Exploring Medical Language 10th Edition Test Bank | Brooks & LaFleur | Study Guide & Practice Questions

Chapterj01:jIntroductionjtojMedicaljLanguagejandjEvolvejStudentjResourcesjLaFleur:j
ExploringjMedicaljLanguage,j10thjEdition


MULTIPLEjCHOICE

1. Medicaljlanguagejincludesjtermsjbuiltjfromjwhichjofjthejfollowingjlanguages?
a. GermanjandjRussian
b. ItalianjandjFrench
c. GreekjandjLatin
d. ChinesejandjJapanese
ANS:j C REF:j j 3 OBJ:j 2
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguage

2. Ajmedicaljtermjformedjfromjthejfirstjlettersjofjthejwordsjinjajphrase,jwhichjcanjbejspokenjasjajw
holejwordjandjusuallyjcontainsjajvowel,jsuchjasjlaser,jis
a. anjeponym.
b. modernjlanguage.
c. builtjfromjthejEnglishjlanguage.
d. anjacronym.
ANS:j D REF:j j 4 OBJ:j 2
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguage

3. Ajtermjnamedjforjajpersonjorjajplace,jsuchjasjAlzheimerjdiseasejnamedjforjthejphysicianjwhojfirs
tjdescribedjthejsymptomsjasjseenjinjajpatient,jis
a. anjacronym. NURSINGTB.COM
b. builtjfromjthejEnglishjlanguage.
c. anjeponym.
d. modernjlanguage.

ANS:j C REF:j j 4 OBJ:j 2
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguage

4. Thejwordjpartjthatjcontainsjthejfundamentaljmeaningjofjthejwordjisjthe
a. prefix.
b. wordjroot.
c. suffix.
d. combiningjvowel.

ANS:j B REF:j j 6 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

5. Thejwordjpartjthatjisjattachedjtojthejbeginningjofjajwordjrootjtojmodifyjitsjmeaningjisjthe
a. wordjroot.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combiningjvowel.

ANS:j C REF:j j 7 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

6. Thejwordjpartjthatjisjattachedjtojthejendjofjajwordjrootjtojmodifyjitsjmeaningjisjthe




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, a. combiningjvowel.
b. suffix.
c. wordjroot.
d. prefix.
ANS:j B REF:j j 7 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

7. Alljmedicaljtermsjhavejatjleastjone
a. prefix.
b. combiningjvowel.
c. suffix.
d. wordjroot.

ANS:j D REF:j j 6 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

8. Ajcombiningjformjisjmadejupjofja
a. wordjrootjandjajcombiningjvowel.
b. prefixjandjajcombiningjvowel.
c. combiningjvoweljandjajsuffix.
d. prefixjandjajwordjroot.

ANS:j A REF:j j 9 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

9. Ajcombiningjvoweljisjusedjto
a. easejwordjpronunciation.
b. modifyjthejmeaningjofjajword.
c. makejanalyzingjajwordjeasier.
d. makejdefiningjajwordjeasier.
NjU IjGjB.CjM
RjSjN jT O
ANS:j A REF:j j 8 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

10. Thejmostjcommonjcombiningjvoweljis
a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.

ANS:j D REF:j j 8 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

11. Injthejtermjarthr/itis,jitisjisjthe
a. wordjroot.
b. prefix.
c. combiningjvowel.
d. suffix.

ANS:j D REF:j j 7 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

12. Injthejtermjsub/hepat/ic,jwhichjpartjisjthejprefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o




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, ANS:j B REF:j j 7 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

13. Injthejtermjoste/o/arthr/o/pathy,jwhichjpartjisjthejsuffix?
a. thejsecondjo
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy

ANS:j D REF:j j 8 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

14. Thejojinjarthr/o/pathyjisjthe
a. combiningjvowel.
b. prefix.
c. wordjroot.
d. suffix.

ANS:j A REF:j j 8 OBJ:j j 4 TOP:j WordjParts

15. Whenjdefiningjajmedicaljterm,jonejusuallyjbeginsjthejdefinitionjwithjthe
a. wordjroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combiningjvowel.
ANS:j C REF:j j 11 OBJ:j 5
TOP:j AnalyzejandjDefinejMedicaljTerms


MATCHING NURSINGTB.COM
Matchjeachjitemjwithjthejcorrectjdescriptionjbelow.
a. Termsjbuiltjfromjwordjparts
b. Termsjnotjbuiltjfromjwordjparts
c. Acronym
d. Modernjlanguage
e. Eponym
f. GreekjandjLatin

1. Languagesjusedjinjmedicaljterms
2. Namejofjajplacejorjajperson,joftenjajphysicianjorjscientist,jusedjtojnamejajconditionjorjtec
hnique
3. UsejofjEnglishjlanguagejtojformjajterm
4. Canjbejtranslatedjliterallyjtojfindjtheirjmeaning
5. Thejfirstjlettersjofjthejwordsjinjajphrasejthatjcanjbejspokenjasjajwholejwordjandjusuallyjcon
tainsjajvowel,jarejusedjtojformjajmedicaljterm
6. Cannotjbejeasilyjtranslatedjliterallyjtojfindjtheirjmeaning

1. ANS:j F REF:j j 3 OBJ:j 2j|j3
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms
2. ANS:j E REF:j j 4 OBJ:j 2j|j3
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms
3. ANS:j D REF:j j 4 OBJ:j 2j|j3



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, TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms
4. ANS:j A REF:j j 5 OBJ:j 2j|j3
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms
5. ANS:j C REF:j j 4 OBJ:j 2j|j3
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms
6. ANS:j B REF:j j 5 OBJ:j 2j|j3
TOP:j OriginsjofjMedicaljLanguagejandjCategoriesjofjMedicaljTerms

WORDjROOTSjSUFFIXESjPREFIXES
arthjjoint
-
itisjinflammationji
ntra-
jwithinjhepatjliver
-
-
icjpertainingjtojsu
b-
junder,jbelowjvenj
ven
-
ousjpertainingjtojo
stejbone
Using jthejwordjpartsjinjthejabovejbox,jselectjthejcorrectjdefinitionjofjthejfollowingjmedicaljterm
s.
-pathyjdisease
a.
- arthr/itis
b.
megalyarthr/o/pathy
jenlargementjCOMBININGj
c.
VOWEL hepat/o/megaly NURSINGTB.COM
d.
o intra/ven/ous
e. hepat/itis
f. hepat/ic
g. oste/o/pathy
h. sub/hepat/ic

7. Pertainingjtojthejliver
8. Diseasejofjthejbone
9. Pertainingjtojwithinjthejvein
10. Pertainingjtojbelowjthejliver
11. Diseasejofjajjoint
12. Inflammationjofjajjoint
13. Enlargementjofjthejliver
14. Inflammationjofjthejliver

7. ANS:j F REF:j j 12 OBJ:j5
TOP:j AnalyzejandjDefinejMedicaljTerms
8. ANS:j G REF:j j 12 OBJ:j5
TOP:j AnalyzejandjDefinejMedicaljTerms
9. ANS:j D REF:j j 12 OBJ:j5
TOP:j AnalyzejandjDefinejMedicaljTerms
10. ANS:j H REF:j j 12 OBJ:j5
TOP:j AnalyzejandjDefinejMedicaljTerms



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