Liver
e. Bladder
____ 7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
, a. adjective.
b. verb.
c. combining form.
d. compound word.
e. suffix.
____ 8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix.
b. suffix.
c. vowel.
d. consonant.
e. letter o.
____ 9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepato
c. hepatom
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
____ 10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix.
b. vowel.
c. suffix.
d. another word root.
e. consonant.
____ 11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. Small
b. Specialist
c. Condition
d. Pertaining to
e. Treatment
____ 12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix.
b. suffix.
c. middle part of the word.
d. combining form.
e. word root.
____ 13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem.
b. combining vowel.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
e. combining form.
____ 14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
, a. Gastritis
b. Hepatoma
c. Cardiology
d. Monocyte
e. Nephritis
____ 15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes.
b. suffixes.
c. vowels.
d. consonants.
e. word roots.
____ 16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. Pain
b. Blood
c. Excision
d. Rupture
e. Inflammation
____ 17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. Pelv/i/metry
b. Pelv/i/scope
c. Pelv/i/scopy
d. Pelv/i/meter
e. Pelv/i/therm
____ 18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. Nuclear
b. Nucleolus
c. Nuclei
d. Nucleic
e. Nucleii
____ 19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound.
b. stress.
c. silent letter.
d. long sound.
e. diphthong.
____ 20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
b. “eff”
c. “ss”
d. “sh”
e. “cee”
____ 21. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced:
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
____ 2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant.
b. suffix.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
e. combining form.
____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
____ 4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
____ 5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. Before
b. After
c. Death
d. Life
e. Beyond
____ 6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. Mouth
b. Intestine
c. Stomach
d. Liver
e. Bladder
____ 7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
, a. adjective.
b. verb.
c. combining form.
d. compound word.
e. suffix.
____ 8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix.
b. suffix.
c. vowel.
d. consonant.
e. letter o.
____ 9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepato
c. hepatom
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
____ 10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix.
b. vowel.
c. suffix.
d. another word root.
e. consonant.
____ 11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. Small
b. Specialist
c. Condition
d. Pertaining to
e. Treatment
____ 12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix.
b. suffix.
c. middle part of the word.
d. combining form.
e. word root.
____ 13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem.
b. combining vowel.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
e. combining form.
____ 14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
, a. Gastritis
b. Hepatoma
c. Cardiology
d. Monocyte
e. Nephritis
____ 15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes.
b. suffixes.
c. vowels.
d. consonants.
e. word roots.
____ 16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. Pain
b. Blood
c. Excision
d. Rupture
e. Inflammation
____ 17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. Pelv/i/metry
b. Pelv/i/scope
c. Pelv/i/scopy
d. Pelv/i/meter
e. Pelv/i/therm
____ 18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. Nuclear
b. Nucleolus
c. Nuclei
d. Nucleic
e. Nucleii
____ 19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound.
b. stress.
c. silent letter.
d. long sound.
e. diphthong.
____ 20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
b. “eff”
c. “ss”
d. “sh”
e. “cee”
____ 21. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced:
