Self Test 1: Basics of Medical Terminology

"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath? Hippocratic Oath Declaration of Geneva Galenian Oath Celsus Oath

Hippocratic Oath

The term "Prognosis" means:

before knowledge

The most common combining vowel is: 'o' 'u' 'i' 'e

'o'

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 symptoms of a condition body positions or planes of reference none of the above

action taken, condition, or state

An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n): fibroma carcinoma neoplasm sarcoma

carcinoma

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" prefix suffix

combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"

The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as: conveying toward the center conveying away from the center conveying both away from and toward the center none of the above

conveying toward the center

The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is: star-like tumor crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths" worm-like tumor "invades with worm-like linear growths none of the above

crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths"

Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ . distinction of the object from something else name an object all of the above none of the above

distinction of the object from something else

If a tumor is found to be benign, it is: terminal encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive fast growing and limited in size nonencapsulated, fast growing, and small

encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive

The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:

eti/o

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n): fibrochondroma melanoma neochondroma neoplasm

fibrochondroma

The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to: death and dying an infection or disease a painful condition formation, growth or development

formation, growth or development

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

fracturing

The term "hyperplasia" means: to begin development to stop development decrease in development increase in development

increase in development

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

Cancers of the circulatory system include: capsulomas and neuromas neuromas and lymphomas leukemia and lymphomas all of the above

leukemia and lymphomas

A fatty tumor is called a(n) : lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma neuroma adenoma leukemia

lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma

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 abdominal cavity contains the:

liver

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

melano/carcin/oma

The prefix that means "change or after" is: proto- anti- meta- epi-

meta

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

muscle

The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is: protoplasm neonatal neoplasm cytoplasm

neoplasm

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

path/o/logy

The study of disease is referred to as: oncology pathology immunology physiology

pathology

The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um. to tear away from without or lack of pertains to related to a condition or disease

pertains to

In the divided medial 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 none of the above

prefix

The term "Surgery" literally means: to cut procedure of working with instruments procedure of working by hand to record measurements

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 none of the above

procedure using an instrument to record something

The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the: prefix vowel suffix root word "stem word"

root word "stem word"

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

stasis

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

sub- and -ic

In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: word root prefix suffix none of the above

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

to spread

The term "diagnosis" means:

total knowledge

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

tumor

The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is: viscer/o- parietal cardio- ancone-

viscer/o-

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

word root and combining vowel

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

word root or stem word