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1) Medicalclanguageciscnecessarycandcusefulcbecause:
A) medicalcprofessionalsccanccommunicatecclearlycandcquicklycwithceachcothercusingcaccommoncla
nguage.
B) medicalcprofessionalsccanceasilyccommunicatecwithcpatientscincwordsctheycunderstand.
C) patientsccancbeccomfortedcandcassuredcthatcthecmedicalcprofessionalcunderstandsctheircs
ymptomscandciscinccontrolcofcthecdiagnosiscandctreatmentcprocess.
D) medicalcprofessionalsccanccommunicatecclearlycandcquicklycwithceachcothercusingcaccommoncla
nguage,candcmedicalcprofessionalsccanceasilyccommunicatecwithcpatientscincwordsctheycunderstan
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E) medicalcprofessionalsccanccommunicatecclearlycandcquicklycwithceachcothercusingcaccommoncla
nguage,candcpatientsccancbeccomfortedcandcassuredcthatcthecmedicalcprofessionalcunderstandscthei
rcsymptomscandciscinccontrolcofcthecdiagnosiscandctreatmentcprocess.
Answer:c E
Explanation:cMedicalclanguagecenableschealthccarecprofessionalsctoccommunicatecquicklycandceasi
lycnocmattercwhatctheircspecificcspecialtycorcnativeclanguage.cUsingcmedicalclanguagecreassurescpa
tientscthatcthechealthccarecprofessionalscknowcwhatciscgoingconcandcarecinccontrol.cDifficulty:c1cEas
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Topic:cThecPurposecofcMedicalcLanguagecBloo
m's:c Remember
LearningcOutcome:c 01.01cAccessibilit
y:cKeyboardcNavigationcEstcTime:c 0-
1cminute
2) Medicalclanguageciscmadecupcprimarilyc(butcnotcexclusively)cofcwordsctakencfromcwhichctwocan
cientclanguages?
A) GreekcandcLatin
B) GreekcandcOldcEnglish
C) GreekcandcHebrew
D) HebrewcandcLatin
E) HebrewcandcOldcEnglish
Answer:c A
Explanation:cMedicalclanguageciscmadecupcprimarilyc(butcnotcexclusively)cofcwordsctakencfromcGr
eekcandcLatin.
Difficulty:c1cEasy
Topic:cThecOriginscofcMedicalcLanguagecBloo
m's:c Remember
LearningcOutcome:c 01.02cAccessibilit
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1cminute
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,3) Ac(n)
iscacwordcformedcbycincludingcthecnamecofcthecpersoncwhocdiscoveredcorcinventedcwhatciscb
eingcdescribed.
A) acronym
B) antonym
C) eponym
D) synonym
E) nonecofcthese
Answer:c C
Explanation:cAnceponymciscacwordcformedcbycincludingcthecnamecofcthecpersoncwhocdiscoveredcorc
inventedcwhatciscbeingcdescribed.cItccancalsocdescribecthecdisease'scfirstcorcmostcnoteworthycdiagno
sedcvictim.
Difficulty:c1cEasy
Topic:cThecOriginscofcMedicalcLanguagecBloo
m's:c Remember
LearningcOutcome:c 01.02cAccessibilit
y:cKeyboardcNavigationcEstcTime:c 0-
1cminute
4) ThecdiagnosticcimagingcprocessccalledcmagneticcresonancecimagingciscfrequentlyccalledcMRI.cT
hisciscancexamplecofca(n):
A) acronym.
B) antonym.
C) eponym.
D) synonym.
E) nonecofcthecabove.
Answer:cccA
Explanation:cAncacronymciscacwordcmadecupcofcthecfirstcletterscofceachcofcthecwordscthatcmakecupcac
phrase.
Difficulty:c1cEasy
Topic:cThecOriginscofcMedicalcLanguagecBloo
m's:c Understand
LearningcOutcome:c 01.02cAccessibilit
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, 5) WhichcofcthecfollowingciscNOTcacreasoncwhycGreekcandcLatincformcthecbackbonecandcfo
undationcofcmedicalclanguage?
A) FoundationscofcWesterncmedicinecwerecincancientcGreececandcRome.
B) Latincwascthecglobalclanguagecofcthecscientificcrevolution.
C) MedicalcresearchcofcthecscientificcrevolutioncwascincGreek.
D) Theycarecnoclongercspokencandcthereforecdocnotcchangecmeaningcoverctime.
E) Theycarecnoclongercspokencandccancthereforecservecascaccommonclanguagecforcmedicalcpr
ofessionalscwhocmaycspeakcdifferentcmodernclanguages.
Answer:c C
Explanation:cLatincwasctheclanguagecofcscholarlycdiscussioncduringcthecscientificcrevolution.cDiffi
culty:c1cEasy
Topic:cThecOriginscofcMedicalcLanguagecBloo
m's:c Understand
LearningcOutcome:c 01.02cAccessibilit
y:cKeyboardcNavigationcEstcTime:c 0-
1cminute
6) Thinkingcofcmedicalclanguagecascsentencesctocbectranslatedcinsteadcofcwordsctocbecmemorizedcal
lowsconecto:
A) breakcdowncandcunderstandcnewcwords.
B) describecallcaspectscofchealthccare.
C) prescribecmedicationctocpatients.
D) translatecacfewcstockcmedicalcphrases.
E) understandconlycthecmostccommonlycusedcmedicalcphrases.
Answer:c A
Explanation:cIfcyoucunderstandcthecwayctheclanguagecworks,cyoucwillcbecablecnotconlyctocknowcthec
meaningcofcacfewcindividualcwords,cbutcalsoctocbreakcdowncandcunderstandcwordscyouchavecnevercs
eencbefore.
Difficulty:c1cEasy
Topic:c ThecPrinciplescofcMedicalcLanguagecBloom'
s:c Remember
LearningcOutcome:c 01.03cAccessibilit
y:cKeyboardcNavigationcEstcTime:c 0-
1cminute
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