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TEST BANK FOR EXPLORING MEDICAL LANGUAGE TITH EDITION
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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Medical Language and Evolve Student Resources
LaFleur: Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages?
a. German and Russian
b. Italian and French
c. Greek and Latin
d. Chinese and Japanese

ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language

2. A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as
a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
a. an eponym.
b. modern language.
c. built from the English language.
d. an acronym.

ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language

3. A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who
first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is
a. an acronym.
b. built from the English language.
c. an eponym.
d. modern language.
ANS: C REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Origins of Medical Language

4. The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. suffix.
d. combining vowel.

ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

5. The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the
a. word root.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combining vowel.

ANS: C REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

6. The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the

, a. combining vowel.
b. suffix.
c. word root.
d. prefix.
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

7. All medical terms have at least one
a. prefix.
b. combining vowel.
c. suffix.
d. word root.

ANS: D REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

8. A combining form is made up of a
a. word root and a combining vowel.
b. prefix and a combining vowel.
c. combining vowel and a suffix.
d. prefix and a word root.

ANS: A REF: 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

9. A combining vowel is used to
a. ease word pronunciation.
b. modify the meaning of a word.
c. make analyzing a word easier
d. make defining a word easier

ANS: AREF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

10. The most common combining vowel is
a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.

ANS: D REF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

11. In the term arthr/itis, itis is the
a. word root.
b. prefix.
c. combining vowel.
d. suffix.

ANS: D REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts

12. In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o

, ANS: d B REF: d d7 OBJ: d d4 TOP: d Word dParts

13. In dthe dterm doste/o/arthr/o/pathy, dwhich dpart dis dthe dsuffix?
a. the dsecond do
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy

ANS: d D REF: d d8 OBJ: d d4 TOP: d Word dParts

14. The do din darthr/o/pathy dis dthe
a. combining dvowel.
b. prefix.
c. word droot.
d. suffix.

ANS: d A REF: d d8 OBJ: d d4 TOP: d Word dParts

15. When ddefining da dmedical dterm, done dusually dbegins dthe ddefinition dwith dthe
a. word droot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combining dvowel.

ANS: d C REF: d d 11 OBJ: d 5
TOP: d Analyze dand dDefine dMedical dTerms


MATCHING
Match deach ditem dwith dthe dcorrect ddescription dbelow.
a. Terms dbuilt dfrom dword dparts
b. Terms dnot dbuilt dfrom dword dparts
c. Acronym
d. Modern dlanguage
e. Eponym
f. Greek dand dLatin

1. Languages dused din dmedical dterms
2. Name dof da dplace dor da dperson, doften da dphysician dor dscientist, dused dto dname da
dcondition dor dtechnique
3. Use dof dEnglish dlanguage dto dform da dterm
4. Can dbe dtranslated dliterally dto dfind dtheir dmeaning
5. The dfirst dletters dof dthe dwords din da dphrase dthat dcan dbe dspoken das da dwhole dword
dand dusually dcontains da dvowel, dare dused dto dform da dmedical dterm
6. Cannot dbe deasily dtranslated dliterally dto dfind dtheir dmeaning

1. ANS: d F REF: d d 3 OBJ: d 2 d| d3
TOP: d Origins dof dMedical dLanguage dand dCategories dof dMedical dTerms
2. ANS: d E REF: d d 4 OBJ: d 2 d| d3
TOP: d Origins dof dMedical dLanguage dand dCategories dof dMedical dTerms
3. ANS: d D REF: d d 4 OBJ: d 2 d| d3

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