TEST BANK
Medical Terminology and Anatomy for Coding
Betsy J. Shiland
4th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01-01 Introduction to Healthcare Terminology 1
Chapter 01-02 Introduction to Healthcare Terminology 15
Chapter 02-01 Body Structure and Directional Terminology 30
Chapter 02-02 Body Structure and Directional Terminology 47
Chapter 03-01 Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 63
Chapter 03-02 Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 84
Chapter 04-01 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 104
Chapter 04-02 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 129
Chapter 05-01 Digestive System 153
Chapter 05-02 Digestive System 175
Chapter 06-01 Genitourinary System 201
Chapter 06-02 Genitourinary System 230
Chapter 06-03 Genitourinary System 256
Chapter 06-04 Genitourinary System 281
Chapter 07-01 Obstetric, Perinatal, and Congenital Conditions 306
Chapter 07-02 Obstetric, Perinatal, and Congenital Conditions 322
Chapter 08-01 Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, and the Immune Mechanism 338
Chapter 08-02 Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, and the Immune Mechanism 362
Chapter 09-01 Circulatory System 383
Chapter 09-02 Circulatory System 409
Chapter 10-01 Respiratory System 434
Chapter 10-02 Respiratory System 459
Chapter 11-01 Nervous System 481
Chapter 11-02 Nervous System 504
Chapter 12-01 Mental and Behavioral Disorders 528
Chapter 12-02 Mental and Behavioral Disorders 550
Chapter 13-01 Eye and Adnexa 568
Chapter 13-02 Eye and Adnexa 585
Chapter 14-01 Ear and Mastoid Process 606
Chapter 14-02 Ear and Mastoid Process 616
Chapter 15-01 Endocrine System and Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 628
Chapter 15-02 Endocrine System and Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 646
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Chapter 01-01: Introduction to Healthcare Terminology
Shiland: Medical Terminology and Anatomy for Coding, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Alzheimer’s disease is an example of a(n)
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. eponym.
d. translatable term.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
2. Arthr/o is an example of a
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. suffix.
d. combining form.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
3. In the term hypodermic, the prefix is
a. hypo-.
b. derm-.
c. dermo-.
d. -ic.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
4. In the term neonatology, the suffix is
a. neo-.
b. nat-.
c. nato-.
d. -logy.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
5. A word root for bone is
a. osis.
b. oste.
c. ophthalm.
d. opsy.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
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6. The word component that refers to the stomach is
a. gastr/o.
b. col/o.
c. enter/o.
d. path/o.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
7. The prefix anti- means
a. before.
b. after, behind.
c. near.
d. against.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
8. If a patient is being treated for hypothermia, he/she has abnormally
a. high body temperature.
b. low body temperature.
c. high blood pressure.
d. low blood pressure.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
9. A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner
a. after the birth of her child.
b. before the birth of her child.
c. the time surrounding the birth of her child.
d. at the time of delivery.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
10. A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. You know that the joint
a. was cut.
b. was cut out.
c. had a new opening made.
d. was visually examined.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
11. A notation is made about an instrument to be ordered for the hospital. It makes a record of the
electrical activity of the heart. The instrument is called an
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a. electrocardioscope.
b. electrocardiogram.
c. electrocardiograph.
d. electrocardiography.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
12. You are checking a report for errors and find that one of the procedures listed is misspelled.
Which one is it?
a. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
b. Colostomy
c. Ileotomy
d. Ostetomy
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
13. Neurology is a discipline that would most likely treat patients with disorders of the
a. nerves.
b. teeth.
c. stomach.
d. joints.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
14. An instrument used to cut bone is an
a. osteotome.
b. osteoscope.
c. osteotripter.
d. osteometer.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
15. Surgically forming the external ear may be termed
a. otoplasty.
b. oculoplasty.
c. tympanoplasty.
d. trophoplasty.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
16. The study of disease is
a. pathology.
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b. neonatology.
c. obstetrics.
d. biology.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
17. An enlargement of the heart is
a. cardialgia.
b. cardiopathy.
c. cardiorrhexis.
d. cardiomegaly.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
18. Making a new opening of the small intestines is
a. colostomy.
b. colotomy.
c. enterostomy.
d. enterotomy.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
19. A dermatosis would be a(n) ____________ the skin.
a. abnormal condition of
b. examination of
c. discharge or flow from
d. instrument for cutting
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
20. A patient has a hypertrophied scar. You recognize that this means the scar is
a. inflamed.
b. bleeding.
c. overdeveloped.
d. underdeveloped.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
21. As part of the operative procedure, the surgeon performs an enteroplasty. You know that she
has _____________ part of the intestines.
a. enlarged
b. sutured
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c. drained
d. surgically formed
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
22. In the term periosteum, you know that the suffix refers to
a. a structure.
b. surrounding.
c. bone.
d. through.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
23. A biopsy is a(n) ____________ of living tissue.
a. disease process
b. inflammation
c. microscopic viewing
d. bursting forth
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
24. A patient with muscular dystrophy has ________________ of the muscles.
a. abnormal development
b. an incision
c. a visual examination
d. a new development
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
25. Patients with food caught in their interdental spaces have pieces of food _____________ their
teeth.
a. within
b. between
c. under
d. above
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
26. Examining the term epidermis, you would expect that the word part epi- refers to a structure
______________ the dermis.
a. below
b. around
c. within
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d. above
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
27. If you are told that “cutaneo” is a combining form for the skin, then percutaneous would refer
to a term that describes something that is _________________ the skin.
a. under
b. through
c. surrounding
d. before
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
28. The rules for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel dictate that you
should
a. add a combining vowel before the suffix.
b. directly connect the word root and suffix.
c. reverse the suffix and word root so the suffix comes first.
d. add another word root to join the suffix and initial word root.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
29. The rule for the order of joining word roots at the beginning of a term is
a. put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels, regardless of whether the
initial letter is a consonant or a vowel.
b. put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels only if the initial letter is a
vowel.
c. put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining
vowels between each word root, regardless of whether the initial letter starts with a
consonant or a vowel.
d. put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining
vowels between the word roots only if the initial letter is a consonant.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
30. Most medical terms are from which two languages?
a. Spanish, English
b. English, Latin
c. English, Greek
d. Greek, Latin
ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: State the derivation of most healthcare terms.
TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
31. Which is spelled correctly?
a. Gastrotomy
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b. Gastroectomy
c. Gastrscopy
d. Gastroistis
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
32. The plural of vertebra is
a. vertebri.
b. vertebras.
c. vertebrus.
d. vertebrae.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
33. The plural of diagnosis is
a. diagnoses.
b. diagnosi.
c. diagnosises.
d. diagnosae.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
34. The plural of phalanx is
a. phalangi.
b. phalanxae.
c. phalanges.
d. phalangus.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
35. What is the singular of thrombi?
a. Thromba
b. Thrombus
c. Thrombis
d. Thromba
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
36. What is the singular of septa?
a. Septus
b. Septi
c. Septae
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d. Septum
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
37. What is the singular of prognoses?
a. Prognosum
b. Prognosis
c. Prognosa
d. Prognose
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
38. What is the singular of larynges?
a. Larynx
b. Larynge
c. Larynis
d. Laryna
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
39. What is the plural of digitus?
a. Digites
b. Digities
c. Digitusi
d. Digiti
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
40. Which is a diagnostic sign?
a. Fever
b. Pain
c. Dizziness
d. Itching
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
41. What type of diagnosis begins abruptly and severely?
a. Sign
b. Symptom
c. Acute
d. Chronic
ANS: C PTS: 1
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Betsy J. Shiland
4th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01-01 Introduction to Healthcare Terminology 1
Chapter 01-02 Introduction to Healthcare Terminology 15
Chapter 02-01 Body Structure and Directional Terminology 30
Chapter 02-02 Body Structure and Directional Terminology 47
Chapter 03-01 Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 63
Chapter 03-02 Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 84
Chapter 04-01 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 104
Chapter 04-02 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 129
Chapter 05-01 Digestive System 153
Chapter 05-02 Digestive System 175
Chapter 06-01 Genitourinary System 201
Chapter 06-02 Genitourinary System 230
Chapter 06-03 Genitourinary System 256
Chapter 06-04 Genitourinary System 281
Chapter 07-01 Obstetric, Perinatal, and Congenital Conditions 306
Chapter 07-02 Obstetric, Perinatal, and Congenital Conditions 322
Chapter 08-01 Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, and the Immune Mechanism 338
Chapter 08-02 Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, and the Immune Mechanism 362
Chapter 09-01 Circulatory System 383
Chapter 09-02 Circulatory System 409
Chapter 10-01 Respiratory System 434
Chapter 10-02 Respiratory System 459
Chapter 11-01 Nervous System 481
Chapter 11-02 Nervous System 504
Chapter 12-01 Mental and Behavioral Disorders 528
Chapter 12-02 Mental and Behavioral Disorders 550
Chapter 13-01 Eye and Adnexa 568
Chapter 13-02 Eye and Adnexa 585
Chapter 14-01 Ear and Mastoid Process 606
Chapter 14-02 Ear and Mastoid Process 616
Chapter 15-01 Endocrine System and Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 628
Chapter 15-02 Endocrine System and Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 646
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Test Bank - Medical Terminology and Anatomy for Coding, 4th Edition (Shiland, 2021)
Chapter 01-01: Introduction to Healthcare Terminology
Shiland: Medical Terminology and Anatomy for Coding, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Alzheimer’s disease is an example of a(n)
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. eponym.
d. translatable term.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
2. Arthr/o is an example of a
a. prefix.
b. word root.
c. suffix.
d. combining form.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
3. In the term hypodermic, the prefix is
a. hypo-.
b. derm-.
c. dermo-.
d. -ic.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
4. In the term neonatology, the suffix is
a. neo-.
b. nat-.
c. nato-.
d. -logy.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
5. A word root for bone is
a. osis.
b. oste.
c. ophthalm.
d. opsy.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
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6. The word component that refers to the stomach is
a. gastr/o.
b. col/o.
c. enter/o.
d. path/o.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
7. The prefix anti- means
a. before.
b. after, behind.
c. near.
d. against.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
8. If a patient is being treated for hypothermia, he/she has abnormally
a. high body temperature.
b. low body temperature.
c. high blood pressure.
d. low blood pressure.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
9. A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner
a. after the birth of her child.
b. before the birth of her child.
c. the time surrounding the birth of her child.
d. at the time of delivery.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
10. A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. You know that the joint
a. was cut.
b. was cut out.
c. had a new opening made.
d. was visually examined.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
11. A notation is made about an instrument to be ordered for the hospital. It makes a record of the
electrical activity of the heart. The instrument is called an
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a. electrocardioscope.
b. electrocardiogram.
c. electrocardiograph.
d. electrocardiography.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
12. You are checking a report for errors and find that one of the procedures listed is misspelled.
Which one is it?
a. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
b. Colostomy
c. Ileotomy
d. Ostetomy
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
13. Neurology is a discipline that would most likely treat patients with disorders of the
a. nerves.
b. teeth.
c. stomach.
d. joints.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
14. An instrument used to cut bone is an
a. osteotome.
b. osteoscope.
c. osteotripter.
d. osteometer.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
15. Surgically forming the external ear may be termed
a. otoplasty.
b. oculoplasty.
c. tympanoplasty.
d. trophoplasty.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
16. The study of disease is
a. pathology.
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b. neonatology.
c. obstetrics.
d. biology.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
17. An enlargement of the heart is
a. cardialgia.
b. cardiopathy.
c. cardiorrhexis.
d. cardiomegaly.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
18. Making a new opening of the small intestines is
a. colostomy.
b. colotomy.
c. enterostomy.
d. enterotomy.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
19. A dermatosis would be a(n) ____________ the skin.
a. abnormal condition of
b. examination of
c. discharge or flow from
d. instrument for cutting
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
20. A patient has a hypertrophied scar. You recognize that this means the scar is
a. inflamed.
b. bleeding.
c. overdeveloped.
d. underdeveloped.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
21. As part of the operative procedure, the surgeon performs an enteroplasty. You know that she
has _____________ part of the intestines.
a. enlarged
b. sutured
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c. drained
d. surgically formed
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
22. In the term periosteum, you know that the suffix refers to
a. a structure.
b. surrounding.
c. bone.
d. through.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
23. A biopsy is a(n) ____________ of living tissue.
a. disease process
b. inflammation
c. microscopic viewing
d. bursting forth
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
24. A patient with muscular dystrophy has ________________ of the muscles.
a. abnormal development
b. an incision
c. a visual examination
d. a new development
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
25. Patients with food caught in their interdental spaces have pieces of food _____________ their
teeth.
a. within
b. between
c. under
d. above
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
26. Examining the term epidermis, you would expect that the word part epi- refers to a structure
______________ the dermis.
a. below
b. around
c. within
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d. above
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
27. If you are told that “cutaneo” is a combining form for the skin, then percutaneous would refer
to a term that describes something that is _________________ the skin.
a. under
b. through
c. surrounding
d. before
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
28. The rules for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel dictate that you
should
a. add a combining vowel before the suffix.
b. directly connect the word root and suffix.
c. reverse the suffix and word root so the suffix comes first.
d. add another word root to join the suffix and initial word root.
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
29. The rule for the order of joining word roots at the beginning of a term is
a. put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels, regardless of whether the
initial letter is a consonant or a vowel.
b. put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels only if the initial letter is a
vowel.
c. put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining
vowels between each word root, regardless of whether the initial letter starts with a
consonant or a vowel.
d. put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining
vowels between the word roots only if the initial letter is a consonant.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to build and spell healthcare terms. TOP: Building Terms
30. Most medical terms are from which two languages?
a. Spanish, English
b. English, Latin
c. English, Greek
d. Greek, Latin
ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: State the derivation of most healthcare terms.
TOP: Derivation of Healthcare Terms
31. Which is spelled correctly?
a. Gastrotomy
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b. Gastroectomy
c. Gastrscopy
d. Gastroistis
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
32. The plural of vertebra is
a. vertebri.
b. vertebras.
c. vertebrus.
d. vertebrae.
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
33. The plural of diagnosis is
a. diagnoses.
b. diagnosi.
c. diagnosises.
d. diagnosae.
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
34. The plural of phalanx is
a. phalangi.
b. phalanxae.
c. phalanges.
d. phalangus.
ANS: C PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
35. What is the singular of thrombi?
a. Thromba
b. Thrombus
c. Thrombis
d. Thromba
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
36. What is the singular of septa?
a. Septus
b. Septi
c. Septae
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d. Septum
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
37. What is the singular of prognoses?
a. Prognosum
b. Prognosis
c. Prognosa
d. Prognose
ANS: B PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
38. What is the singular of larynges?
a. Larynx
b. Larynge
c. Larynis
d. Laryna
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
39. What is the plural of digitus?
a. Digites
b. Digities
c. Digitusi
d. Digiti
ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: Use the rules given to change singular terms to their plural forms.
TOP: SSingular/Plural Rules
40. Which is a diagnostic sign?
a. Fever
b. Pain
c. Dizziness
d. Itching
ANS: A PTS: 1
OBJ: Recognize and recall an introductory word bank of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
and their respective meanings. TOP: Types of Healthcare Terms
41. What type of diagnosis begins abruptly and severely?
a. Sign
b. Symptom
c. Acute
d. Chronic
ANS: C PTS: 1
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