Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
,Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
Chapter 01
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
,Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
, Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
d. nucleic
e. nucleii
19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
,Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
Chapter 01
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
,Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
, Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
d. nucleic
e. nucleii
19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
Test Bank Medical Terminology Express A Short-Course Approach by Body System, 3rd Edition Barbara Gylys
