Exploring Medical Language 10th Edition LaFleur Test Bank | Chapters 1–16 Complete Q&A with Answers

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Chapterm01:mIntroductionmtomMedicalmLanguagemandmEvolvemStudentmResourcesmLAFleur:m
ExploringmMedicalmLanguage,m10thmEdition


MULTIPLEmCHOICE

1. Medicalmlanguagemincludesmtermsmbuiltmfrommwhichmofmthemfollowingmlanguages?
a. GermanmandmRussian
b. ItalianmandmFrench
c. GreekmandmLatin
d. ChinesemandmJapanese
ANS:m C REF:m m 3 OBJ:m 2
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguage

2. Ammedicalmtermmformedmfrommthemfirstmlettersmofmthemwordsminmamphrase,mwhichmcanmbems
pokenmasmamwholemwordmandmusuallymcontainsmamvowel,msuchmasmlaser,mis
a. anmeponym.
b. modernmlanguage.
c. builtmfrommthemEnglishmlanguage.
d. anmacronym.
ANS:m D REF:m m 4 OBJ:m 2
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguage

3. Amtermmnamedmformampersonmormamplace,msuchmasmAlzheimermdiseasemnamedmformthemphysic
ianmwhomfirstmdescribedmthemsymptomsmasmseenminmampatient,mis
a. anmacronym.
b. builtmfrommthemEnglishmlanguage.
c. anmeponym.
d. modernmlanguage.
ANS:m C REF:m m 4 OBJ:m 2
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguage

4. Themwordmpartmthatmcontainsmthemfundamentalmmeaningmofmthemwordmismthe
a. prefix.
b. wordmroot.
c. suffix.
d. combiningmvowel.
ANS:m B REF:m m 6 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

5. Themwordmpartmthatmismattachedmtomthembeginningmofmamwordmrootmtommodifymitsmmeaningmism
the
a. wordmroot.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combiningmvowel.
ANS:m C REF:m m 7 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

6. Themwordmpartmthatmismattachedmtomthemendmofmamwordmrootmtommodifymitsmmeaningmismthe

, a. combiningmvowel.
b. suffix.
c. wordmroot.
d. prefix.
ANS:m B REF:m m 7 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

7. Allmmedicalmtermsmhavematmleastmone
a. prefix.
b. combiningmvowel.
c. suffix.
d. wordmroot.

ANS:m D REF:m m 6 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

8. Amcombiningmformmismmademupmofma
a. wordmrootmandmamcombiningmvowel.
b. prefixmandmamcombiningmvowel.
c. combiningmvowelmandmamsuffix.
d. prefixmandmamwordmroot.

ANS:m A REF:m m 9 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

9. Amcombiningmvowelmismusedmto
a. easemwordmpronunciation.
b. modifymthemmeaningmofmamword.
c. makemanalyzingmamwordmeasier.
d. makemdefiningmamwordmeasier. ImGmB.CmM
NmU
RmSmNmT O
ANS:m A REF:m m 8 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

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

ANS:m D REF:m m 8 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

11. Inmthemtermmarthr/itis,mitismismthe
a. wordmroot.
b. prefix.
c. combiningmvowel.
d. suffix.

ANS:m D REF:m m 7 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

12. Inmthemtermmsub/hepat/ic,mwhichmpartmismthemprefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
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, ANS:m B REF:m m 7 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

13. Inmthemtermmoste/o/arthr/o/pathy,mwhichmpartmismthemsuffix?
a. themsecondmo
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy
ANS:m D REF:m m 8 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

14. Themominmarthr/o/pathymismthe
a. combiningmvowel.
b. prefix.
c. wordmroot.
d. suffix.
ANS:m A REF:m m 8 OBJ:m m 4 TOP:m WordmParts

15. Whenmdefiningmammedicalmterm,monemusuallymbeginsmthemdefinitionmwithmthe
a. wordmroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combiningmvowel.
ANS:m C REF:m m 11 OBJ:m 5
TOP:m AnalyzemandmDefinemMedicalmTerms


MATCHING NURSINGTB.COM
Matchmeachmitemmwithmthemcorrectmdescriptionmbelow.
a. Termsmbuiltmfrommwordmparts
b. Termsmnotmbuiltmfrommwordmparts
c. Acronym
d. Modernmlanguage
e. Eponym
f. GreekmandmLatin

1. Languagesmusedminmmedicalmterms
2. Namemofmamplacemormamperson,moftenmamphysicianmormscientist,musedmtomnamemamcon
ditionmormtechnique
3. UsemofmEnglishmlanguagemtomformmamterm
4. Canmbemtranslatedmliterallymtomfindmtheirmmeaning
5. Themfirstmlettersmofmthemwordsminmamphrasemthatmcanmbemspokenmasmamwholemwordman
dmusuallymcontainsmamvowel,maremusedmtomformmammedicalmterm
6. Cannotmbemeasilymtranslatedmliterallymtomfindmtheirmmeaning

1. ANS:m F REF:m m 3 OBJ:m 2m|m3
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms
2. ANS:m E REF:m m 4 OBJ:m 2m|m3
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms
3. ANS:m D REF:m m 4 OBJ:m 2m|m3



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, TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms
4. ANS:m A REF:m m 5 OBJ:m 2m|m3
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms
5. ANS:m C REF:m m 4 OBJ:m 2m|m3
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms
6. ANS:m B REF:m m 5 OBJ:m 2m|m3
TOP:m OriginsmofmMedicalmLanguagemandmCategoriesmofmMedicalmTerms

WORDmROOTSmSUFFIXESmPREFIXES
arthmjoint
-
itisminflammation
mintra-
mwithinmhepatmliv
er-
-
icmpertainingmtom
sub-
munder,mbelow mv
enmven
-
ousmpertainingmto
m ostemmbone
Using themwordmpartsminmthemabovembox,mselectmthemcorrectmdefinitionmofmthemfollowingmme
dical
-pathymterms.
mdisease
a.
- arthr/itis
b. arthr/o/pathy
megaly menlargementmCOMBININ
c. hepat/o/megaly
GmVOWEL NURSINGTB.COM
d.
o intra/ven/ous
e. hepat/itis
f. hepat/ic
g. oste/o/pathy
h. sub/hepat/ic

7. Pertainingmtomthemliver
8. Diseasemofmthembone
9. Pertainingmtomwithinmthemve
in
10. Pertainingmtombelowmthemliv
er
11. Diseasemofmamjoint
12. Inflammationmofmamjoint
13. Enlargementmofmthemliver
14. Inflammationmofmthemliver

7. ANS:m F REF:m m 12 OBJ:m5
TOP:m AnalyzemandmDefinemMedicalmTerms
8. ANS:m G REF:m m 12 OBJ:m5
TOP:m AnalyzemandmDefinemMedicalmTerms
9. ANS:m D REF:m m 12 OBJ:m5
TOP:m AnalyzemandmDefinemMedicalmTerms
10. ANS:m H REF:m m 12 OBJ:m5
TOP:m AnalyzemandmDefinemMedicalmTerms



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