Components Of Medical Terminology! Quiz Questions!
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- 1.Medical terms made up of multiple word parts are known as:
- A.
Constructed term
- B.
Nonconstructed term
- C.
Prefixes
- D.
Word roots
- 2.This wors part is affixed at the beginnig of a medical term.
- A.
Suffix
- B.
Word root
- C.
Prefix
- D.
Combining vowel
- 3.The term cardiology has _______word parts
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
1
- D.
4
- 4.The word part -ectomy means:
- A.
Surgical puncture
- B.
Surgical repair
- C.
Excision
- D.
All of the above
- 5.The combining for that means voice is:
- A.
Dysphonia
- B.
Electr/o
- C.
Phonia
- D.
All of the above
- 6.The word part that means white is:
- A.
Leuko
- B.
Erthr/o
- C.
Opaque
- D.
None of these
- 7.The term meaning breathing difficulty is ___________
- A.
Orthopnea
- B.
Dyspnea
- C.
Congestive heart failure
- D.
Eupnea
- 8.The word part that means disease is:
- A.
Path/o
- B.
-itis
- C.
-logy
- D.
All of the above
- 9.The medical term for process of viewing the colon is:
- A.
Colonoscopy
- B.
Esophagoscopy
- C.
Upper endoscopy
- D.
Gastroscopy
- 10.The medical term for surgical removal of the gallbladder is:
- A.
Cholelithiasis
- B.
Choledocholithotomy
- C.
Cholecystectomy
- 11.The medical term for inflammation of the colon is:
- A.
Colitis.
- B.
Hepatitis.
- C.
Esophagitis.
- 12.The suffix spasm means:
- A.
Puncture to remove fluid.
- B.
Hernia or protrusion
- C.
Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction.
- 13.Which suffix means "a record or image"?
- A.
-dynia
- B.
-graph
- C.
Sclerosis
- D.
Angio
- 14.A patient suffered multiple injuries in a severe car accident and has had extensive and profuse bleeding as a result. The medical term for an abnormal loss of blood from the circulation is:
- A.
Hematology.
- B.
Hemoglobin.
- C.
Hemorrhage.
- 15.The word part that means nose is:
- A.
Nasal
- B.
Rhin/o
- C.
Nasal cavity
- D.
None of these
- 16.To describe surgical removal of the breast you should use this word part:
- A.
Mamm/o
- B.
Mast/o
- C.
Gram
- D.
Ostomy
- 17.The word part that means instruement for viewing is:
- A.
-scope
- B.
-scopy
- C.
-meter
- 18.The word part that means swallowing is :
- A.
Phagia
- B.
Poly
- C.
Hyper
- 19.This word part means vomiting:
- A.
Malacia
- B.
-phasia
- C.
-emesis
- D.
None of these
- 20.The word part meaning excessive discharge is:
- A.
Hydro
- B.
-rrhea
- C.
Rrhagia
- 21.The word part that means hardening is:
- A.
Athero
- B.
Arterio
- C.
-sclerosis
- D.
Scleroderma
- 22.The suffix -penia means:
- A.
Abnormal reduction in number
- B.
Breathing
- C.
Excessive discharge
- 23.The word part -itis means:
- A.
Condition of
- B.
Disease
- C.
Inflammation
- D.
None of the above
- 24.The word part lith/o means:
- A.
Lithium
- B.
Stone
- C.
Crushing
- D.
None of these
- 25.The word part -dynia means:
- A.
Swelling
- B.
Hernia
- C.
Swallowing
- D.
Pain
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