Test Bank For Medical Terminology Get Connected!, 4th Edition By Suzanne S Frucht-Latest Update 2025

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,Medical Terminology: Get Connected!, 4e (Frucht)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology

All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form
style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, the combining form meaning "gland"
is aden/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a
hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning "cell" is -cyte. All answers to
questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your
answer. For example, the prefix meaning "three" is tri-.

Do NOT capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The
computer will NOT recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style.

1) The combining form that means heart is ________.
Answer: cardi/o; cardio
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

2) The combining form that means stomach is ________.
Answer: gastr/o; gastro
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

3) The combining form that means liver is ________.
Answer: hepat/o; hepato
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

4) The combining form that means nose is ________.
Answer: rhin/o; rhino
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

5) The combining form that means head is ________.
Answer: cephal/o; cephalo
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building




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,6) The combining form that means joint is ________.
Answer: arthr/o; arthro
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

7) The combining form that means muscle is ________.
Answer: my/o; myo
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

8) The combining form that means bone is ________.
Answer: oste/o; osteo
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

9) The combining form that means electricity is ________.
Answer: electr/o; electro
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

10) The combining form that means cancer is ________.
Answer: carcin/o; carcino
Learning Obj.: 1-3
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

11) The suffix that means surgical removal is ________.
Answer: -ectomy; ectomy
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

12) The suffix that means inflammation is ________.
Answer: -itis; itis
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

13) The suffix that means enlarged is ________.
Answer: -megaly; megaly
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

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, 14) The suffix that means study of is ________.
Answer: -logy; logy
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

15) The suffix that means a record is ________.
Answer: -gram; gram
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

16) The suffix that means disease is ________.
Answer: -pathy; pathy
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

17) The prefix that means between is ________.
Answer: inter-; inter
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

18) A prefix that means without is ________.
Answer: a-; a
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

19) The prefix that means abnormal, difficult, or painful is ________.
Answer: dys-; dys
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

20) A prefix that means under is ________.
Answer: sub-; sub
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

21) A prefix that means two is ________.
Answer: bi-; bi
Learning Obj.: 1-2
Taxonomy: Remembering
Question Type: Word Building

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