Test Bank For Quick & Easy Medical
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Terminology,10th Edition, By Peggy
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C. Leonard |All Chapters 1-15|
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Questions with correct Answers
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Contents
Part One: The Basics
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Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
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Chapter 2. Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
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Chapter 3. Essential Prefixes and More
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,Chapter 4. Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
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Chapter 5. The Body as a Whole
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Part Two: Body Systems
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Chapter 6. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 7. Circulatory System
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Chapter 8. Respiratory System
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Chapter 9. Digestive System
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Chapter 10. Urinary System
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Chapter 11. Reproductive System
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Chapter 12. Integumentary System
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Chapter 13. Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
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Chapter 14. Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System
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Chapter 15. Endocrine System
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Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
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1. What is the main body of a word called?
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A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word rootb
D) Combining form b
Answer: C) Word root
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2. A combining form can be recognized by which symbol?
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A) Hyphen before the word
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B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
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C) Hyphen after the wordb b b
D) Parentheses around the word b b b
Answer: B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
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3. What does a word root + a combining vowel equal?
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,A) A prefix
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B) A suffix
b
C) A combining form
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D) An eponym
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Answer: C) A combining form
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4. Which vowel is most frequently used as a combining vowel?
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A) a
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B) e
b
C) i
b
D) o
b
Answer: D) o b b
5. What is placed before a word to modify its meaning?
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A) Suffix
B) Prefix
C) Word root b
D) Combining vowel b
Answer: B) Prefix b b
6. What is attached to the end of a word or word root to modify its meaning?
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A) Prefix
B) Word root b
C) Suffix
D) Combining vowel b
Answer: C) Suffix b b
7. How is a prefix usually written when standing alone?
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A) With a hyphen after it
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B) With a hyphen before it
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C) With parentheses around it
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D) With a diagonal slash
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Answer: A) With a hyphen after it
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8. How is a suffix usually written when standing alone?
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A) With a hyphen after it
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B) With a hyphen before it
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C) With parentheses around it
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, D) With a diagonal slash
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Answer: B) With a hyphen before it
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9. Which languages are the origin of more than 90% of medical terms?
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A) French and German b b
B) Latin and Greek
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C) Spanish and Italian b b
D) English and German b b
Answer: B) Latin and Greek
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10. When did extensive borrowing of medical words from Latin and Greek begin?
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A) Around A.D. 1000 b b
B) Around A.D. 1200 b b
C) Around A.D. 1500 b b
D) Around A.D. 1800 b b
Answer: C) Around A.D. 1500
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11. When should you use the combining vowel?
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A) Before suffixes that begin with vowels
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B) Before suffixes that begin with consonants
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C) Never with suffixes b b
D) Always with suffixes b b
Answer: B) Before suffixes that begin with consonants
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12. What happens to the combining vowel when a suffix begins with a vowel?
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A) It is kept
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B) It is dropped
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C) It is changed to 'e'
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D) It is doubled
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Answer: B) It is dropped
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13. In the term "hepatomegaly," why is the combining vowel used?
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A) Because -megaly begins with a vowel b b b b b
B) Because -megaly begins with a consonant b b b b b
C) Because it's a rule exception b b b b
D) Because hepat ends with a consonant b b b b b
Answer: B) Because -megaly begins with a consonant
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Terminology,10th Edition, By Peggy
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C. Leonard |All Chapters 1-15|
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Questions with correct Answers
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Contents
Part One: The Basics
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Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
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Chapter 2. Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
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Chapter 3. Essential Prefixes and More
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,Chapter 4. Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
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Chapter 5. The Body as a Whole
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Part Two: Body Systems
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Chapter 6. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 7. Circulatory System
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Chapter 8. Respiratory System
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Chapter 9. Digestive System
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Chapter 10. Urinary System
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Chapter 11. Reproductive System
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Chapter 12. Integumentary System
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Chapter 13. Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
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Chapter 14. Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System
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Chapter 15. Endocrine System
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Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
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1. What is the main body of a word called?
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A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word rootb
D) Combining form b
Answer: C) Word root
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2. A combining form can be recognized by which symbol?
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A) Hyphen before the word
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B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
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C) Hyphen after the wordb b b
D) Parentheses around the word b b b
Answer: B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
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3. What does a word root + a combining vowel equal?
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,A) A prefix
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B) A suffix
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C) A combining form
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D) An eponym
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Answer: C) A combining form
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4. Which vowel is most frequently used as a combining vowel?
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A) a
b
B) e
b
C) i
b
D) o
b
Answer: D) o b b
5. What is placed before a word to modify its meaning?
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A) Suffix
B) Prefix
C) Word root b
D) Combining vowel b
Answer: B) Prefix b b
6. What is attached to the end of a word or word root to modify its meaning?
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A) Prefix
B) Word root b
C) Suffix
D) Combining vowel b
Answer: C) Suffix b b
7. How is a prefix usually written when standing alone?
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A) With a hyphen after it
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B) With a hyphen before it
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C) With parentheses around it
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D) With a diagonal slash
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Answer: A) With a hyphen after it
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8. How is a suffix usually written when standing alone?
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A) With a hyphen after it
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B) With a hyphen before it
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C) With parentheses around it
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, D) With a diagonal slash
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Answer: B) With a hyphen before it
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9. Which languages are the origin of more than 90% of medical terms?
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A) French and German b b
B) Latin and Greek
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C) Spanish and Italian b b
D) English and German b b
Answer: B) Latin and Greek
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10. When did extensive borrowing of medical words from Latin and Greek begin?
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A) Around A.D. 1000 b b
B) Around A.D. 1200 b b
C) Around A.D. 1500 b b
D) Around A.D. 1800 b b
Answer: C) Around A.D. 1500
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11. When should you use the combining vowel?
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A) Before suffixes that begin with vowels
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B) Before suffixes that begin with consonants
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C) Never with suffixes b b
D) Always with suffixes b b
Answer: B) Before suffixes that begin with consonants
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12. What happens to the combining vowel when a suffix begins with a vowel?
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A) It is kept
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B) It is dropped
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C) It is changed to 'e'
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D) It is doubled
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Answer: B) It is dropped
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13. In the term "hepatomegaly," why is the combining vowel used?
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A) Because -megaly begins with a vowel b b b b b
B) Because -megaly begins with a consonant b b b b b
C) Because it's a rule exception b b b b
D) Because hepat ends with a consonant b b b b b
Answer: B) Because -megaly begins with a consonant
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