TESTBANKMedicalTerminologySystems:ABodySystems
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Approach8thEditionby Gylys&Wedding
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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1. Basic Elements of a Medical Word
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Chapter 2. Suffixes
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Chapter 3.Prefixes
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Chapter 4. Body Structure
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Chapter 5. Integumentary System
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Chapter 6.Digestive System
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Chapter 7. Respiratory System
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Chapter 8. Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 9. Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune Systems
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Chapter 10. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 11. Urinary System
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Chapter 12. Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 13. Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 14. Endocrine System
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Chapter 15. Nervous System
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Gylys: Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach 8th Edition Test Bank
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Chapter 1: Basic Elements of a Medical Word
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Multiple Choice B
Identify the choicethat best completes the statement oranswers the question.
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1. Most medical word roots arederived from
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A. Latin and French.
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B. German and Latin.
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C. Spanish and French.
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D. Latin and Greek.
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E. Russian and Latin.B B B
2. The word root for liver is
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A. mast. B
B. hepat. B
C. oste. B
D. my. B
E. trache. B
3. Which is an example of a word root linking a suffix that begins with a vowel?
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A. Cardi/o/centesis B
B. Enter/o/lysis B
C. Therm/o/meterB
D. Scler/osis B
E. Cardi/o/megaly B
4. B The word root in a medical term usually indicates a(n)
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A. position.
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B. number.
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C. condition.
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D. anatomical structure.
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E. procedure.
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5. Which element is a word root?
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A. nephr B
B. nephro B
C. nephros B
D. nephrotomy B
E. tomy B
6. Arthr/o is an example of a
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A. suffix. B
B. combining form.
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C. word root. B B
D. prefix. B
E. combining vowel B B