HLHS 101 MCGraw Hill Chapter 1 & 2
questions with correct answers
Medical language allows health care professionals to communicate quickly
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because
it is a common understanding of the term
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Medical language is comprised primarily of words from the Latin and ____
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languages
Greek
The first people to study the human body and develop theories about health and
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disease were the ancient ______
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Greeks
You should not think of medical language as words to be memorized. Instead,
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think of it as sentences to be
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translated
The letter "C" sounds like a "K"(as in "cardiac") when it comes before which
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vowels?
a, o, u
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When deciding how to pronounce a word, the emphasis usually falls on the
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Blank______.
antepenult
Medical language is primarily made up of words taken from how many ancient
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languages?
two
, The type of word part at the end of the word that gives essential meaning to the
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term is the| |
suffix
Which of the following are true about understanding how medical language
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works?
- You will learn the meaning of key words.
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- You will be able to break down and understand words you have never seen
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before.
- You can generate words from their word parts.
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The letter "G" is pronounced like a "J" when followed by which vowels?
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I or E
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Which of the following roots mean "lung"?
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pulmon/o, pneum/o |
Which of the following suffixes means "small"?
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-ole
The foundation of a term is the
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root
The person widely considered the father of western medicine is
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Hippocrates
The suffix "-penia" means
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deficiency
Medical language places together roots, prefixes, and suffixes to describe some
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aspect of |
health care |
Both of the combining forms "pneum/o-" and "pulmon/o-" refer to the
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questions with correct answers
Medical language allows health care professionals to communicate quickly
| | | | | | | | |
because
it is a common understanding of the term
| | | | | | |
Medical language is comprised primarily of words from the Latin and ____
| | | | | | | | | | | |
languages
Greek
The first people to study the human body and develop theories about health and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
disease were the ancient ______
| | | |
Greeks
You should not think of medical language as words to be memorized. Instead,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
think of it as sentences to be
| | | | | |
translated
The letter "C" sounds like a "K"(as in "cardiac") when it comes before which
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
vowels?
a, o, u
| |
When deciding how to pronounce a word, the emphasis usually falls on the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Blank______.
antepenult
Medical language is primarily made up of words taken from how many ancient
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
languages?
two
, The type of word part at the end of the word that gives essential meaning to the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
term is the| |
suffix
Which of the following are true about understanding how medical language
| | | | | | | | | | |
works?
- You will learn the meaning of key words.
| | | | | | | |
- You will be able to break down and understand words you have never seen
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
before.
- You can generate words from their word parts.
| | | | | | | |
The letter "G" is pronounced like a "J" when followed by which vowels?
| | | | | | | | | | | |
I or E
| |
Which of the following roots mean "lung"?
| | | | | |
pulmon/o, pneum/o |
Which of the following suffixes means "small"?
| | | | | |
-ole
The foundation of a term is the
| | | | | |
root
The person widely considered the father of western medicine is
| | | | | | | | |
Hippocrates
The suffix "-penia" means
| | |
deficiency
Medical language places together roots, prefixes, and suffixes to describe some
| | | | | | | | | | |
aspect of |
health care |
Both of the combining forms "pneum/o-" and "pulmon/o-" refer to the
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