Test Bank For Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 10th Edition

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, Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language


MULTIPLE CHOICE


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 the body.

ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms


3. When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word
follows the prefix to 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: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms


5. Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris