TEST BANK Medical Terminology: A Short Course 9th Edition by Davi-Ellen Chabner

,Chapter2601:26Basic26Word26Structure
Chabner:26Medical26Terminology:26A26Short26Course,269th26Edition


MULTIPLE26CHOICE

1. A26combining26form26is26the:
a. word26ending
b. root26plus26combining26vowel
c. prefix
d. prefix26plus26combining26vow
el
e. root26plus26suffix
ANS:2 6 B

2. The26combining26form26meaning26“joint”26is:
a. aden/o
b. -itis
c. -algia
d. arthr/o
e. oste/o
ANS:2 6 D

3. A26suffix26meaning26“inflammation”26is:
a. -itis
b. -osis
c. -ac
d. -al
e. -tomy
ANS:2 6 A

4. A26word26part26meaning26“below”,“less26than26normal,”26or26“under”26is:
a. re-
b. hyper-
c. trans-
d. -emia
e. hypo-
ANS:2 6 E

5. A26suffix26meaning26“study26of”26is:
a. -pathy
b. -logy
c. -gram
d. -scopy
e. -osis
ANS:2 6 B

6. A26tumor26of26a26gland26is26called:

, a. arthrosis
b. arthroscope
c. adenoma
d. nephroma
e. hepatitis
ANS:2 6 C

7. Visual26examination26of26the26urinary26bladder26 is26called:
a. cystoscopy
b. cytology
c. cystogram
d. nephroscopy
e. cystoscope
ANS:2 6 A

8. Prediction26about26the26outcome26of26an26illness26or26treatment26is26called:
a. prognosis
b. psychosis
c. diagnosis
d. biopsy
e. pathology
ANS:2 6 A

9. (Condition26of)26nerve26pain26is26called:
a. neural
b. arthralgia
c. cephalgia
d. neueralgia
e. neuralgia
ANS:2 6 E

10. Ren/o26and26nephr/o26both26mean:
a. heart
b. liver
c. blood
d. kidney
e. intestine
ANS:2 6 D

11. Which26term26relates26to26the26brain?
a. anemia
b. cerebral
c. rhinitis
d. thrombosis
e. gastrotomy
ANS:2 6 B

, 12. A26cancerous26tumor26is26a(n):
a. hematoma
b. adenoma
c. oncology
d. gastralgia
e. carcinoma

ANS:2 6 E

13. A26red26blood26cell26is26a(n):
a. platelet
b. thrombocyte
c. erythrocyte
d. leukocyte
e. resection
ANS:2 6 C

14. Abnormal26condition26of26clot26 formation:
a. gastritis
b. osteitis
c. adenosis
d. dermatitis
e. thrombosis
ANS:2 6 E

15. An26instrument26to26visually26examine26the26urinary26bladder26is26called26a(n):
a. cystoscopy
b. cystoscope
c. gastroscope
d. arthroscopy
e. excision
ANS:2 6 B

16. An26excessive26(more26than26normal)26amount26of26sugar26in26the26blood26is26called:
a. hypothyroidism
b. hyperthyroidism
c. hyperglycemia
d. hypoglycemia
e. hypodermic
ANS:2 6 C

17. A26gastrectomy26is26a(n):
a. gastric26excision
b. gastroscopy
c. visual26examination26of26the26abdo
men
d. incision26of26the26stomach
e. incision26of26a26gland