Quick & Easy Medical Terminology 10Th Edition Test Bank – Peggy C. Leonard, Study Guide, Practice Questions, Key Terms & Exam Review

QUICK & EASY MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY 10TH
EDITION TEST BANK –
PEGGY C. LEONARD,
STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, KEY TERMS &
EXAM REVIEW

Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 10th Edition –
Practice Exam with Rationales

Part One: The Basics

Chapter 1: Simplified Medical Language
1. The main body of a word is called a:

A. Suffix
B. Word root

,C. Combining vowel
D. Combining form

Rationale: The word root contains the fundamental meaning of a medical term. Suffixes
are attached to the end, while prefixes are attached to the beginning .

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

A. Diseases
B. Conditions
C. Diagnoses
D. Structures of the body

Rationale: Latin roots are primarily used for anatomical structures. Greek roots are more
commonly used for diseases and conditions .

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

A. Suffix
B. Comma
C. Hyphen
D. Word root

Rationale: A hyphen follows a prefix when it stands alone (e.g., "post-"), indicating that
a word root follows to complete the term .

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 vowel
C. When there is no prefix
D. When there is a prefix

Rationale: A combining vowel (usually "o") is used to connect a word root to a suffix
that begins with a consonant, making the term easier to pronounce .

5. Which word root is Greek for "stone"?

A. Psyche
B. Lithos
C. Oris
D. Cauda

,Rationale: "Lithos" is Greek for stone. This root appears in terms like lithotripsy (stone
crushing) and cholelithiasis (gallstones) .

6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:

A. Comma
B. Parenthesis
C. Diagonal slash
D. Semicolon

Rationale: Combining forms are written with a diagonal slash between the root and the
combining vowel (e.g., cardi/o) .

7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:

A. O
B. A
C. I
D. E

Rationale: The letter "o" is the most commonly used combining vowel in medical
terminology .

8. Learning the meanings of word parts:

A. Is not important as long as every word is memorized
B. Is one of the most difficult tasks to master in health care
C. Should be done only if time allows
D. Eliminates the necessity of memorizing each new word encountered

Rationale: Understanding word parts allows you to decode unfamiliar terms without
rote memorization .

9. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Greek began around the year:

A. 1500
B. 1700
C. 1800
D. 1900

Rationale: The systematic borrowing of Latin and Greek medical terms began around
1500 during the Renaissance .

, 10. Latin and Greek combined are the origin of what percentage of medical terms?

A. 40%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90%

Rationale: Approximately 90% of medical terminology derives from Latin and Greek
roots .

11. The suffix "-itis" means:

A. Excision
B. Inflammation
C. Reverse
D. Repair

Rationale: "-itis" denotes inflammation (e.g., appendicitis = inflammation of the
appendix) .

12. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?

A. Suffixes
B. Prefixes
C. Combining vowels
D. Word roots

Rationale: A compound word combines two word roots (e.g., osteoarthritis combines
oste/o and arthr/o) .

13. Eponyms are:

A. Diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person
B. Diseases named after a place
C. Always capitalized
D. Never capitalized

Rationale: Eponyms are terms named after people (e.g., Alzheimer disease, Parkinson
disease). They are typically not capitalized in medical usage .

14. MD stands for: