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Express: A Short-Course Approach by
Body System 3rd Edition

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Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language



MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. The main body of a word is called a:
a. suffix.
b. word root.
c. combining vowel.
d. combining form.

ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms


2. Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structures of the body.

ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms


3. When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word follows the prefix to
suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.

ANS: C REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes


4. A combining vowel is used:
a. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
b. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
c. when there is no prefix.
d. when there is a prefix.

ANS: A REF: p. 5 TOP: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms


5. Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda

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ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms


6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.

ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms


7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.
c. i.
d. e.
ANS: A REF: p. 3 TOPD:isC oumtiobninoif nthgisW
trib doo
curdmePnat ristsillteogaW
l rite Terms


a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix

ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes


11. Learning the meanings of word parts:
a. is not important as long as every word is memorized.
b. is one of the most difficult tasks to master in health care.
c. should be done only if time allows.
d. eliminates the necessity of memorizing each new word encountered.

ANS: D REF: p. 5 TOP: Word Parts


12. Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Green began around the year:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.

ANS: A REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms


13. Latin and Green combined are the origin of what percentage of medical terms?
a. 40 %

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b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %

ANS: D REF: p. 1 TOP: Simplifying Medical Terms


14. The suffix “-itis” means:
a. excision.
b. inflammation.
c. reverse.
d. repair.

ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes


15. A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. Combining vowels
d. Word roots

ANS: D REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Parts


16. Eponyms are:
a. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a person.
b. diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.

ANS: B REF: p. 8 TOP: Proper Names


17. MD stands for:
a. modern doctor.
b. medical dentistry.
c. doctor of medicineD.
d. medical derivative.

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