Chapter 2: The Basics of Medical Terminology

Which example of the compound term "ankylosing" is fractured correctly? ank/yl/o/sing an/ky/los/ing ankylos/ing an/kylo/sing

ankylos/ing

The term "Prognosis" means: full knowledge no knowledge after knowledge before knowledge

before knowledge

The word "periosteum" has a prefix which means around beside near under

around

The term "Clinical" means: to test in the hospital at patient's bedside none of the above

at patient's bedside

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: -action taken, condition, or state of -symptoms of a condition -body positions or planes of reference -none of the above

action taken, condition, or state

which surgical suffix means "procedure or process of cutting out?" -ec/tom/y -o/desis -oplast/y -o/pex/y

-ec/tom/y

The suffix that means "to control or stop" is: -crit -stole -cusis -stasis

-stasis

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

adjectives

A patient with cyanosis has which skin color? blue red white yellow

blue

in the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the: -combining vowel used with both the stem word and the prefix -combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix -modifier -consonant

combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix

the term 'af/ferent' which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as: -conveying toward the center -conveying away from the center -conveying both away from and toward the center -not conveying impulses

conveying toward the center

the literal meaning of the medial term carcin/oma is: star-like tumor crab-like tumor worm-like tumor non-invasive tumor

crab-like tumor

Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ . -distinction of the object from something else -the name of an object -action taken -time of day

distinction of the object from something else

the prefix of the term in catabolism means: around, about, circle away from, remove down, under, against through, excessive, in

down, under against

if a patient has "ptosis" of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid: drooping injured red swollen

drooping

a tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a: fibrochondroma melanoma neochondroma lipochondroma

fibrochondroma

Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called: -fracturing -combining terms -structuring -diagramming

fracturing

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that: differ in spelling have opposite meanings have similar meanings sound like each other

have opposite meanings

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

hippocratic

in the medical term "pleurisy", what is the meaning of its suffix? condition of inflamed many resembles

inflamed

The term "Stetho/scop/e" literally means: -instrument to examine the tonsils -instrument to examine the eye -instrument to examine the ear -instrument to examine the chest

instrument to examine the chest

a patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed? kidney lung ovary stomach

kidney

A fatty tumor is called a(n) : lipoma neuroma adenoma leukemia

lipoma

if an infection is "chronic" it is characterized by: -little change, slow progression, and long duration -rapid change, slow progression, and short duration -little change, rapid progression, and short duration -rapid change, rapid progression, and short duration

little change, slow progression, and long duration

the correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarinoma is: melano/carcin/oma mel/ano/carcin/oma melano/car/cin/oma melanocar/cinoma

melano/carcin/oma

the prefix that means "change or after" proto- anti- meta- epi-

meta-

My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: heart fiber bone muscle

muscle

the medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is: protoplasm neonatal neoplasm cytoplasm

neoplasm

A patient that is "euthyroid" has: flatulating thyroid function hyperthyrdoisim hypothyroidism normal thyroid function

normal thyroid function

the most common combining vowel is: -o -u -i -e

o

the prefix extra- means: excessive over above outside

outside

in the medical term "cephalgia," the combining verb form means: pain puncture swell to burn

pain

the medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" patho/gen/e/sis psych/ology bio/logy path/o/logy

path/o/logy

the study of diseases is referred to as: oncology pathology immunology physiology

pathology

the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning for the phrase "refers to or ___" -to tear away from -without or lack of -pertains to -related to a condition or disease

pertains to

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? osteo- and -sis osteo- and -por poro- and osis por- and -osis

por- and -osis

the word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n): -compound term -prefix -suffix -modifier

prefix

the term "surgery" literally means: to cut procedure of working with instruments procedure of working by hand to remove and organ

procedure of working by hand

the term "graphy" means: -procedure using an instrument to record something -a measurement on a graph -a recording such as a radiograph -sound waves

procedure using an instrument to record something

Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word? -prefix -vowel -suffix -root word

root word

An atrophic muscle would appear: - Enlarged - Flabby - Shrunken - Well-defined

shrunken

a patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of: bone cardiac muscle smooth muscle striated muscle

striated muscle

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

sub- and -ic

in the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: -word root -prefix -suffix -combining form

suffix

the word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the: -prefix -combining form -word root -suffix

suffix

the term "laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means: -the procedure of viewing and examining the oral cavity -the procedure of viewing and examining the bronchi -the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box -the procedure of viewing and examining the alveoli

the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box

the combining form -phas- means: to speak; utter to eat to like; affinity for to flow

to speak; utter

The term "metastasis" means: to confine or localize to heal to spread to reduce

to spread

The term "diagnosis" means: limited knowledge lack of knowledge total knowledge before knowledge

total knowledge

a patient who is adducting their arm is moving it: away from their body in circles over their head toward their body

toward their body

The combining form onc/o- means: growth gene tumor disease

tumor

John's physician told him that his disease is idiopathic. this means its cause is infectious neoplastic side effect of treatment unknown

unknown

the combining form or term that literally means "internal organs: viscero/o- chole/docho0 cardi/o- an/cone-

viscer/o-

the word "afebrile" has a prefix which means: against away from toward without or not

without or not

the combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the: -word root and suffix -word root and combining vowel -word root and prefix -prefix and suffix

word root and combining vowel

In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: prefix word root or stem word combining form suffix

word root or stem word

A compound term is derived from two or more: prefixes suffixes synonyms word roots

word roots