The Language of Medicine – 13th Edition by Chabner (2024–2025) | Complete Test Bank for Chapters 1–21

TEST BANK FOR THE LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE 13TH EDITION B
CHABNER /ALL CHAPTERS1-21/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025

,Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Gastrectomy:
a. Gastric resection
b. Intestinal incision
c. Tumor of the stomach
d. Incision of the stomach
e. Resection of the intestine

ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.9 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

2. Osteitis:
a. Incision of a bone
b. Removal of a bone
c. Incision of a joint
d. Inflammation of a joint
e. Inflammation of a bone

ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.4 | page.11 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

3. Cystoscopy:
a. Study of cells
b. Visual examination of cells
c. Removal of a sac of fluid
d. Removal of the urinary bladder
e. Visual examination of the urinary bladder

ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.8 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

4. Hepatoma:
a. Incision of the kidney
b. Tumor of the liver
c. Blood mass
d. Inflammation of the liver
e. Red blood cell

ACCURATE ANSWER:-B REFERENCE: page.13 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

5. Iatrogenic:
a. Pertaining to produced by treatment
b. Produced by the mind
c. Cancer producing
d. Pertaining to producing a tumor
e. Cutting into a tumor
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.10 | page.13 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

, 6. Electroencephalogram:
a. Record of electricity in the brain
b. Record of electricity in the heart
c. X-ray of the brain
d. Record of sound waves in the brain
e. X-ray of the heart and brain

ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.9 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

7. Diagnosis:
a. Made after the prognosis
b. A guess as to the patient’s condition
c. A prediction of the course of treatment
d. Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition
e. A treatment of the patient

ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.10 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

8. Cancerous tumor:
a. Hematoma
b. Adenoma
c. Carcinoma
d. Carcinogenic
e. Neurotomy

ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.7 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

9. Microscopic examination of living tissue:
a. Incision
b. Pathology
c. Biopsy
d. Autopsy
e. Resection

ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.7 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

10. Pertaining to the biggest part of the brain:
a. Cerebral
b. Cephalic
c. Renal
d. Cardiac
e. Neural

ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.8 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

11. Removal of a gland:
a. Gastrotomy
b. Gastric
c. Hepatic resection
d. Nephric section
e. Adenectomy

ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.

, ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.
12. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:
a. Anemia
b. Erythrocytosis
c. Thrombocytosis
d. Leukemia
e. Leukocytosis
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A REFERENCE: page.14 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

13. Pathologist is one who:
a. Examines x-rays
b. Operates on the urinary tract
c. Performs autopsies and examines biopsies
d. Operates on the kidney
e. Treats Diseases with chemicals

ACCURATE ANSWER:-C REFERENCE: page.11 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.

14. Pain in a joint:
a. Ostealgia
b. Arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Arthroalgia
e. Arthralgia

ACCURATE ANSWER:-E REFERENCE: page.7 | page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build
terms.

15. Increase in number of malignant white blood cells:
a. Leukocytosis
b. Leukemia
c. Erythremia
d. Thrombocytosis
e. Erythrocytosis

ACCURATE ANSWER:-B REFERENCE: page.13 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

16. Instrument to view the eye:
a. Ophthalmoscopy
b. Opthalmoscope
c. Opthalmology
d. Ophthalmoscope
e. Opthalmoscopy
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.11 OBJ: Use word parts to build terms.

17. A platelet:
a. Hematoma
b. Thrombosis
c. Leukocyte
d. Thrombocyte
e. Erythrocyte

ACCURATE ANSWER:-D REFERENCE: page.12 OBJ: Analyze medical terms.