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Short-Course Approach by Body System 3rd Edition
Barbara A. Gylys
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,Chapter 01
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
____ 2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
____ 4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
____ 5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
____ 6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
, b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
____ 7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
____ 8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
____ 9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
____ 10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
____ 11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
____ 12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
, c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
____ 13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
____ 14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
____ 15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
____ 16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
____ 17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
____ 18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
, d. nucleic
e. nucleii
____ 19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
____ 20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
b. “eff”
c. “ss”
d. “sh”
e. “cee”
____ 21. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced:
a. “chal”
b. “cha”
c. “k”
d. “aitch”
e. “cee”
____ 22. In the terms bronchi and fungi, the i is pronounced:
a. “ah”
b. “ee”
c. “eye”
d. “eah”
e. “aye”
____ 23. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
a. “eh”
b. “oy”
c. “u”
d. “o”
e. “a”
____ 24. To make words ending in y plural:
a. retain the y and add “es”
b. drop the y and add “es”
c. drop the y and add “i”
d. retain the y and add “s”
, e. drop the y and add “ies”
____ 25. What does the suffix -edema mean?
a. vomiting
b. softening
c. condition
d. swelling
e. hemorrhage
____ 26. Which of the following combining forms means joint?
a. oste/o
b. chondr/o
c. -ist
d. arthr/o
e. -osis
____ 27. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
a. combining form
b. prefix
c. word root
d. suffix
e. vowel
____ 28. Which of the following words means enlargement of the liver?
a. hepat/oma
b. hepat/o/megaly
c. mega/hepat/ic
d. macro/hepat/oma
e. hepat/o/cele
____ 29. Which of the following words means visual examination of a joint?
a. arthr/o/scopy
b. arthr/o/pexy
c. arthr/o/centesis
d. arthr/o/desis
e. arthr/o/scope
____ 30. The suffix in neur/algia means:
a. enlargement
b. disease
c. hardening
d. pain
e. dilation
,____ 31. Which of the following words means dilation or expansion of the bronchus?
a. bronch/o/cele
b. bronch/o/rrhagia
c. bronch/itis
d. bronchi/o/spasm
e. bronchi/ectasis
____ 32. Which of the following words means pain in a nerve?
a. neur/o/blast
b. neur/algia
c. neur/o/lysis
d. neur/o/glia
e. neur/oma
____ 33. An instrument to cut the skin is a:
a. derm/o/scope
b. dermat/o/meter
c. derm/o/graph
d. dermat/o/graphy
e. derm/a/tome
____ 34. What does the suffix -oma mean?
a. vomiting
b. softening
c. condition
d. swelling
e. tumor
____ 35. Which of the following suffixes means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)?
a. -plasty
b. -pexy
c. -desis
d. -centesis
e. -tomy
____ 36. Which of the following words means double vision?
a. bivisual
b. divisual
c. monopia
d. diplopia
e. bilateral
,____ 37. Which of the following prefixes means around?
a. trans-
b. dia-
c. supra-
d. circum-
e. esto-
____ 38. The prefix dia- means:
a. away from
b. within
c. wide
d. against
e. through, across
____ 39. The prefix uni- has the same meaning as:
a. micro-
b. meso-
c. epi-
d. mono-
e. ante-
____ 40. Which of the following words means fear of blood?
a. multiphobic
b. quadriphobia
c. macrophobia
d. superphobic
e. hemophobia
____ 41. The term that means condition without a breast is:
a. a/mast/ia
b. dys/mast/ia
c. eu/mast/ia
d. hemi/mast/ia
e. super/mast/ia
____ 42. The prefix hypo- means:
a. excessive
b. below
c. slow
d. between
e. above
____ 43. What are the prefixes that mean before, in front of?
, a. pre-, pro-
b. a-, an-
c. circum-, peri-
d. endo-, intra-
e. homo-, homeo-
____ 44. Which of the following terms means pertaining to under the skin?
a. subungual
b. hypodermic
c. epidermis
d. hyperdermic
e. antecubital
____ 45. The term arteri/o/stenosis means:
a. opening of an artery
b. nourishment of an artery
c. narrowing or stricture of an artery
d. plaque in an artery
e. paralysis of an artery
____ 46. Which suffix means specialist in the study of?
a. -logy
b. -logist
c. -lysis
d. -toxic
e. -ad
____ 47. Which of the following contains a noun ending?
a. muscular
b. thyroidism
c. diplobacterial
d. hypodermic
e. postnatal
____ 48. Which of the following contains an adjective ending that means pertaining to?
a. macrocyte
b. microscope
c. homograft
d. dysphonia
e. gastric
____ 49. Which of the following denotes a noun?
a. -ia
Short-Course Approach by Body System 3rd Edition
Barbara A. Gylys
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Chapter 01
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
____ 2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
____ 4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
____ 5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
____ 6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
, b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
____ 7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
____ 8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
____ 9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
____ 10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
____ 11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
____ 12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
, c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
____ 13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
____ 14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
____ 15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
____ 16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
____ 17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
____ 18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
, d. nucleic
e. nucleii
____ 19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
____ 20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
b. “eff”
c. “ss”
d. “sh”
e. “cee”
____ 21. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is usually pronounced:
a. “chal”
b. “cha”
c. “k”
d. “aitch”
e. “cee”
____ 22. In the terms bronchi and fungi, the i is pronounced:
a. “ah”
b. “ee”
c. “eye”
d. “eah”
e. “aye”
____ 23. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
a. “eh”
b. “oy”
c. “u”
d. “o”
e. “a”
____ 24. To make words ending in y plural:
a. retain the y and add “es”
b. drop the y and add “es”
c. drop the y and add “i”
d. retain the y and add “s”
, e. drop the y and add “ies”
____ 25. What does the suffix -edema mean?
a. vomiting
b. softening
c. condition
d. swelling
e. hemorrhage
____ 26. Which of the following combining forms means joint?
a. oste/o
b. chondr/o
c. -ist
d. arthr/o
e. -osis
____ 27. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
a. combining form
b. prefix
c. word root
d. suffix
e. vowel
____ 28. Which of the following words means enlargement of the liver?
a. hepat/oma
b. hepat/o/megaly
c. mega/hepat/ic
d. macro/hepat/oma
e. hepat/o/cele
____ 29. Which of the following words means visual examination of a joint?
a. arthr/o/scopy
b. arthr/o/pexy
c. arthr/o/centesis
d. arthr/o/desis
e. arthr/o/scope
____ 30. The suffix in neur/algia means:
a. enlargement
b. disease
c. hardening
d. pain
e. dilation
,____ 31. Which of the following words means dilation or expansion of the bronchus?
a. bronch/o/cele
b. bronch/o/rrhagia
c. bronch/itis
d. bronchi/o/spasm
e. bronchi/ectasis
____ 32. Which of the following words means pain in a nerve?
a. neur/o/blast
b. neur/algia
c. neur/o/lysis
d. neur/o/glia
e. neur/oma
____ 33. An instrument to cut the skin is a:
a. derm/o/scope
b. dermat/o/meter
c. derm/o/graph
d. dermat/o/graphy
e. derm/a/tome
____ 34. What does the suffix -oma mean?
a. vomiting
b. softening
c. condition
d. swelling
e. tumor
____ 35. Which of the following suffixes means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)?
a. -plasty
b. -pexy
c. -desis
d. -centesis
e. -tomy
____ 36. Which of the following words means double vision?
a. bivisual
b. divisual
c. monopia
d. diplopia
e. bilateral
,____ 37. Which of the following prefixes means around?
a. trans-
b. dia-
c. supra-
d. circum-
e. esto-
____ 38. The prefix dia- means:
a. away from
b. within
c. wide
d. against
e. through, across
____ 39. The prefix uni- has the same meaning as:
a. micro-
b. meso-
c. epi-
d. mono-
e. ante-
____ 40. Which of the following words means fear of blood?
a. multiphobic
b. quadriphobia
c. macrophobia
d. superphobic
e. hemophobia
____ 41. The term that means condition without a breast is:
a. a/mast/ia
b. dys/mast/ia
c. eu/mast/ia
d. hemi/mast/ia
e. super/mast/ia
____ 42. The prefix hypo- means:
a. excessive
b. below
c. slow
d. between
e. above
____ 43. What are the prefixes that mean before, in front of?
, a. pre-, pro-
b. a-, an-
c. circum-, peri-
d. endo-, intra-
e. homo-, homeo-
____ 44. Which of the following terms means pertaining to under the skin?
a. subungual
b. hypodermic
c. epidermis
d. hyperdermic
e. antecubital
____ 45. The term arteri/o/stenosis means:
a. opening of an artery
b. nourishment of an artery
c. narrowing or stricture of an artery
d. plaque in an artery
e. paralysis of an artery
____ 46. Which suffix means specialist in the study of?
a. -logy
b. -logist
c. -lysis
d. -toxic
e. -ad
____ 47. Which of the following contains a noun ending?
a. muscular
b. thyroidism
c. diplobacterial
d. hypodermic
e. postnatal
____ 48. Which of the following contains an adjective ending that means pertaining to?
a. macrocyte
b. microscope
c. homograft
d. dysphonia
e. gastric
____ 49. Which of the following denotes a noun?
a. -ia
