AND EASY MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY 9TH
EDITION BY LEONARD
ALL CHAPTERS
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, Chapter c01: cSimplified cMedical cLanguage
MULTIPLE cCHOICE
1. The cmain cbody cof ca cword cis ccalled ca:
a. suffix.
b. word croot.
c. combining cvowel.
d. combining cform.
ANS: cB c REF: cp. c2 TOP: cWord cRoots cand cCombining cForms
2. Latin croots care cused cto cwrite cwords cnaming cand cdescribing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structures cof cthe cbody.
ANS: cD c REF: cp. c3 TOP: cWord cRoots cand cCombining cForms
3. When cwritten calone, ca cprefix cis cusually cfollowed cby cthis cto cindicate cthat canother cword cfollows
cthe cprefix cto suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word croot.
ANS: cC c REF: cp. c4 TOP: cPrefixes cand cSuffixes
4. A ccombining cvowel cis cused:
a. when cthe csuffix cthat cfollows cbegins cwith ca cconsonant.
b. when cthe csuffix cthat cfollows cbegins cwith ca cconsonant.
c. when cthere cis cno cprefix.
d. when cthere cis ca cprefix.
ANS: cA c REF: cp. c5 TOP: cCombining cWord cParts cto cWrite cTerms
5. Which cword croot cis cGreek cfor c“stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS: cB c REF: cp. c2 TOP: cWord cRoots cand cCombining cForms
6. The cpunctuation cmark cthat cdesignates ca ccombining cform cis ca:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal cslash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: cC c REF: cp. c3 TOP: cWord cRoots cand cCombining cForms
7. The cmost cfrequently cused ccombining cvowel cis:
a. o.
b. a.