HLT 143 Test #1 Questions With Complete Solutions
`The combining form that means breath, breathing is
a. atel/o
b. ox/o
c. spir/o
d. pneum/o Correct Answers spir/o
A cancerous tumor originating in the bronchus could be
a. bronchiectasis
b. lobar pneumonia
c. legionnaires disease
d. bronchogenic carcinoma Correct Answers bronchogenic
carcinoma
A combining form for tongue is
sial/o
lapar/o
gloss/o
,cheil/o Correct Answers gloss/o
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 Correct Answers word root and a
combining vowel
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 Correct Answers ease word
pronunciation
A condition of scanty sperm or _____ was the probable cause of
the couple's infertility.
a. priapism
b. oligospermia
,c. spermatolysis
d. aspermia Correct Answers oligospermia
A condition of stones in the gall bladder is called
cholelithiasis
cholecystitis
cholangioma
Choledocholithiasis Correct Answers cholelithiasis
A deficient supply of blood to the brain for a short time is called
a. cerebral embolism
b. subarachnoid hemorrhage
c. subdural hematoma
d. transient ischemic attack Correct Answers transient ischemic
attack
A malignant tumor of the bone is called
a. synoviosarcoma
b. osteofibroma
, c. osteosarcoma
d. myeloma Correct Answers osteosarcoma
A nuclear medicine test that measures thyroid function is a
a. thyroid-stimulating hormone level
b. thyroxine level
c. radioactive iodine uptake
d. thyroid scan Correct Answers radioactive iodine uptake
A patient with blood in the chest (pleural space) has a
a. thoracalgia
b. pneumothorax
c. hemothorax
d. pleural effusion Correct Answers hemothorax
A physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, nose, and
larynx (throat) is a(n)
a. ophthalmologist
`The combining form that means breath, breathing is
a. atel/o
b. ox/o
c. spir/o
d. pneum/o Correct Answers spir/o
A cancerous tumor originating in the bronchus could be
a. bronchiectasis
b. lobar pneumonia
c. legionnaires disease
d. bronchogenic carcinoma Correct Answers bronchogenic
carcinoma
A combining form for tongue is
sial/o
lapar/o
gloss/o
,cheil/o Correct Answers gloss/o
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 Correct Answers word root and a
combining vowel
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 Correct Answers ease word
pronunciation
A condition of scanty sperm or _____ was the probable cause of
the couple's infertility.
a. priapism
b. oligospermia
,c. spermatolysis
d. aspermia Correct Answers oligospermia
A condition of stones in the gall bladder is called
cholelithiasis
cholecystitis
cholangioma
Choledocholithiasis Correct Answers cholelithiasis
A deficient supply of blood to the brain for a short time is called
a. cerebral embolism
b. subarachnoid hemorrhage
c. subdural hematoma
d. transient ischemic attack Correct Answers transient ischemic
attack
A malignant tumor of the bone is called
a. synoviosarcoma
b. osteofibroma
, c. osteosarcoma
d. myeloma Correct Answers osteosarcoma
A nuclear medicine test that measures thyroid function is a
a. thyroid-stimulating hormone level
b. thyroxine level
c. radioactive iodine uptake
d. thyroid scan Correct Answers radioactive iodine uptake
A patient with blood in the chest (pleural space) has a
a. thoracalgia
b. pneumothorax
c. hemothorax
d. pleural effusion Correct Answers hemothorax
A physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, nose, and
larynx (throat) is a(n)
a. ophthalmologist
