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MED TERM CSULBWhen reading an unfamiliar medical term, the first step in analyzing the term is to: - correct answer divide the term into its word parts Which of the following statements regarding combining vowels is true? - correct answer A combining vowel is placed between two word roots. T or F: A combining form consists of a word root and combining vowel. - correct answer True T or F: Suffixes are placed before a word root. - correct answer False T or F: All medical terms must hav...

NURS 300 Midterm Quizzes - Questions and Answers Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages? Greek and Latin A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is an acronym A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is an eponym The word part that contains the fu...

A _____ is placed at the beginning of a word and consists of one or more syllables. Ans- Prefix A ________ is placed at the end of a word. Ans- Suffix A ________________ is the central part of the word and the foundation or essential meaning of the word Ans- Root A ________________ of the root word is a root with a combining vowel. Ans- Combining form The purpose of a combining form of a root word is to make the resulting word __________________. Ans- Easier to pronounce The pref...

-ectomy - surgical removal -megaly - means enlarged -gram - record or picture -pathy - diseae dys- - abnormal, difficult, or painful Combining vowel - root-o-suffix OR root-o-root not placed b/t prefix and root Consonant - uses combining vowel vowel - combining vowel isnt necessary Combining forms for body organ - Cephal/o Rhin/o Hepat/o Cardi/o Gastr/o My/o Oste/o Arthr/o -algia - pain Gastr-algia - stomach pain -asthenia - weakness my-asthenia - m...

A combining form is a word root plus - ANSWER-a vowel in medical word building, combining forms are used with suffixes that begin with - ANSWER-a consonant the word root usually indicates - ANSWER-body part in the term "hypogastric" the prefix is - ANSWER-hypo which of the ofllowing statements regarding compound words is false - ANSWER-they have only one word element and a suffix a word root is usually derived from the Greek or Latin language T/F - ANSWER-true the "element" at the en...

TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SHORT COURSE 9TH EDITION | REAL SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE ALREADY PASSED lOMoAR cPSD| Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure Chabner: Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A combining form is the: a. word ending b. root plus combining vowel c. prefix d. prefix plus combining vowel e. root plus suffix ANS: B 2. The combining form meaning <joint= is: a. aden/o b. -itis c. -algia d. arthr/o e. o...

A medical assistant is reviewing the list of medications a patient reports they are currently taking. The assistant should recognize that which the following medications is available in sublingual form - PRECISE ANSWER Nitroglycerin A medical assistant has orders to collect blood cultures, a CBC, a prothrombin time (PT), and an iron panel. They forget to draw for the PT. Which of the following actions should the assistant take? - PRECISE ANSWER Keep the specimens previously collected and dr...

MED TERM CSULBWhen reading an unfamiliar medical term, the first step in analyzing the term is to: - correct answer divide the term into its word parts Which of the following statements regarding combining vowels is true? - correct answer A combining vowel is placed between two word roots. T or F: A combining form consists of a word root and combining vowel. - correct answer True T or F: Suffixes are placed before a word root. - correct answer False T or F: All medical terms must hav...

WVU EXPH-240 Unit 1 Vocabulary Root - answerthe foundation or subject of the term prefixes - answerterm beginnings that modify the term root suffixes - answerterm endings that give essential meaning to the root combining form - answera word root plus a combining vowel lip - answerfat hydr/o, lip/o - answerfat -emia - answerblood condition protein - answerprotein combining vowel - answera vowel used to link two roots and provides easier pronunciation angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o - answervess...

The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the: - root word "stem word" In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: - word root or stem word The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n): - prefix In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: - suffix The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the: - suffix The most common combining vowel is: - 'o' In the d...