HHSC Midterm: Chapter 1 Quiz

A specialist who would treat a patient with pneumonia is a(n):

Pulmonologist

The plural form of the word for armpit is:

axillae

Choose the term that means the structure around the heart.

pericardium

Which of the following suffixes means pertaining to? -um -ia -ary -osa -logy

-ary

What is the root for the word microcyte?

-cyte

suffixes that means record

-gram

suffix means condition

-ia

suffix refers to a doctor with a specialty practice

-ist

suffix that means disease

-pathy

Which of the following statements is true regarding a prefix? A prefix can sometimes be at the end of the word. A prefix precedes a root to change its meaning. Prefixes never appear at the beginning of a term. Every medical term has a prefix. Prefixes cannot have more than one meaning.

A prefix precedes a root to change its meaning.

Which of the following statements is true about the root of a medical term? Adding a prefix at the end of the word modifies the root of the word to give it new meaning. A medical term does not have a suffix attached to the root. A root plus a combining vowel make a combining form. The root is derived from the Chinese language. A medical term has only one root.

A root plus a combining vowel make a combining form.

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly? Cotrices Hipogastric Appendices Lumin Carcinomias

Appendices

Which is the correct medical term that means "pertaining to the axilla"? Axillae Axillas Axelial Axilial Axillary

Axillary

Which of the following words has a suffix that means the study of? Gynecologist Respiratory Arthritis Dermatology Arthroplasty

Dermatology

Which of the following words means pertaining to above the stomach? Perigastric Hypogastric Epigastric Endogastric Hypergastric

Epigastric

Choose the statement that is true of the root of a word. The root is usually "a" and "o." The root cannot be used to link two elements. Every medical term has at least one root. The elements "-ic" and "-um" are this type of element. A root will never appear at the beginning or the end of a term.

Every medical term has at least one root.

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly? Hypetension Cardimyopathy Ilia Biolateral Pneumonothorax

Ilia

Which of the following terms has a suffix that indicates action? Infarct Ischemia Cardiology Myocardium Infarction

Infarction

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly? Villies Calyxes Corpuses Ovaries Ganglias

Ovaries

Which of the following words has a prefix that means around? Hypogastric Endocardium Epigastric Hypertension Pericardium

Pericardium

Which two word elements both mean the same thing? Pulmon and respir Ia and logy Respir and thorax Pneum and pulmon Cardi and pulmon

Pneum and pulmon

Which of the following statements is NOT true of combining vowels? A combining vowel has no meaning of its own. The most commonly used combining vowel is "u" followed by "i." Examples of combining vowels are "o" and "a." A combining vowel can join a root to another root. A combining vowel makes a word easier to pronounce.

The most commonly used combining vowel is "u" followed by "i."

In the term hypotension, what is the prefix and what does the prefix mean?

The prefix is hypo and it means less than normal.

In the term gastric, what is the suffix and what does the suffix mean?

The suffix is -ic and it means pertaining to.

What is the most correct statement about the term electrocardiogram?

The term contains no prefix, two combining forms and a suffix.

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly? Lumins Diagnosos Axila Arteriea Thoraces

Thoraces

The elements in the term "cardiomyopathy" in order are:

a combining form, a combining form and a suffix.

The correct version of the combining form for heart is:

card/i

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly? Cardiomyopathy Calyxes Infarcte Ischemec Myocardeal

cardiomyopathy

The plural of the word diagnosis is:

diagnoses.

An example of the use of a prefix in a medical term is:

endocarditis.

If you wanted to document the abdominal region above the stomach, you would use the term:

epigastric

An example of a word with two combining forms is: arthroplasty. respiratory. gastroenterology. cardiology. dermatology.

gastroenterology

Which two prefixes are opposites? epi- and endo- an- and con- anti- and bi- hyper- and hypo- pre- and pro-

hyper- and hypo-

term that means condition of higher than normal blood pressure.

hypertension

Elements of a medical term are the:

individual parts of the word

The medical term macrocyte means:

large cell.

The word element -ive is an example:

of a suffix

The word element -logy is an example:

of a suffix.

The medical term intravenous means:

pertaining to the inside a vein.

Which of the following is the correct form of the root for the word pneumonia? pneumno- pneum- pneumnon- Incorrect pneumn- pne-

pneum-

term that means pertaining to after birth.

postnatal

What is the root for the medical term respiratory?

respir-

The core element of any term is its:

root.

The word element card- is an example of a:

root.

The singular form of the term that means a wall dividing two cavities is:

septum

The prefix is:

the beginning of some words.

My/o is an example of: the prefix at the beginning of some words. the vowel that joins a root to another root or to a suffix. the ending of some words. the combination of a root and a combining vowel. the foundation of the word that provides its meaning.

the combination of a root and a combining vowel.

Which of the following is true regarding a root?

A root can start a term and does not become a prefix.

Which of these terms can be applied to two different sites on the body? Prostate Gastric Natal Cervical Urethra

Cervical