Test Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1
1. Which suffix means pain or suffering?
a. -ectomy
b. -algia
c. -itis
d. -rrhaphy
ANSWER: b
2. In the medical term neuroplasty, what does the suffix -plasty mean?
a. surgical repair
b. bleeding
c. flow or discharge
d. disease
ANSWER: a
3. Which suffix means abnormal hardening?
a. -sclerosis
b. -rrhaphy
c. -dynia
d. -ostomy
ANSWER: a
4. In the medical term prenatal, what does the prefix pre- mean?
a. away from, negative, absent
b. out of, outside, away from
c. toward, to, in the direction of
d. before, in front of
ANSWER: d
5. Which prefix would you use to build a medical term that means excessive or increased?
a. inter-
b. oligo-
c. hyper-
d. macro-
ANSWER: c
6. Dr.GutierrezordersanabdominocentesisforAlexiPetrov.Whatdoesabdominocentesismean?
a. the surgical repair of a muscle
b. the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid
c. the surgical removal of the tonsils
d. the surgical suturing of a tendon
ANSWER: b
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7. What does the medical term fistula mean?
a. a groove or crack-like sore
b. a torn or jagged wound
c. a fatty arterial deposit
d. an abnormal passage
ANSWER: d
8. MackSandersarrivesatthemedicalofficewithafever.Mack'sfeverisanexampleofa_______.
a. symptom
b. sign
c. prognosis
d. syndrome
ANSWER: b
9. Which is the correct term that means a stomachache?
a. gastralgia
b. gastritis
c. gastromegaly
d. gastropathy
ANSWER: a
10. What is the correct spelling of a term that means the loss of a large amount of blood?
a. hemorage
b. hemorhage
c. hemmorrhage
d. hemorrhage
ANSWER: d
11. What does supracostal mean?
a. above or outside the ribs
b. below the sternum
c. between the parts of a tissue
d. within the muscle
ANSWER: a
12. Which term means pain in a joint or joints?
a. gastrodynia
b. poliomyelitis
c. appendicitis
d. arthralgia
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ANSWER: d
13. The phalanges are the _______.
a. longest portion of the small intestine
b. bones of the fingers and toes
c. part of the skull that encloses the brain
d. interior or lining of an artery
ANSWER: b
14. Edema is one of the key indicators of inflammation. What does edema mean?
a. swelling
b. redness
c. heat
d. pain
ANSWER: a
15. What does the combining form py/o mean in the term pyoderma?
a. fever
b. pus
c. fungus
d. gray
ANSWER: b
16. Which is the medical term for heartburn?
a. pyrosis
b. cyanosis
c. mycosis
d. gastritis
ANSWER: a
17. What does the suffix -sclerosis mean in the term arteriosclerosis?
a. abnormal softening
b. tissue death
c. abnormal narrowing
d. abnormal hardening
ANSWER: d
18. Joan Anderson receives a diagnosis of hepatomegaly. What does hepatomegaly mean?
a. abnormal enlargement of the liver
b. inflammation of the stomach
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1
1. Which suffix means pain or suffering?
a. -ectomy
b. -algia
c. -itis
d. -rrhaphy
ANSWER: b
2. In the medical term neuroplasty, what does the suffix -plasty mean?
a. surgical repair
b. bleeding
c. flow or discharge
d. disease
ANSWER: a
3. Which suffix means abnormal hardening?
a. -sclerosis
b. -rrhaphy
c. -dynia
d. -ostomy
ANSWER: a
4. In the medical term prenatal, what does the prefix pre- mean?
a. away from, negative, absent
b. out of, outside, away from
c. toward, to, in the direction of
d. before, in front of
ANSWER: d
5. Which prefix would you use to build a medical term that means excessive or increased?
a. inter-
b. oligo-
c. hyper-
d. macro-
ANSWER: c
6. Dr.GutierrezordersanabdominocentesisforAlexiPetrov.Whatdoesabdominocentesismean?
a. the surgical repair of a muscle
b. the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid
c. the surgical removal of the tonsils
d. the surgical suturing of a tendon
ANSWER: b
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1
7. What does the medical term fistula mean?
a. a groove or crack-like sore
b. a torn or jagged wound
c. a fatty arterial deposit
d. an abnormal passage
ANSWER: d
8. MackSandersarrivesatthemedicalofficewithafever.Mack'sfeverisanexampleofa_______.
a. symptom
b. sign
c. prognosis
d. syndrome
ANSWER: b
9. Which is the correct term that means a stomachache?
a. gastralgia
b. gastritis
c. gastromegaly
d. gastropathy
ANSWER: a
10. What is the correct spelling of a term that means the loss of a large amount of blood?
a. hemorage
b. hemorhage
c. hemmorrhage
d. hemorrhage
ANSWER: d
11. What does supracostal mean?
a. above or outside the ribs
b. below the sternum
c. between the parts of a tissue
d. within the muscle
ANSWER: a
12. Which term means pain in a joint or joints?
a. gastrodynia
b. poliomyelitis
c. appendicitis
d. arthralgia
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Chapter 1
ANSWER: d
13. The phalanges are the _______.
a. longest portion of the small intestine
b. bones of the fingers and toes
c. part of the skull that encloses the brain
d. interior or lining of an artery
ANSWER: b
14. Edema is one of the key indicators of inflammation. What does edema mean?
a. swelling
b. redness
c. heat
d. pain
ANSWER: a
15. What does the combining form py/o mean in the term pyoderma?
a. fever
b. pus
c. fungus
d. gray
ANSWER: b
16. Which is the medical term for heartburn?
a. pyrosis
b. cyanosis
c. mycosis
d. gastritis
ANSWER: a
17. What does the suffix -sclerosis mean in the term arteriosclerosis?
a. abnormal softening
b. tissue death
c. abnormal narrowing
d. abnormal hardening
ANSWER: d
18. Joan Anderson receives a diagnosis of hepatomegaly. What does hepatomegaly mean?
a. abnormal enlargement of the liver
b. inflammation of the stomach
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