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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: s B REF: s s7 OBJ: s s4 TOP: s Word sParts
13. In sthe sterm soste/o/arthr/o/pathy, swhich spart sis sthe ssuffix?
a. the ssecond so
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy
ANS: s D REF: s s8 OBJ: s s4 TOP: s Word sParts
14. The so sin sarthr/o/pathy sis sthe
a. combining svowel.
b. prefix.
c. word sroot.
d. suffix.
ANS: s A REF: s s8 OBJ: s s4 TOP: s Word sParts
15. When sdefining sa smedical sterm, sone susually sbegins sthe sdefinition swith sthe
a. word sroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combining svowel.
ANS: s C REF: s s 11 OBJ: s 5
TOP: s Analyze sand sDefine sMedical sTerms
MATCHING
Match seach sitem swith sthe scorrect sdescription sbelow.
a. Terms sbuilt sfrom sword sparts
b. Terms snot sbuilt sfrom sword sparts
c. Acronym
d. Modern slanguage
e. Eponym
f. Greek sand sLatin
1. Languages sused sin smedical sterms
2. Name sof sa splace sor sa sperson, soften sa sphysician sor sscientist, sused sto sname sa
scondition sor stechnique
3. Use sof sEnglish slanguage sto sform sa sterm
4. Can sbe stranslated sliterally sto sfind stheir smeaning
5. The sfirst sletters sof sthe swords sin sa sphrase sthat scan sbe sspoken sas sa swhole sword sand
susually scontains sa svowel, sare sused sto sform sa smedical sterm
6. Cannot sbe seasily stranslated sliterally sto sfind stheir smeaning
1. ANS: s F REF: s s 3 OBJ: s 2 s| s3
TOP: s Origins sof sMedical sLanguage sand sCategories sof sMedical sTerms
2. ANS: s E REF: s s 4 OBJ: s 2 s| s3
TOP: s Origins sof sMedical sLanguage sand sCategories sof sMedical sTerms
3. ANS: s D REF: s s 4 OBJ: s 2 s| s3