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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 10TH EDITION
BY LEONARD
, Table of Contents
Part i: The basics ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 02: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy .................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 03: Essential Prefixes and More ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 04: Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions .............................................................................................. 33
Chapter 05: The Body as a Whole ................................................................................................................................................. 46
Part ii:The body system ........................................................................................................................................................................
Chapter 06: Musculoskeletal System ............................................................................................................................................ 59
Chapter 07: Circulatory System ..................................................................................................................................................... 72
Chapter 8: Respiratory System ...................................................................................................................................................... 86
Chapter 9: Digestive System ........................................................................................................................................................ 100
Chapter 10: Urinary System......................................................................................................................................................... 114
Chapter 11: Reproductive System ............................................................................................................................................... 127
Chapter 12: Integumentary System............................................................................................................................................. 141
Chapter 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders ............................................................................................................ 155
Chapter 14: Special Sense Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System ........................................................................................ 170
Chapter 15: Endocrine System .................................................................................................................................................... 184
,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 t
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
d. Cauda
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.
c. i.
d. e.
ANS: A REF: p. 3
, a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
11. 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.
ANS: D REF: p. 5 TOP: Word Parts
12. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Green began around the year:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS: A REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
13. Latin and Green combined are the origin of what percentage of medical terms?
a. 40 %
b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %
ANS: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
14. The suffix “-itis” means:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
15. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combining vowels
d. Word roots
ANS: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts
16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
ANS: B REF: p. 8 TOP: Proper Names
17. MD stands for:
a. modern doctor.
b. medical dentistry.
c. doctor of medicineD.
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 10TH EDITION
BY LEONARD
, Table of Contents
Part i: The basics ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 02: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy .................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 03: Essential Prefixes and More ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 04: Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions .............................................................................................. 33
Chapter 05: The Body as a Whole ................................................................................................................................................. 46
Part ii:The body system ........................................................................................................................................................................
Chapter 06: Musculoskeletal System ............................................................................................................................................ 59
Chapter 07: Circulatory System ..................................................................................................................................................... 72
Chapter 8: Respiratory System ...................................................................................................................................................... 86
Chapter 9: Digestive System ........................................................................................................................................................ 100
Chapter 10: Urinary System......................................................................................................................................................... 114
Chapter 11: Reproductive System ............................................................................................................................................... 127
Chapter 12: Integumentary System............................................................................................................................................. 141
Chapter 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders ............................................................................................................ 155
Chapter 14: Special Sense Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System ........................................................................................ 170
Chapter 15: Endocrine System .................................................................................................................................................... 184
,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 t
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
d. Cauda
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.
c. i.
d. e.
ANS: A REF: p. 3
, a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
11. 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.
ANS: D REF: p. 5 TOP: Word Parts
12. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Green began around the year:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS: A REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
13. Latin and Green combined are the origin of what percentage of medical terms?
a. 40 %
b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %
ANS: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms
14. The suffix “-itis” means:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
15. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combining vowels
d. Word roots
ANS: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts
16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
ANS: B REF: p. 8 TOP: Proper Names
17. MD stands for:
a. modern doctor.
b. medical dentistry.
c. doctor of medicineD.
