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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: f B REF: f f7 OBJ: f f4 TOP: f Word fParts
13. In fthe fterm foste/o/arthr/o/pathy, fwhich fpart fis fthe fsuffix?
a. the fsecond fo
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy
ANS: f D REF: f f8 OBJ: f f4 TOP: f Word fParts
14. The fo fin farthr/o/pathy fis fthe
a. combining fvowel.
b. prefix.
c. word froot.
d. suffix.
ANS: f A REF: f f8 OBJ: f f4 TOP: f Word fParts
15. When fdefining fa fmedical fterm, fone fusually fbegins fthe fdefinition fwith fthe
a. word froot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combining fvowel.
ANS: f C REF: f f 11 OBJ: f 5
TOP: f Analyze fand fDefine fMedical fTerms
MATCHING
Match feach fitem fwith fthe fcorrect fdescription fbelow.
a. Terms fbuilt ffrom fword fparts
b. Terms fnot fbuilt ffrom fword fparts
c. Acronym
d. Modern flanguage
e. Eponym
f. Greek fand fLatin
1. Languages fused fin fmedical fterms
2. Name fof fa fplace for fa fperson, foften fa fphysician for fscientist, fused fto fname fa
fcondition for ftechnique
3. Use fof fEnglish flanguage fto fform fa fterm
4. Can fbe ftranslated fliterally fto ffind ftheir fmeaning
5. The ffirst fletters fof fthe fwords fin fa fphrase fthat fcan fbe fspoken fas fa fwhole fword fand
fusually fcontains fa fvowel, fare fused fto fform fa fmedical fterm
6. Cannot fbe feasily ftranslated fliterally fto ffind ftheir fmeaning
1. ANS: f F REF: f f 3 OBJ: f 2 f| f3
TOP: f Origins fof fMedical fLanguage fand fCategories fof fMedical fTerms
2. ANS: f E REF: f f 4 OBJ: f 2 f| f3
TOP: f Origins fof fMedical fLanguage fand fCategories fof fMedical fTerms
3. ANS: f D REF: f f 4 OBJ: f 2 f| f3