Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The combining form referring to the band of fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to
bone is: - CORRECT ANSWER - ten/o
The combining form that completes the term _____/itis, which means inflammation of cartilage,
is: - CORRECT ANSWER - chondr/o
In the medical term necr/osis, the word root means: - CORRECT ANSWER - death
For the area of study entitled kinesi/o/logy, the combining form means: - CORRECT
ANSWER - movement, motion
The combining form that means ilium is: - CORRECT ANSWER - ili/o
The combining form that completes the medical term _____/arthr/itis, which means
inflammation of the vertebral joints is: - CORRECT ANSWER - spondyl/o
In the medical term hyper/troph/y, the word root means: - CORRECT ANSWER -
development
The suffix that means weakness is: - CORRECT ANSWER - -asthenia
The medical term that means surgical repair of the vertebrae is: - CORRECT ANSWER -
vertebroplasty
The medical term that means abnormal condition of bent forward (spine) is: - CORRECT
ANSWER - lordosis