unit 1 lecture quizzes

True or False: etymology is the study of the origins and meanings of words.

TRUE

All of the Greek words and word elements that appear in modern medical terminology have been _________________.

transliterated

Which of the following is a type of 'word element' according to your textbook?

prefix

root

suffix

TRUE OR FALSE: The root of a Greek or Latin word is recognized by removing its inflectional ending.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: Adding a combining vowel to a root changes the meaning of the root.

False

TRUE OR FALSE: In addition to providing meaning to a compound term, suffixes also determine the part of speech of a compound term.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: Every compound term has a prefix and a root.

False

ENDO- (prefix) + ARTERI- (root) + AL (suffix) = endarterial

what happened here?

Elision

​[rhin-, nose] ​[sten-, narrow]

What is the root in rhinostenosis?

sten-

Bent ‘backward’ = _______________flexed

hyperflexed

para- + chir- + -saurus

parachirosaurus

TRUE OR FALSE: Homographs are word elements that have the same meaning.

False

What is the plural form of the loan word encephalon?

encephala

 ‘Below’ the tarsus = _________tarsal

hypotarsal

infratarsal

subtarsal

Which of the following words is correctly spelled based on the rules for combining basic term components?

panocytitis

pericytoiasis

paracytolent

paracytolent

apo- (select all that apply)

apart from

under

derived from

against

apart from, derived from

demi- = 

can also mean what 2 other prefixes?

hemi- & semi-

Homographs are word elements that have the same meaning.

True or False

False

Singular/Plural: myomata

what’s the singular term?

myoma

Dictionary: Osm/o ​[Gr. ōsmos, impulse, thrust] and Osm/o ​[Gr. osmē, odor] is an example of:

Homomorphism/homograph

Synonym

Loan word

Assimilation

Homomorphism/homograph

Definition through word analysis:  pericephalous 

pertaining to around the head

Synthesis: Using the root rhin- (nose) and the prefixes and suffixes in Ch. 1, create a term that means "pertaining to around the nose."

perirhinac

Analysis: Paronychia

what does the prefix mean?

(para-) abnormal, alongside, beyond, opposite

The es in stapes makes a ________ sound.

ēz

es

ēs

ēz

What is the phonetic spelling of xiphoid?

(zĭf′oyd)

(xĭf′oyd)

(zĭph′oid)

(zĭph′oyd)

(zĭf′oyd)

Pronounication: Pterygium

(tĕr-ĭj′ē-ŭm)

(ptĕr-ĭj′ē-ŭm)

(tĕr-ĭg′ē-ŭm)

(tĕr-ĭj′ē-ŭm)

what does the prefix mean? Euthanize = _______________

eu means norma, well

Toward the tail = Caud__________

Caudad

The tendency of the eyeballs to turn ‘upward’ = ________phoria

anaphoria

What are the two parts of speech are used in anatomical and biological Latin?

noun and adjective

Based on the lecture, what is the probable gender of the Latin noun 'brachium'?

(-um) is nueter

What is the probably number for the noun 'Musculi'?

plural

Pars surae

Part of the knees

Part of the knee

Part of the calves

Part of the calf

Part of the calf