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Ace your medical terminology course with this Test Bank for Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Edition by Davi-Ellen Chabner. Includes multiple-choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions with answer keys—perfect for healthcare students and certification prep.

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,12. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:
a. Anemia
b. Erythrocytosis
c. Thrombocytosis
d. Leukemia
e. Leukocytosis
ANS: A REF: p. 14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

13. Pathologist is one who:
a. Examines x-rays
b. Operates on the urinary tract
c. Performs autopsies and examines biopsies
d. Operates on the kidney
e. Treats diseases with chemicals
ANS: C REF: p. 11 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

14. Pain in a joint:
a. Ostealgia
b. Arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Arthroalgia
e. Arthralgia
ANS: E REF: p. 7 | p. 13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

15. Increase in number of malignant white blood cells:
a. Leukocytosis
b. Leukemia
c. Erythremia
d. Thrombocytosis
e. Erythrocytosis
ANS: B REF: p. 13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

16. Instrument to view the eye:
a. Ophthalmoscopy
b. Opthalmoscope
c. Opthalmology
d. Ophthalmoscope
e. Opthalmoscopy
ANS: D REF: p. 11 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

17. A platelet:
a. Hematoma
b. Thrombosis
c. Leukocyte
d. Thrombocyte
e. Erythrocyte

ANS: D REF: p. 12 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

,18. Abnormal condition of the mind:
a. Physchosis
b. Psychosis
c. Psychogenic
d. Encephalopathy
e. Adenoma
ANS: B REF: p. 12 | p. 14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

19. Inflammation of the nose:
a. Arthrosis
b. Hepatitis
c. Nephritis
d. Dermatosis
e. Rhinitis
ANS: E REF: pp. 12-13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

20. Study of cells:
a. Pathology
b. Cytology
c. Cystology
d. Dermatology
e. Hematology
ANS: B REF: p. 9 | p. 13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

21. Pertaining to through the liver:
a. Subrenal
b. Transdermal
c. Transhepatic
d. Subhepatic
e. Hepatoma
ANS: C REF: p. 10 | p. 15 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

22. Abnormal condition of the kidney:
a. Neurologic
b. Neuralgia
c. Nephrotomy
d. Neural
e. Nephrosis
ANS: E REF: p. 10 | p. 14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

23. Incision of a bone:
a. Sarcoma
b. Pathogenic
c. Osteotomy
d. Ostectomy
e. Endoscopy

, ANS: C REF: p. 11 | p. 14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

24. High level of sugar in the blood:
a. Hematoma
b. Hypodermic
c. Hypoglycemia
d. Hyperglycemia
e. Hypogastric
ANS: D REF: p. 10 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

Select the term that is spelled correctly.

25. Resection of a nerve:
a. neruotomy
b. neurectomy
c. neurotomy
ANS: B REF: p. 10 | p. 13 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

26. Pertaining to produced by treatment:
a. iatrogenic
b. iatragenic
c. itarogenic
ANS: A REF: p. 10 | p. 13 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

27. Pertaining to the cerebrum:
a. cerebrol
b. serebral
c. cerebral
ANS: C REF: p. 8 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

28. Cancerous tumor:
a. carcinoma
b. carsinoma
c. karsinoma
ANS: A REF: p. 7 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

29. Collection of blood:
a. hepatoma
b. hematoma
c. hepitoma
ANS: B REF: p. 10 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

30. High blood sugar:
a. hypoglycemia
b. hyperglicemia
c. hyperglycemia

, ANS: C REF: p. 10 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

31. Membrane surrounding the heart:
a. perycardium
b. pericardium
c. pericardum
ANS: B REF: p. 15 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

32. Instrument to examine within:
a. endoscope
b. endoskope
c. endoscopy
ANS: A REF: pp. 14-15 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

33. Disease of the intestines:
a. entrapathy
b. interopathy
c. enteropathy
ANS: C REF: p. 9 | p. 14 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

34. Inflammation of the urinary bladder:
a. cytitis
b. cystitis
c. sistitis
ANS: B REF: p. 8 | p. 13 OBJ: Spell and pronounce terms.

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.

35. arthr/o:
a. gland
b. red
c. joint
ANS: C REF: p. 7 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

36. cyst/o:
a. urinary bladder
b. cell
c. to secrete
ANS: A REF: p. 8 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

37. encephal/o:
a. electricity
b. brain
c. cell
ANS: B REF: p. 9 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

, 38. aden/o:
a. brain
b. gland
c. joint
ANS: B REF: p. 7 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

39. cyt/o:
a. cerebrum
b. urinary bladder
c. cell
ANS: C REF: p. 9 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

40. carcin/o:
a. cancer
b. to secrete
c. heart
ANS: A REF: p. 7 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

41. cephal/o:
a. intestines
b. head
c. cell
ANS: B REF: p. 7 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

42. cerebr/o:
a. cerebrum, largest part of the brain
b. head
c. cancer
ANS: A REF: p. 8 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

43. enter/o:
a. flesh
b. stomach
c. intestine, usually small intestine
ANS: C REF: p. 9 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

44. hepat/o:
a. liver
b. blood
c. kidney
ANS: A REF: p. 10 OBJ: Learn basic word parts.

45. ped/o:
a. bone
b. child
c. disease

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