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Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?

a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. root word

d

In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:

a. prefix
b. word root or stem word
c. combining form
d. suffix

b

The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n):

a. compound term
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. modifier

b

In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:

a. word root
b. prefix
c. suffix
d. combining form

c

The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:

a. prefix
b. combining form
c. word root
d. suffix

d

The most common combining vowel is:

a. 'o'
b. 'u'
c. 'i'
d. 'e'

a

In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:

a. combining vowel used with both the stem word and the prefix
b. combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
c. modifier
d. consonant

b

In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?

a. -ic and sub
b. sub- and -hepat-
c. hepat- and -ic
d. sub- and -ic

d

The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:

a. word root and suffix
b. word root and combining vowel
c. word root and prefix
d. prefix and suffix

b

In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?

a. osteo- and -sis
b. osteo- and -por
c. poro- and osis
d. por- and -osis

d

The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning for the phrase "refers to or Blank ."

a. to tear away from
b. without or lack of
c. pertains to
d. related to a condition or disease

c

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

a. action taken, condition, or state
b. symptoms of a condition
c. body positions or planes of reference
d. none of the above

a

Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:

a. distinction of the object from something else
b. the name of an object
c. action taken
d. time of day

a

Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called:

a. fracturing
b. combining terms
c. structuring
d. diagramming

a

The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:

a. viscer/o-
b. chole/docho-
c. cardi/o-
d. an/cone-

a

My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:

a. heart
b. fiber
c. bone
d. muscle

d

The combining form -phas- means:

a. to speak; utter
b. to eat
c. to like; affinity for
d. to flow

a

The prefix that means "change or after" is:

a. proto-
b. anti-
c. meta-
d. epi-

c

The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:

a. -crit
b. -stole
c. -cusis
d. -stasis

d

The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is :

a. path/o/gen/e/sis
b. psych/ology
c. bio/logy
d. path/o/logy

d

The combining form onc/o- means:

a. growth
b. gene
c. tumor
d. disease

c

The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:

a. protoplasm
b. neonatal
c. neoplasm
d. cytoplasm

c

The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:

a. star-like tumor
b. crab-like tumor
c. worm-like tumor
d. non-invasive tumor

b

The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:

a. melano/carcin/oma
b. mel/ano/carcin/oma
c. melano/car/cin/oma
d. melanocar/cinoma

a

The term 'af/ferent' which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:

a. conveying toward the center
b. conveying away from the center
c. conveying both away from and toward the center
d. not conveying impulses

a

"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath?

a. Hippocratic
b. Calcanean
c. Galenian
d. Celsus

a

If an infection is "chronic" it is characterized by:

a. little change, slow progression, and long duration
b. rapid change, slow progression, and short duration
c. little change, rapid progression, and short duration
d. rapid change, rapid progression, and short duration

a

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:

a. fibrochondroma
b. melanoma
c. neochondroma
d. lipochondroma

a

The study of disease is referred to as:

a. oncology
b. pathology
c. immunology
d. physiology

b

The prefix of the term catabolism means:

a. around, about, circle
b. away from, remove
c. down, under, against
d. through, excessive, in

c

A fatty tumor is called a(n) :

a. lipoma
b. neuroma
c. adenoma
d. leukemia

a

The term "metastasis" means:

a. to confine or localize
b. to heal
c. to spread
d. to reduce

c

The term "diagnosis" means:

a. limited knowledge
b. lack of knowledge
c. total knowledge
d. before knowledge

c

The term "clinical" means:

a. to test
b. in the hospital
c. at patient's bedside
d. physician's orders

c

The term "prognosis" means:

a. full knowledge
b. no knowledge
c. after knowledge
d. before knowledge

d

The term "graphy" means:

a. Procedure using an instrument to record something
b. A measurement on a graph
c. A recording such as a radiograph
d. Sound waves

a

The term "stetho/scop/e" literally means:

a. instrument to examine the tonsils
b. instrument to examine the eye
c. instrument to examine the ear
d. instrument to examine the chest

d

The term "laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:

a. the procedure of viewing and examining the oral cavity
b. the procedure of viewing and examining the bronchi
c. the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
d. the procedure of viewing and examining the alveoli

c

The term "surgery" literally means:

a. to cut
b. procedure of working with instruments
c. procedure of working by hand
d. to remove an organ

c

Ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and:

a. Adjectives
b. Adverbs
c. Prepositions
d. Pronouns

a

A compound term is derived from two or more:

a. Prefixes
b. Suffixes
c. Synonyms
d. Word roots

d

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:

a. Differ in spelling
b. Have opposite meanings
c. Have similar meanings
d. Sound like each other

b

The word "afebrile" has a prefix which means:

a. Against
b. Away from
c. Toward
d. Without or not

d

The word "periosteum" has a prefix which means

a. Around
b. Beside
c. Near
d. Under

a

Which example of the compound term "ankylosing" is fractured correctly?

a. Ank/yl/o/sing
b. An/ky/los/ing
c. Ankylos/ing
d. An/kylo/sing

c

In the medical term "pleurisy," what is the meaning of its suffix?

a. Condition of
b. Inflamed
c. Many
d. Resembles

b

Which surgical suffix means "procedure or process of cutting out?"

a. -ec/tom/y
b. -o/desis
c. -oplast/y
d. -o/pex/y

a

In the medical term "cephalgia," the combining verb form means:

a. Pain
b. Puncture
c. Swell
d. To burn

a

If a patient has "ptosis" of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid:

a. Drooping
b. Injured
c. Red
d. Swollen

a

A patient that is "euthyroid" has:

a. Fluctuating thyroid function
b. Hyperthyroidism
c. Hypothyroidism
d. Normal thyroid function

d

The prefix extra- means:

a. excessive
b. over
c. above
d. outside

d

A patient with cyanosis has which skin color?

a. Blue
b. Red
c. White
d. Yellow

a

A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it:

a. Away from their body
b. In circles
c. Over their head
d. Toward their body

d

A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed?

a. Kidney
b. Lung
c. Ovary
d. Stomach

a

A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of:

a. Bone
b. Cardiac muscle
c. Smooth muscle
d. Striated muscle

d

An atrophic muscle would appear:

a. Enlarged
b. Flabby
c. Shrunken
d. Well-defined

c

John's physician told him that his disease is idiopathic. This means its cause is:

a. Infectious
b. Neoplastic
c. Side effect of treatment
d. Unknown

d

What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut?"

a. nucleus
b. cytoplasm
c. ribosome
d. nucleolus

a

The combining form hist/o- means:

a. organ-like
b. pertaining to a cell
c. pertaining to the body
d. tissue or web-like

d

A body part that is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called a(n):

a. system
b. organ
c. mitochondria
d. lysosome

b

The directional term "lateral" describes movement in which direction:

a. above the point of reference
b. below the point of reference
c. to the side
d. toward the midline

c

The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:

a. proximal
b. medial
c. caudal
d. lateral

c

The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:

a. lateral
b. proximal
c. medial
d. distal

b

The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:

a. superior
b. dorsal
c. anterior
d. ventral

b

The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:

a. inferior
b. dorsal
c. posterior
d. cephalic

d

Anterior movement can also be called:

a. dorsal
b. ventral
c. posterior
d. inferior

b

The directional term "inferior" describes movement:

a. toward the mid-line
b. toward the upper end of the body
c. toward the lower end of the body
d. toward the back of the body

c

The term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is the:

a. transverse
b. coronal
c. frontal
d. sagittal

d

The coronal plane divides the body into the:

a. proximal and distal portions
b. anterior and posterior portions
c. superior and inferior portions
d. right and left portions

b

A trephine is used to remove:

a. Bone
b. Blood
c. Muscle
d. Skin

a

If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a Blank Position:

a. adducted
b. inverted
c. supine
d. prone

c

A plantar wart is located on the:

a. palm of the hand
b. ventral surface of the fingers
c. sole of the foot
d. phalanges of the feet

c

The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:

a. pronation
b. adduction
c. circumduction
d. extension

d

The term "Mammogram" means:

a. an instrument for recording the breast
b. a procedure for treating breast cancer
c. a recording of the breast
d. excision of breast tissue

c

Which was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?

a. Nunolly
b. Spritam
c. Digeson
d. Humidra

b

The term "Intravenous Injection" means:

a. within a vein
b. within an artery
c. between veins
d. above the vein

a

The term "Phlebotomy" means:

a. to surgically repair a vein
b. to cut into an artery
c. to cut into a vein
d. to cut into the muscle

c

Which of these conditions would be treated with phakic intraocular lenses?

a. Depression
b. Angiostenosis
c. Myopia
d. Obesity

c

"Fluoroscopy" is used to record:

a. moving body parts
b. soft body tissue
c. only non-moving body parts
d. dense tissue

a

"Angiograms" are used for:

a. recording the electrical activity of the heart muscles
b. recording metabolic activity in the brain
c. recording pictures of blood vessels
d. recording pictures of bones

c

The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:

a. kidney, ureter, and bowels
b. kidney, ureter, and bladder
c. kidney, urinary tract, and back
d. kidney, urethra, and bowels

b

A "Pyelogram" records information about the:

a. kidney pelvis
b. kidney ureter
c. gallbladder
d. kidney nephron

a

A "Myelogram" is used to record information about which tissue?

a. cardiac muscle
b. skeletal muscle
c. spinal cord and nerves
d. gastrointestinal smooth muscle

c

"X-rays" produce pictures of what type of body tissue and bones?

a. transparent
b. epithelia
c. soft
d. dense

d

Which of the following is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique?

a. angiogram
b. PET scan
c. CAT scan
d. Gamma Knife Surgery

c

Which of the following produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes?

a. MRI
b. X-ray
c. CAT scan
d. PET scan

a

LASIK laser surgery can be used to correct:

a. ocular styes
b. dry eye
c. myopia
d. conjunctivitis

c

An "EKG or ECG" is used to record information about electrical activity in the:

a. brain
b. heart
c. spinal nerves
d. skeletal muscle

b

Thermo/gram literally means:

a. heat or temperature/recording
b. warm/recording
c. temperature/heat
d. heating/process

a

An electromyogram is used to record information about electrical activity in the:

a. brain
b. heart muscle
c. skeletal muscle
d. gastrointestinal smooth muscle

c

A PET scan is used to detect metabolism of glucose by the:

a. spinal cord
b. brain
c. lungs
d. gallbladder

b

thallium scan is used to detect damage to the:

a. heart
b. nerve
c. bone
d. cartilage

a

The term "Auscult/ation" literally means:

a. process or procedure for listening
b. process or procedure for seeing
c. process or procedure for recording
d. process or procedure for adjusting bone alignment

a

The term "Percuss/ion" literally means:

a. process or procedure of striking
b. process or procedure of hearing
c. process or procedure of seeing
d. process of procedure of recording

a

The term "ocular" literally means:

a. refers to the ear
b. refers to the auditory nerve
c. refers to the olfactory nerve
d. refers to the eye

d

The term "Sphygmo/mano/meter" literally means:

a. to measure the pulse by hand
b. to measure the heart rate by hand
c. to measure the respiratory rate by hand
d. to measure the temperature by hand

a

The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called:

a. ultra/sono/graph/y
b. cardio/graph/y
c. radio/graphy
d. angio/graphy

a

What uses a high frequency electromagnetic current produced by a
microwave device to generate heat within body tissues?

a. Lithotripsy
b. Diathermy
c. Ultrasonography
d. Thermogram

b

The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:

a. instrument to examine the ear
b. instrument to examine the larynx
c. instrument to examine the eye
d. instrument to examine the nasal cavity

c

A tonometer measures pressure within the:

a. colon
b. ear
c. eye
d. lung

c