Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 10th Edition by Peggy C. Leonard – Test Bank Covering All Chapters 1–15 with Practice Questions and Answers

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Chapter01: Simplified Medical Language

MULTIPLECHOICE

1. The main body of a word is called a:
a. suffix.
b. word root.
c. combining vowel. ..


d. combining form. ..




ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

2. Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing:
..


a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structures of thebody.
..




ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Rootsand Combining Forms

3. When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word follows the prefixto
..


suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.
ANS: C REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

4. A combining vowel is used:
.. ..


a. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
b. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
c. when there is no prefix.
d. when there is a prefix.
ANS:A REF: p. 5 TOP: CombiningWord Partsto Write Terms
.. ..




5. Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
..


a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Rootsand Combining Forms

6. Thepunctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
.. .. ..


a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Rootsand Combining Forms

7. Themost frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.


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c. i.
d. e.
ANS:A REF: p. 3 TOP: CombiningWord Partsto WriteTerms
..




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a. Wordroot
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

11. Learning the meanings of word parts:
a. is not important as long as every word is memorized.
..


b. isone of the most difficult tasks to master in health care.
..


c. should be done only if time allows.
.. .. ..


d. eliminatesthenecessity of memorizing each new word encountered.
ANS: D REF: p. 5 TOP:Word Parts
..




12. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Green began around the year: ..


a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS:A REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying MedicalTerms
..




13. Latin and Green combined arethe origin of what percentage of medical terms?
..


a. 40 %
b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %
ANS: D REF: p. 1 TOP: SimplifyingMedicalTerms

14. Thesuffix “-itis” means:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
..




15. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combining vowels ..


d. Word roots ..




ANS: D REF: p. 2 TOP:Word Parts

16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized. ..


d. never capitalized.
ANS: B REF: p. 8 TOP: Proper Names

17. MDstands for:
a. moderndoctor.


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