Medical Terminology Test 1

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According to the segment, a source may be out of date if it is more than how many years old?

5 years

The Annual Review of Public Health is which of the following?

A Medical Journal

Favor for a view of idea is known as which of the following?

Bias

Which type of source may be changed flippantly by someone who is ignorant or biased?

Crowd Sources Sites

Affix

Element placed at the beginning or end of a root to modify its meaning; include prefixes and suffixes

Bias

Favor for a view or idea

Suffix

Follows a root; cannot exist without the root; may or may not be included in a word; may be more than one word

According to the segment, which of the following is a red flag indicating a source should NOT be trusted?

Frequent typographical errors

Which of the following are an online sources the segment suggests as trustworthy?

Government websites

According to the segment, medical terms are often based on which languages?

Greek & Latin

How are medical and dental dictionaries typically organized?

In alphabetical order

Flippant

Lacking seriousness or respectfulness

Combining Form

Letter or two added to join a rot to another root or affix

Root

Main part of a word; most critical to understand; can stand alone; all words contain at least one; cannot be more than two in a word (in English)

A part of a word, such as a root or affix, is known as which of the following?

Morpheme

The study of the structure and form of words in a language is known as which of the following?

Morphology

Which government agency is one of the world's foremost medical research centers?

National Institutes of Health

Morphemes

Parts words are made of; include roots, prefixes and suffixes

Prefix

Precedes a root; cannot exist without the root; may or may not be included in a word; may be more than one in a word

In the word "neuroblastoma," the part "neuro" is considered which of the following?

Prefix

Which part of a word is most critical to understand?

Root

Morphology

Study of the structure and form of words in a language

Which of the following are affixes which follow roots?

Suffix

Which of the following is NOT true regarding medical journals?

They contain articles written by patients

Which is the most common type of combining form?

Vowels


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