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TEST BANK for Medical Terminology Simplified 6th Edition A Programmed Learning Approach by Body System by Barbara Gylys & Regina Masters. ISBN 7168. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Pr ogrammed Learning and Medical Word Building 2. Body Structure 3. Integumentary System 4. Respiratory System 5...

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,Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
A. -rrhea
B. -rrhage
C. -rrhexis
D. -penia
E. -iasis

2. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
A. mouth
B. intestine
C. stomach
D. liver
E. bladder

3. To build a medical word, use a combining form (CF) to link a suffix that begins with a(n):
A. “a.”
B. “o.”
C. vowel.
D. consonant.
E. “e.”

4. Which word element is a word root?
A. hepat-
B. hepato-
C. hepatom-
D. -megaly
E. hepatomegaly

5. A CF is a word root plus a:
A. prefix.
B. vowel.
C. suffix.
D. word root.
E. consonant.

6. Which word element is an adjective suffix?
A. -oma

, B. -penia
C. -itis
D. -ic
E. -ia
7. Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
A. word root
B. suffix
C. combining vowel
D. prefix
E. combining form

8. What does the word root usually indicate?
A. position
B. number
C. condition
D. body part
E. procedure

9. What does the prefix in post-mortem mean?
A. before
B. after
C. death
D. life
E. beyond

10. Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
A. prefix.
B. suffix.
C. word root.
D. combining vowel.
E. combining form.

11. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
A. adjective.
B. verb.
C. combining form.
D. compound word.
E. suffix.

12. Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
A. gastr/itis
B. gastr/o/dynia
C. gastr/o/esophag/itis
D. gastr/o/megaly
E. gastr/oma

13. Which word is built correctly?
A. my/algia

, B. nephr/dynia
C. aden/o/oid
D. gastr/plasty
E. py/rrhea
14. The suffix -itis means:
A. pain.
B. blood.
C. excision.
D. rupture.
E. inflammation.

15. Which word contains a prefix?
A. hyperthermia
B. gastric
C. thermometer
D. nephritis
E. cardiac

16. The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
A. word root.
B. combining form.
C. suffix.
D. combining vowel.
E. consonant.

17. Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
A. short sound.
B. stress.
C. silent letter.
D. long sound.
E. diphthong.

18. Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a:
A. suffix that begins with a consonant.
B. simple word.
C. compound word.
D. medical word containing a prefix.
E. word with only one word element.

19. The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
A. e.
B. oy.
C. u.
D. o.
E. a.

20. In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
A. “chal.”

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