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,Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
A. -rrhea
B. -rrhage
C. -rrhexis
D. -penia
E. -iasis
____ 2. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
A. mouth
B. intestine
C. stomach
D. liver
E. bladder
____ 3. To build a medical word, use a combining form (CF) to link a suffix that begins with a(n):
A. “a.”
B. “o.”
C. vowel.
D. consonant.
E. “e.”
____ 4. Which word element is a word root?
A. hepat-
B. hepato-
C. hepatom-
D. -megaly
E. hepatomegaly
____ 5. A CF is a word root plus a:
A. prefix.
B. vowel.
C. suffix.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
____ 6. Which word element is an adjective suffix?
A. -oma
B. -penia
C. -itis
D. -ic
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, E. -ia
____ 7. Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. word root
B. suffix
C. combining vowel
D. prefix
E. combining form
____ 8. What does the word root usually indicate?
A. position
B. number
C. condition
D. body part
E. procedure
____ 9. What does the prefix in post-mortem mean?
A. before
B. after
C. death
D. life
E. beyond
____ 10. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
D. combining vowel.
E. combining form.
____ 11. 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.
____ 12. Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
____ 13. Which word is built correctly?
A. my/algia
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, B. nephr/dynia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
____ 14. The suffix -itis means:
A. pain.
B. blood.
C. excision.
D. rupture.
E. inflammation.
____ 15. Which word contains a prefix?
A. hyperthermia
B. gastric
C. thermometer
D. nephritis
E. cardiac
____ 16. The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
A. word root.
B. combining form.
C. suffix.
D. combining vowel.
E. consonant.
____ 17. Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
D. long sound.
E. diphthong.
____ 18. 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.
____ 19. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
A. e.
B. oy.
C. u.
D. o.
E. a.
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,____ 20. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “cee.”
____ 21. 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.
____ 22. The plural form of diagnosis is:
A. diagnose.
B. diagnostic.
C. diagnosia.
D. diagnoses.
E. diagnosticians.
____ 23. What does the suffix -ior mean?
A. small
B. specialist
C. condition
D. pertaining to
E. treatment
____ 24. What is the plural form of appendix?
A. appendamata
B. appendises
C. appendices
D. appendae
E. appendia
____ 25. What is the adjective form of axilla?
A. axillar
B. axillary
C. axilliac
D. axillae
E. axillic
____ 26. What is the plural form of radius?
A. radii
B. radium
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, C. radiae
D. radious
E. radial
____ 27. What is the plural form of nucleus?
A. nuclear
B. nucleolus
C. nuclei
D. nucleic
E. nucleii
____ 28. Which word means surgical fracture of a bone?
A. oste/o/malacia
B. oste/o/blast
C. oste/o/clasis
D. oste/o/gen
E. oste/o/metry
____ 29. Which word means rupture of an artery?
A. arthritis
B. arthrodynia
C. arteriorrhexis
D. arthrodesis
E. arthralgia
____ 30. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
A. pelviscope
B. pelvimetry
C. pelvitomer
D. pelvimeter
E. pelvometer
____ 31. In the term chol/e/lith/iasis, the element lith is a:
A. combining form.
B. suffix.
C. prefix.
D. combining vowel.
E. word root.
____ 32. Which term means pain in a nerve?
A. neuroblast
B. neuralgia
C. neuroclonic
D. neuroglia
E. neurogenic
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,____ 33. What does the suffix -edema mean?
A. vomiting
B. softening
C. condition
D. swelling
E. tumor
____ 34. Which suffix means pain?
A. -algia
B. -emesis
C. -plasia
D. -ectasis
E. -poiesis
____ 35. What does the term gastritis mean?
A. excision of the stomach
B. pain in the stomach
C. hemorrhage of the stomach
D. inflammation of the stomach
E. incision of the stomach
____ 36. Which word means double vision?
A. bivisual
B. divisual
C. monopia
D. diplopia
E. bilateral
____ 37. Which prefix 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. What is the term that means without a breast?
A. amastia
B. dysmastia
C. eumastia
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, D. hemimastia
E. supermastia
____ 40. The prefix hypo- means:
A. excessive.
B. below.
C. slow.
D. between.
E. above.
____ 41. Which term means first pregnancy?
A. multigravida
B. primigravida
C. polygravida
D. agravida
E. homogravida
____ 42. The prefix homo- means:
A. against.
B. good.
C. all.
D. same.
E. union.
____ 43. Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another part of
the body in the same person?
A. xen/o/graft
B. allo/graft
C. homo/graft
D. auto/graft
E. heter/o/graft
____ 44. What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar, post/nat/al, and macro/cyte?
A. combining form
B. word root
C. compound element
D. suffix
E. prefix
____ 45. Which term is an adjective?
A. cardiac
B. bile
C. lung
D. tooth
E. kidney
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, ____ 46. The plural form of calcaneum is:
A. calcaniae.
B. calcaneus.
C. calcaneal.
D. calcanea.
E. calcania.
____ 47. To make words ending in is plural:
A. drop is and add es.
B. drop is and add ex.
C. drop is and add ices.
D. drop is and add a.
E. retain is and add es.
____ 48. Which term means enlargement of the liver?
A. hepatorrhexis
B. hepatosis
C. hepatoma
D. hepatomegaly
E. hepatomalacia
____ 49. What is the plural form of bacterium?
A. bacteria
B. bacteries
C. bacteriae
D. bacterion
E. bacteriae
____ 50. Which terms is an adjective?
A. ganglia
B. lumina
C. pleural
D. appendix
E. colon
____ 51. A herniation or swelling of the liver is called:
A. hepatomegaly.
B. hepatodynia.
C. hepatomalacia.
D. hepatosis.
E. hepatocele.
____ 52. The word mucous is a(n):
A. adjective.
B. adverb.
C. noun.
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Programmed Learning Approach by Body System
6th 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 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
A. -rrhea
B. -rrhage
C. -rrhexis
D. -penia
E. -iasis
____ 2. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
A. mouth
B. intestine
C. stomach
D. liver
E. bladder
____ 3. To build a medical word, use a combining form (CF) to link a suffix that begins with a(n):
A. “a.”
B. “o.”
C. vowel.
D. consonant.
E. “e.”
____ 4. Which word element is a word root?
A. hepat-
B. hepato-
C. hepatom-
D. -megaly
E. hepatomegaly
____ 5. A CF is a word root plus a:
A. prefix.
B. vowel.
C. suffix.
D. word root.
E. consonant.
____ 6. Which word element is an adjective suffix?
A. -oma
B. -penia
C. -itis
D. -ic
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, E. -ia
____ 7. Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. word root
B. suffix
C. combining vowel
D. prefix
E. combining form
____ 8. What does the word root usually indicate?
A. position
B. number
C. condition
D. body part
E. procedure
____ 9. What does the prefix in post-mortem mean?
A. before
B. after
C. death
D. life
E. beyond
____ 10. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
D. combining vowel.
E. combining form.
____ 11. 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.
____ 12. Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma
____ 13. Which word is built correctly?
A. my/algia
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, B. nephr/dynia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
____ 14. The suffix -itis means:
A. pain.
B. blood.
C. excision.
D. rupture.
E. inflammation.
____ 15. Which word contains a prefix?
A. hyperthermia
B. gastric
C. thermometer
D. nephritis
E. cardiac
____ 16. The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
A. word root.
B. combining form.
C. suffix.
D. combining vowel.
E. consonant.
____ 17. Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
D. long sound.
E. diphthong.
____ 18. 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.
____ 19. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
A. e.
B. oy.
C. u.
D. o.
E. a.
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,____ 20. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
A. “chal.”
B. “cha.”
C. “k.”
D. “aitch.”
E. “cee.”
____ 21. 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.
____ 22. The plural form of diagnosis is:
A. diagnose.
B. diagnostic.
C. diagnosia.
D. diagnoses.
E. diagnosticians.
____ 23. What does the suffix -ior mean?
A. small
B. specialist
C. condition
D. pertaining to
E. treatment
____ 24. What is the plural form of appendix?
A. appendamata
B. appendises
C. appendices
D. appendae
E. appendia
____ 25. What is the adjective form of axilla?
A. axillar
B. axillary
C. axilliac
D. axillae
E. axillic
____ 26. What is the plural form of radius?
A. radii
B. radium
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, C. radiae
D. radious
E. radial
____ 27. What is the plural form of nucleus?
A. nuclear
B. nucleolus
C. nuclei
D. nucleic
E. nucleii
____ 28. Which word means surgical fracture of a bone?
A. oste/o/malacia
B. oste/o/blast
C. oste/o/clasis
D. oste/o/gen
E. oste/o/metry
____ 29. Which word means rupture of an artery?
A. arthritis
B. arthrodynia
C. arteriorrhexis
D. arthrodesis
E. arthralgia
____ 30. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
A. pelviscope
B. pelvimetry
C. pelvitomer
D. pelvimeter
E. pelvometer
____ 31. In the term chol/e/lith/iasis, the element lith is a:
A. combining form.
B. suffix.
C. prefix.
D. combining vowel.
E. word root.
____ 32. Which term means pain in a nerve?
A. neuroblast
B. neuralgia
C. neuroclonic
D. neuroglia
E. neurogenic
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,____ 33. What does the suffix -edema mean?
A. vomiting
B. softening
C. condition
D. swelling
E. tumor
____ 34. Which suffix means pain?
A. -algia
B. -emesis
C. -plasia
D. -ectasis
E. -poiesis
____ 35. What does the term gastritis mean?
A. excision of the stomach
B. pain in the stomach
C. hemorrhage of the stomach
D. inflammation of the stomach
E. incision of the stomach
____ 36. Which word means double vision?
A. bivisual
B. divisual
C. monopia
D. diplopia
E. bilateral
____ 37. Which prefix 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. What is the term that means without a breast?
A. amastia
B. dysmastia
C. eumastia
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, D. hemimastia
E. supermastia
____ 40. The prefix hypo- means:
A. excessive.
B. below.
C. slow.
D. between.
E. above.
____ 41. Which term means first pregnancy?
A. multigravida
B. primigravida
C. polygravida
D. agravida
E. homogravida
____ 42. The prefix homo- means:
A. against.
B. good.
C. all.
D. same.
E. union.
____ 43. Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another part of
the body in the same person?
A. xen/o/graft
B. allo/graft
C. homo/graft
D. auto/graft
E. heter/o/graft
____ 44. What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar, post/nat/al, and macro/cyte?
A. combining form
B. word root
C. compound element
D. suffix
E. prefix
____ 45. Which term is an adjective?
A. cardiac
B. bile
C. lung
D. tooth
E. kidney
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, ____ 46. The plural form of calcaneum is:
A. calcaniae.
B. calcaneus.
C. calcaneal.
D. calcanea.
E. calcania.
____ 47. To make words ending in is plural:
A. drop is and add es.
B. drop is and add ex.
C. drop is and add ices.
D. drop is and add a.
E. retain is and add es.
____ 48. Which term means enlargement of the liver?
A. hepatorrhexis
B. hepatosis
C. hepatoma
D. hepatomegaly
E. hepatomalacia
____ 49. What is the plural form of bacterium?
A. bacteria
B. bacteries
C. bacteriae
D. bacterion
E. bacteriae
____ 50. Which terms is an adjective?
A. ganglia
B. lumina
C. pleural
D. appendix
E. colon
____ 51. A herniation or swelling of the liver is called:
A. hepatomegaly.
B. hepatodynia.
C. hepatomalacia.
D. hepatosis.
E. hepatocele.
____ 52. The word mucous is a(n):
A. adjective.
B. adverb.
C. noun.
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