9th Edition BY PEGGY C. LEONARD
|Complete Chapter 1 - 15 |
,Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language
v v v v
MULTIPLEvCHOICE
1. Thevmainvbodyvofvavwordvisvcalledva:
a. suffix.
b. wordvroot.
c. combiningvvowel.
d. combiningvform.
ANS:vBv REF:vp.v2 TOP:vWordvRootsvandvCombiningvForms
2. Latinvrootsvarevusedvtovwritevwordsvnamingvandvdescribing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structuresvofvthevbody.
ANS:vDv REF:vp.v3 TOP:vWordvRootsvandvCombiningvForms
3. Whenvwrittenvalone,vavprefixvisvusuallyvfollowedvbyvthisvtovindicatevthatvanothervwordvfollowsvthevprefixvto
suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. wordvroot.
ANS:vCv REF:vp.v4 TOP:vPrefixesvandvSuffixes
4. Avcombiningv vowelvisvused:
a. whenvthevsuffixvthatvfollowsvbeginsvwithvavconsonant.
b. whenvthevsuffixvthatvfollowsvbeginsvwithvavconsonant.
c. whenvtherevisvnovprefix.
d. whenvtherevisvavprefix.
ANS:vAv REF:vp.v5 TOP:vCombiningvWordvPartsvtovWritevTerms
5. WhichvwordvrootvisvGreekvforv“stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS:vBv REF:vp.v2 TOP:vWordvRootsvandvCombiningvForms
6. Thevpunctuationvmarkvthatvdesignatesvavcombiningvformvisva:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonalvslash.
d. semicolon.
ANS:vCv REF:vp.v3 TOP:vWordvRootsvandvCombiningvForms
7. Thevmostvfrequentlyvusedvcombiningvvowelvis:
a. o.
b. a.
,c. i.
d. e.
ANS:vAv REF:vp.v3 TOP:vCombiningvWordvPartsvtovWritevTerms
, a. Wordvroot
b. Prefix
c. Combiningvvowel
d. Suffix
ANS: Dv REF:vp.v4 TOP:vPrefixesvandvSuffixes
11. Learningvthevmeaningsvofvwordvparts:
a. isvnotvimportantvasvlongvasveveryvwordvisvmemorized.
b. isvonevofvthevmostvdifficultvtasksvtovmastervinvhealthvcare.
c. shouldvbevdonevonlyvifvtimevallows.
d. eliminatesvthevnecessityvofvmemorizingveachvnewvwordvencountered.
ANS: Dv REF:vp.v5 TOP:vWordvParts
12. BorrowingvofvmedicalvwordsvfromvLatinvorvGreenvbeganvaroundvthevyear:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS: Av REF:vp.v1 TOP:vSimplifyingvMedicalvTerms
13. LatinvandvGreenvcombinedvarevthevoriginvofvwhatvpercentagevofvmedicalvterms?
a. 40v%
b. 50v%
c. 70v%
d. 90v%
ANS: Dv REF:vp.v1 TOP:vSimplifyingvMedicalvTerms
14. Thevsuffixv“-itis”vmeANS:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: Bv REF:vp.v2 TOP:vPrefixesvandvSuffixes
15. Avcompoundvwordvisvavwordvinvwhichvtwovofvwhatvarevcombined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combiningvvowels
d. Wordvroots
ANS: Dv REF:vp.v2 TOP:vWordvParts
16. Eponymsvare:
a. diseases,vorgans,vprocedures,vorvbodilyvfunctionsvnamedvaftervavperson.
b. diseases,vorgans,vprocedures,vorvbodilyvfunctionsvnamedvaftervavplace.
c. alwaysvcapitalized.
d. nevervcapitalized.
ANS: Bv REF:vp.v8 TOP:vPropervNames
17. MDvstandsvfor:
a. modernvdoctor.