, TESTBANK FOR Medical Terminology Systems A Body Systems Approach
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, Medical Terminology Systems
A Body Systems Approach — 9th Edition
Test Bank — All Chapters
,Ch01-Basic Elements of a Medical Word
1. [Multiple Choice]
Most medical word roots are derived from
A. Latin and French.
B. German and Latin.
C. Spanish and French.
✓ D. Latin and Greek.
E. Russian and Latin.
2. [Multiple Choice]
The word root for liver is
A. mast.
✓ B. hepat.
C. oste.
D. my.
E. trache.
3. [Multiple Choice]
Which is an example of a word root linking a suffix that begins with a vowel?
A. Cardi/o/centesis
B. Enter/o/lysis
C. Therm/o/meter
✓ D. Scler/osis
E. Cardi/o/megaly
4. [Multiple Choice]
The word root in a medical term usually indicates a(n)
A. position.
B. number.
C. condition.
✓ D. anatomical structure.
E. procedure.
5. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is a word root?
✓ A. nephr
B. nephro
C. nephros
D. nephrotomy
E. tomy
6. [Multiple Choice]
Arthr/o is an example of a
, A. suffix.
✓ B. combining form.
C. word root.
D. prefix.
E. combining vowel.
7. [Multiple Choice]
The term stomat/itis means
A. inflammation of the stomach.
B. inflammation of the liver.
C. inflammation of the face.
✓ D. inflammation of the mouth.
E. inflammation of the skin.
8. [Multiple Choice]
A combining form (CF) is a word root plus a
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
✓ C. vowel.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
9. [Multiple Choice]
The CF for joint is
A. oste/o.
B. chondr/o.
C. -ist.
✓ D. arthr/o.
E. -osis.
10. [Multiple Choice]
A CF is used to link a suffix that begins with a/the
A. letter o.
B. connecting vowel.
C. prefix.
D. vowel.
✓ E. consonant.
11. [Multiple Choice]
In cardi/o/centesis, cardi/o is a
✓ A. combining form.
B. prefix.
C. word root.
D. suffix.
E. vowel.
,12. [Multiple Choice]
In the word pelvimetry, the combining vowel is
✓ A. i.
B. e.
C. y.
D. pelvi.
E. metry.
13. [Multiple Choice]
In mast/o/pexy, the o is a
A. combining form.
B. prefix.
✓ C. combining vowel.
D. suffix.
E. word root.
14. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is commonly used for ease of pronunciation?
A. Combining form
✓ B. Combining vowel
C. Prefix
D. Suffix
E. Word root
15. [Multiple Choice]
Which vowel is most commonly attached to word roots to create a CF?
A. a
B. e
C. i
✓ D. o
E. u
16. [Multiple Choice]
Which suffix means inflammation?
A. -megaly
B. -oma
C. -ia
✓ D. -itis
E. -ous
17. [Multiple Choice]
In the word thermometer, meter is a(n)
A. adjective.
B. prefix.
C. combining form.
, D. compound word.
✓ E. suffix.
18. [Multiple Choice]
Word endings are called
A. prefixes.
✓ B. suffixes.
C. vowels.
D. consonants.
E. word roots.
19. [Multiple Choice]
In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates
A. position, direction, color, number, or negation.
✓ B. procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech.
C. position, direction, or color.
D. color, number, condition, or disease.
E. procedure, condition, or negation.
20. [Multiple Choice]
A medical word consisting of more than one word root joined together with an o is a(n)
A. simple word.
B. adjective.
✓ C. compound word.
D. disease.
E. condition.
21. [Multiple Choice]
Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a
A. suffix that begins with a consonant.
B. simple word.
✓ C. compound word.
D. medical word containing a prefix.
E. word with only one word element.
22. [Multiple Choice]
Which is an example of a CF linked to a word root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
✓ C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
23. [Multiple Choice]
When building a compound word, the first element is usually a
A. combining vowel.
, B. consonant.
C. vowel.
✓ D. combining form.
E. suffix.
24. [Multiple Choice]
Define a medical word by first defining the
A. prefix.
✓ B. suffix.
C. middle part of the word.
D. combining form.
E. word root.
25. [Multiple Choice]
Which word means inflammation of the joints?
A. oste/itis
B. chondr/itis
✓ C. arthr/itis
D. oste/o/arthr/itis
E. oste/o/chondr/itis
26. [Multiple Choice]
Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
✓ D. long sound.
E. diphthong.
27. [Multiple Choice]
The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced
A. “pee.”
B. “eff.”
✓ C. “ss.”
D. “sh.”
E. “see.”
28. [Multiple Choice]
The oe in roentgen is pronounced
✓ A. “eh.”
B. “oy.”
C. “uh.”
D. “oh.”
E. “ah.”
29. [Multiple Choice]
,In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
✓ C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “see.”
30. [Multiple Choice]
In the terms bronchi and fungi, the i is pronounced
A. “ah.”
B. “ee.”
✓ C. “eye.”
D. "ay."
E. "eh."
31. [Multiple Choice]
Which prefix means before or in front of?
A. retro-
✓ B. pre-
C. super-
D. micro-
E. post-
32. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. Word stem
B. Combining vowel
C. Suffix
✓ D. Prefix
E. Combining form
33. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is a prefix?
A. abdomin
B. abdomino
C. tomy
D. abdomen
✓ E. hyper
34. [Multiple Choice]
In macroglossia (“large tongue”), macro- is a
A. consonant.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
✓ D. prefix.
, E. combining form.
35. [Multiple Choice]
Which term contains a prefix?
A. gastritis
B. hepatoma
C. cardiology
✓ D. monocyte
E. nephritis
36. [Multiple Choice]
Which suffix means cell?
A. -megaly
✓ B. -cyte
C. -ia
D. -oma
E. -ous
37. [Multiple Choice]
The term gastr/o/megaly means
✓ A. enlargement of the stomach.
B. enlargement of the liver.
C. enlargement of the nose.
D. enlargement of the mouth.
E. enlargement of the kidney.
38. [Multiple Choice]
In cutaneous (pertaining to the skin), “cutane” is a
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
✓ C. word root.
D. combining form.
E. combining vowel.
39. [Multiple Choice]
Which word is built correctly?
A. nephr/dynia
✓ B. my/algia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
40. [True/False]
Compound words may consist of two or more word roots.
A.
B.
9th Edition Masters
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, Medical Terminology Systems
A Body Systems Approach — 9th Edition
Test Bank — All Chapters
,Ch01-Basic Elements of a Medical Word
1. [Multiple Choice]
Most medical word roots are derived from
A. Latin and French.
B. German and Latin.
C. Spanish and French.
✓ D. Latin and Greek.
E. Russian and Latin.
2. [Multiple Choice]
The word root for liver is
A. mast.
✓ B. hepat.
C. oste.
D. my.
E. trache.
3. [Multiple Choice]
Which is an example of a word root linking a suffix that begins with a vowel?
A. Cardi/o/centesis
B. Enter/o/lysis
C. Therm/o/meter
✓ D. Scler/osis
E. Cardi/o/megaly
4. [Multiple Choice]
The word root in a medical term usually indicates a(n)
A. position.
B. number.
C. condition.
✓ D. anatomical structure.
E. procedure.
5. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is a word root?
✓ A. nephr
B. nephro
C. nephros
D. nephrotomy
E. tomy
6. [Multiple Choice]
Arthr/o is an example of a
, A. suffix.
✓ B. combining form.
C. word root.
D. prefix.
E. combining vowel.
7. [Multiple Choice]
The term stomat/itis means
A. inflammation of the stomach.
B. inflammation of the liver.
C. inflammation of the face.
✓ D. inflammation of the mouth.
E. inflammation of the skin.
8. [Multiple Choice]
A combining form (CF) is a word root plus a
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
✓ C. vowel.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
9. [Multiple Choice]
The CF for joint is
A. oste/o.
B. chondr/o.
C. -ist.
✓ D. arthr/o.
E. -osis.
10. [Multiple Choice]
A CF is used to link a suffix that begins with a/the
A. letter o.
B. connecting vowel.
C. prefix.
D. vowel.
✓ E. consonant.
11. [Multiple Choice]
In cardi/o/centesis, cardi/o is a
✓ A. combining form.
B. prefix.
C. word root.
D. suffix.
E. vowel.
,12. [Multiple Choice]
In the word pelvimetry, the combining vowel is
✓ A. i.
B. e.
C. y.
D. pelvi.
E. metry.
13. [Multiple Choice]
In mast/o/pexy, the o is a
A. combining form.
B. prefix.
✓ C. combining vowel.
D. suffix.
E. word root.
14. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is commonly used for ease of pronunciation?
A. Combining form
✓ B. Combining vowel
C. Prefix
D. Suffix
E. Word root
15. [Multiple Choice]
Which vowel is most commonly attached to word roots to create a CF?
A. a
B. e
C. i
✓ D. o
E. u
16. [Multiple Choice]
Which suffix means inflammation?
A. -megaly
B. -oma
C. -ia
✓ D. -itis
E. -ous
17. [Multiple Choice]
In the word thermometer, meter is a(n)
A. adjective.
B. prefix.
C. combining form.
, D. compound word.
✓ E. suffix.
18. [Multiple Choice]
Word endings are called
A. prefixes.
✓ B. suffixes.
C. vowels.
D. consonants.
E. word roots.
19. [Multiple Choice]
In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates
A. position, direction, color, number, or negation.
✓ B. procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech.
C. position, direction, or color.
D. color, number, condition, or disease.
E. procedure, condition, or negation.
20. [Multiple Choice]
A medical word consisting of more than one word root joined together with an o is a(n)
A. simple word.
B. adjective.
✓ C. compound word.
D. disease.
E. condition.
21. [Multiple Choice]
Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a
A. suffix that begins with a consonant.
B. simple word.
✓ C. compound word.
D. medical word containing a prefix.
E. word with only one word element.
22. [Multiple Choice]
Which is an example of a CF linked to a word root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
✓ C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
23. [Multiple Choice]
When building a compound word, the first element is usually a
A. combining vowel.
, B. consonant.
C. vowel.
✓ D. combining form.
E. suffix.
24. [Multiple Choice]
Define a medical word by first defining the
A. prefix.
✓ B. suffix.
C. middle part of the word.
D. combining form.
E. word root.
25. [Multiple Choice]
Which word means inflammation of the joints?
A. oste/itis
B. chondr/itis
✓ C. arthr/itis
D. oste/o/arthr/itis
E. oste/o/chondr/itis
26. [Multiple Choice]
Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
✓ D. long sound.
E. diphthong.
27. [Multiple Choice]
The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced
A. “pee.”
B. “eff.”
✓ C. “ss.”
D. “sh.”
E. “see.”
28. [Multiple Choice]
The oe in roentgen is pronounced
✓ A. “eh.”
B. “oy.”
C. “uh.”
D. “oh.”
E. “ah.”
29. [Multiple Choice]
,In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
✓ C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “see.”
30. [Multiple Choice]
In the terms bronchi and fungi, the i is pronounced
A. “ah.”
B. “ee.”
✓ C. “eye.”
D. "ay."
E. "eh."
31. [Multiple Choice]
Which prefix means before or in front of?
A. retro-
✓ B. pre-
C. super-
D. micro-
E. post-
32. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. Word stem
B. Combining vowel
C. Suffix
✓ D. Prefix
E. Combining form
33. [Multiple Choice]
Which element is a prefix?
A. abdomin
B. abdomino
C. tomy
D. abdomen
✓ E. hyper
34. [Multiple Choice]
In macroglossia (“large tongue”), macro- is a
A. consonant.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
✓ D. prefix.
, E. combining form.
35. [Multiple Choice]
Which term contains a prefix?
A. gastritis
B. hepatoma
C. cardiology
✓ D. monocyte
E. nephritis
36. [Multiple Choice]
Which suffix means cell?
A. -megaly
✓ B. -cyte
C. -ia
D. -oma
E. -ous
37. [Multiple Choice]
The term gastr/o/megaly means
✓ A. enlargement of the stomach.
B. enlargement of the liver.
C. enlargement of the nose.
D. enlargement of the mouth.
E. enlargement of the kidney.
38. [Multiple Choice]
In cutaneous (pertaining to the skin), “cutane” is a
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
✓ C. word root.
D. combining form.
E. combining vowel.
39. [Multiple Choice]
Which word is built correctly?
A. nephr/dynia
✓ B. my/algia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
40. [True/False]
Compound words may consist of two or more word roots.
A.
B.
