Building a Medical Vocabulary 10th
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Chapter 02: Diseases and Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terms
Leonard: Building a Medical Vocabulary, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
,1. Which term means the study of life and living things?
a. Biology
b. Cytology
c. Pathology
d. Toxicology
ANS: A REF: p. 38
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Function First
2. Which term means a diagnostic procedure whereby tissue is removed from a living person?
a. Autopsy
b. Biology
c. Biopsy
d. Postmortem
ANS: C REF: p. 61
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Diagnosis of Disease
3. Which statement is true of organic diseases?
a. They are associated with a demonstrable physical change in the body.
b. They are generally psycNhU olR
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c. They are marked by signs or symptoms but no physical changes.
d. They are the same as iatrogenic disorders.
ANS: A REF: p. 38
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
4. Which of the following is true of an iatrogenic disorder?
a. It is a hospital-acquired infection.
b. It develops without an apparent or known cause.
c. It is an unfavorable response to medical treatment.
d. It is capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
ANS: C REF: p. 39
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
5. Which of the following is not a means of transmission of a communicable disease?
a. Indirectly via substances
b. Via carriers called vectors
c. Via congenital anomalies
d. Directly by contact with discharges from an infected person
ANS: C REF: p. 40
, OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
6. Which of the following is not a type of microorganism?
a. Calculus
b. Fungi
c. Protozoa
d. Virus
ANS: A REF: p. 40
OBJ: List or recognize four general types of microorganisms.
TOP: Classification of Disease
7. Which term means pertaining to the eyelid?
a. Blepharal
b. Ophthalmopathy
c. Peritoneum
d. Ptosis
ANS: A REF: p. 52
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
8. Which of the following terms means a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous
membranes caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood?
a. Albinism
b. C
y
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a
n
o
s
i
s
c. Erythroderma
d. X
a
n
t
h
o
d
e
r
m
a
ANS: B REF: p. 55 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
9. Which term means pertaining to the windpipe?
a. Otic
b. Pharyngeal
c. Pneumonic
d. Tracheal
, ANS: D REF: p. 52
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
10. What is the meaning of the term hernia?
a. A thin sheet of tissue that lines various body cavities
b. An abnormal condition that sometimes means an increase
c. An abnormal condition that sometimes means hardening
d. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that
contains it
ANS: D REF: p. 47
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
11. What does carcin(o) mean?
a. Cancer
b. Disease
c. Pathology
d. Tumor
ANS: A REF: p. 47 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
12. What does idi(o) mean?
a. Disease
b. Individual
c. Physician or treatment
d. Self
ANS: B REF: p. 39 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Classification of Disease
13. What does staphyl(o) mean?
a. Bacteria
b. Gr
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eli
ke
clu
ste
r
c. Spheric bacteria
d. T
wi
ste
d
ANS: B REF: p. 41 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Classification of Disease
14. What does hist(o) mean?
a. Head
b. Living
c. Tissue
d. Tumor
ANS: C REF: p. 46 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
Edition | Leonard | Complete Test
BankTEST BANK
Chapter 02: Diseases and Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terms
Leonard: Building a Medical Vocabulary, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
,1. Which term means the study of life and living things?
a. Biology
b. Cytology
c. Pathology
d. Toxicology
ANS: A REF: p. 38
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Function First
2. Which term means a diagnostic procedure whereby tissue is removed from a living person?
a. Autopsy
b. Biology
c. Biopsy
d. Postmortem
ANS: C REF: p. 61
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Diagnosis of Disease
3. Which statement is true of organic diseases?
a. They are associated with a demonstrable physical change in the body.
b. They are generally psycNhU olR
ogSicIaN
l dGisT
oB
rd.
erC
s.OM
c. They are marked by signs or symptoms but no physical changes.
d. They are the same as iatrogenic disorders.
ANS: A REF: p. 38
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
4. Which of the following is true of an iatrogenic disorder?
a. It is a hospital-acquired infection.
b. It develops without an apparent or known cause.
c. It is an unfavorable response to medical treatment.
d. It is capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
ANS: C REF: p. 39
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
5. Which of the following is not a means of transmission of a communicable disease?
a. Indirectly via substances
b. Via carriers called vectors
c. Via congenital anomalies
d. Directly by contact with discharges from an infected person
ANS: C REF: p. 40
, OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
meanings. TOP: Classification of Disease
6. Which of the following is not a type of microorganism?
a. Calculus
b. Fungi
c. Protozoa
d. Virus
ANS: A REF: p. 40
OBJ: List or recognize four general types of microorganisms.
TOP: Classification of Disease
7. Which term means pertaining to the eyelid?
a. Blepharal
b. Ophthalmopathy
c. Peritoneum
d. Ptosis
ANS: A REF: p. 52
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
8. Which of the following terms means a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous
membranes caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood?
a. Albinism
b. C
y
NURSINGTB.COM
a
n
o
s
i
s
c. Erythroderma
d. X
a
n
t
h
o
d
e
r
m
a
ANS: B REF: p. 55 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
9. Which term means pertaining to the windpipe?
a. Otic
b. Pharyngeal
c. Pneumonic
d. Tracheal
, ANS: D REF: p. 52
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
10. What is the meaning of the term hernia?
a. A thin sheet of tissue that lines various body cavities
b. An abnormal condition that sometimes means an increase
c. An abnormal condition that sometimes means hardening
d. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that
contains it
ANS: D REF: p. 47
OBJ: Recognize several terms associated with diseases and disorders or write their
11. What does carcin(o) mean?
a. Cancer
b. Disease
c. Pathology
d. Tumor
ANS: A REF: p. 47 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
12. What does idi(o) mean?
a. Disease
b. Individual
c. Physician or treatment
d. Self
ANS: B REF: p. 39 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Classification of Disease
13. What does staphyl(o) mean?
a. Bacteria
b. Gr
ap NURSINGTB.COM
eli
ke
clu
ste
r
c. Spheric bacteria
d. T
wi
ste
d
ANS: B REF: p. 41 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
TOP: Classification of Disease
14. What does hist(o) mean?
a. Head
b. Living
c. Tissue
d. Tumor
ANS: C REF: p. 46 OBJ: Match word parts with their meanings.
