HSC3537 FINAL VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS(A+)
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. root word - ✔✔d
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
a. prefix
b. word root or stem word
c. combining form
d. suffix - ✔✔b
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is
called a(n):
a. compound term
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. modifier - ✔✔b
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
a. word root
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. combining form - ✔✔c
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
a. prefix
b. combining form
c. word root
d. suffix - ✔✔d
The most common combining vowel is:
a. 'o'
b. 'u'
,c. 'i'
d. 'e' - ✔✔a
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
a. combining vowel used with both the stem word and the prefix
b. combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
c. modifier
d. consonant - ✔✔b
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the
suffix?
a. -ic and sub
b. sub- and -hepat-
c. hepat- and -ic
d. sub- and -ic - ✔✔d
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:
a. word root and suffix
b. word root and combining vowel
c. word root and prefix
d. prefix and suffix - ✔✔b
In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o"
may be used as part of which word parts?
a. osteo- and -sis
b. osteo- and -por
c. poro- and osis
d. por- and -osis - ✔✔d
The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a
generalized actual meaning for the phrase "refers to or Blank ."
a. to tear away from
b. without or lack of
c. pertains to
d. related to a condition or disease - ✔✔c
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
a. action taken, condition, or state
b. symptoms of a condition
c. body positions or planes of reference
,d. none of the above - ✔✔a
Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:
a. distinction of the object from something else
b. the name of an object
c. action taken
d. time of day - ✔✔a
Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or
vowels is called:
a. fracturing
b. combining terms
c. structuring
d. diagramming - ✔✔a
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
a. viscer/o-
b. chole/docho-
c. cardi/o-
d. an/cone- - ✔✔a
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
a. heart
b. fiber
c. bone
d. muscle - ✔✔d
The combining form -phas- means:
a. to speak; utter
b. to eat
c. to like; affinity for
d. to flow - ✔✔a
The prefix that means "change or after" is:
a. proto-
b. anti-
c. meta-
d. epi- - ✔✔c
, The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
a. -crit
b. -stole
c. -cusis
d. -stasis - ✔✔d
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by
disease" is :
a. path/o/gen/e/sis
b. psych/ology
c. bio/logy
d. path/o/logy - ✔✔d
The combining form onc/o- means:
a. growth
b. gene
c. tumor
d. disease - ✔✔c
The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:
a. protoplasm
b. neonatal
c. neoplasm
d. cytoplasm - ✔✔c
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
a. star-like tumor
b. crab-like tumor
c. worm-like tumor
d. non-invasive tumor - ✔✔b
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
a. melano/carcin/oma
b. mel/ano/carcin/oma
c. melano/car/cin/oma
d. melanocar/cinoma - ✔✔a
The term 'af/ferent' which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:
a. conveying toward the center
AND ANSWERS(A+)
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. root word - ✔✔d
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
a. prefix
b. word root or stem word
c. combining form
d. suffix - ✔✔b
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is
called a(n):
a. compound term
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. modifier - ✔✔b
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
a. word root
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. combining form - ✔✔c
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
a. prefix
b. combining form
c. word root
d. suffix - ✔✔d
The most common combining vowel is:
a. 'o'
b. 'u'
,c. 'i'
d. 'e' - ✔✔a
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
a. combining vowel used with both the stem word and the prefix
b. combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
c. modifier
d. consonant - ✔✔b
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the
suffix?
a. -ic and sub
b. sub- and -hepat-
c. hepat- and -ic
d. sub- and -ic - ✔✔d
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:
a. word root and suffix
b. word root and combining vowel
c. word root and prefix
d. prefix and suffix - ✔✔b
In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o"
may be used as part of which word parts?
a. osteo- and -sis
b. osteo- and -por
c. poro- and osis
d. por- and -osis - ✔✔d
The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a
generalized actual meaning for the phrase "refers to or Blank ."
a. to tear away from
b. without or lack of
c. pertains to
d. related to a condition or disease - ✔✔c
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
a. action taken, condition, or state
b. symptoms of a condition
c. body positions or planes of reference
,d. none of the above - ✔✔a
Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:
a. distinction of the object from something else
b. the name of an object
c. action taken
d. time of day - ✔✔a
Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or
vowels is called:
a. fracturing
b. combining terms
c. structuring
d. diagramming - ✔✔a
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
a. viscer/o-
b. chole/docho-
c. cardi/o-
d. an/cone- - ✔✔a
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
a. heart
b. fiber
c. bone
d. muscle - ✔✔d
The combining form -phas- means:
a. to speak; utter
b. to eat
c. to like; affinity for
d. to flow - ✔✔a
The prefix that means "change or after" is:
a. proto-
b. anti-
c. meta-
d. epi- - ✔✔c
, The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
a. -crit
b. -stole
c. -cusis
d. -stasis - ✔✔d
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by
disease" is :
a. path/o/gen/e/sis
b. psych/ology
c. bio/logy
d. path/o/logy - ✔✔d
The combining form onc/o- means:
a. growth
b. gene
c. tumor
d. disease - ✔✔c
The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:
a. protoplasm
b. neonatal
c. neoplasm
d. cytoplasm - ✔✔c
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
a. star-like tumor
b. crab-like tumor
c. worm-like tumor
d. non-invasive tumor - ✔✔b
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
a. melano/carcin/oma
b. mel/ano/carcin/oma
c. melano/car/cin/oma
d. melanocar/cinoma - ✔✔a
The term 'af/ferent' which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:
a. conveying toward the center
