HLT 141 MIDTERM QUESTION WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A medical term composed of the first letters of several words is called
a.
eponym
b.
acronym
c.
medical term built from word parts
d.
none of the above - Answers - b. acronym
Parkinson's disease is an example of what type of medical term
a.
eponym
b.
acronym
c.
medical term built from word parts
d.
word part - Answers - c. medical term built from word parts
The word root meaning fat
a.
path
b.
sarc
c.
carcin
d.
lip - Answers - d. lip
The suffix meaning pertaining to
a.
-logist
b.
-genic
c.
-al
d.
-oid - Answers - c. -al
,The word root viscer means
a.
cancer
b.
tissue
c.
flesh
d.
internal organ - Answers - d. internal organ
The word root path means
a.
cell
b.
epithelium
c.
disease
d
tumor. - Answers - c. disease
The word root my means
a.
nerve
b.
muscle
c.
fat
d.
cell - Answers - b. muscle
The suffix -oid means
a.
resembling
b.
study of
c.
pertaining to
d.
tumor - Answers - a. resembling
The suffix -logy means
a.
resembling
b.
study of
c.
, pertaining to
d.
tumor - Answers - b. study of
The term meaning resembling a cell
a.
lipoid
b.
cytoid
c.
lipoma
d.
epithelioma - Answers - b. cytoid
The term meaning new growth
a.
sarcoma
b.
neuroma
c.
pathology
d.
neoplasm - Answers - d. neoplasm
The term meaning study of disease
a.
cytology
b.
pathology
c.
oncology
d.
pathogenic - Answers - b.
pathology
A specialist who studies and treats tumors
a.
pathologist
b.
pathology
c.
oncology
d.
oncologist - Answers - d. oncologist
The term meaning pertaining to the epithelium
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A medical term composed of the first letters of several words is called
a.
eponym
b.
acronym
c.
medical term built from word parts
d.
none of the above - Answers - b. acronym
Parkinson's disease is an example of what type of medical term
a.
eponym
b.
acronym
c.
medical term built from word parts
d.
word part - Answers - c. medical term built from word parts
The word root meaning fat
a.
path
b.
sarc
c.
carcin
d.
lip - Answers - d. lip
The suffix meaning pertaining to
a.
-logist
b.
-genic
c.
-al
d.
-oid - Answers - c. -al
,The word root viscer means
a.
cancer
b.
tissue
c.
flesh
d.
internal organ - Answers - d. internal organ
The word root path means
a.
cell
b.
epithelium
c.
disease
d
tumor. - Answers - c. disease
The word root my means
a.
nerve
b.
muscle
c.
fat
d.
cell - Answers - b. muscle
The suffix -oid means
a.
resembling
b.
study of
c.
pertaining to
d.
tumor - Answers - a. resembling
The suffix -logy means
a.
resembling
b.
study of
c.
, pertaining to
d.
tumor - Answers - b. study of
The term meaning resembling a cell
a.
lipoid
b.
cytoid
c.
lipoma
d.
epithelioma - Answers - b. cytoid
The term meaning new growth
a.
sarcoma
b.
neuroma
c.
pathology
d.
neoplasm - Answers - d. neoplasm
The term meaning study of disease
a.
cytology
b.
pathology
c.
oncology
d.
pathogenic - Answers - b.
pathology
A specialist who studies and treats tumors
a.
pathologist
b.
pathology
c.
oncology
d.
oncologist - Answers - d. oncologist
The term meaning pertaining to the epithelium