Med Term: Ch. 1 Exercise Questions/Terms
Medical language allows health care professionals to be clear because:
We live in a multicultural society with variety of languages, and medical language is a way of speaking the same way about the same thing despite your native language
Indicate whether a combining vowel is necessary. Then select the correct reason for explaining why or why not. Root: nephr/o Suffix: -pathy Combining Vowel?(Yes?,No?)
Yes, Suffix begins with a consanant
Indicate whether a combining vowel is necessary. Then select the correct reason for explaining why or why not. Root: nephr/o Suffix: -logist Combining Vowel?(Yes?,No?)
Yes, Suffix begins with consonant
Indicate whether a combining vowel is necessary. Then select the correct reason for explaining why or why not. Root: nephr/o Suffix: -tomy Combining Vowel?(Yes?,No?)
Yes, suffix begins with a consanant
muscul/o
muscle (musculoskeletal, muscular)
my/o
muscle (myocardial, myalgia)
sten/o
narrowing (stenosis)
neur/o
nerve (neurology, neuralgia)
troph/o
nourishment, development (trophology, hypertrophy)
-algia
pain (myalgia)
A dead language is a language that people do not like to hear or speak anymore because it is no longer useful to a society(True or false)
true
An example of eponym is a medical term named after a famous patient who had the disease.(True or false)
true
During the scientific revolution, Latin was used as the language of scholarly discussion in order to allow people across Europe to share their knowledge more quickly despite their different native languages.(True or false)
true
Even though German was the global language of the scientific revolution, the Catholic Church forced all academics to use Latin, a language unknown to most people.(True or false)
true
Greek and Latin provide the basis of the language of medicine because Western medicine has its foundations in the Greek and Roman cultures.(True or false)
true
Latin and Greek provide an excellent basis for medical terminology because dead languages do not change.(True or false)
true
Some other sources of medical language include eponyms, acronyms, and modern languages.(True or false)
true
The first people to systematically study the human body and develop theories about health and disease were the ancient Greeks.(True or false)
true
angi/o
vessel(most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well)(angioplasty, angiectomy)
vascul/o
vessel(most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well)(vasculopathy, vasculitis)
vas/o
vessel(most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well)(vasospasm, vasectomy)
hydr/o
water (hydrophobia, dehydration
Medical language allows health care professionals to comfort patients because
All of these
Medical language allows health care professionals to communicate quickly because:
It is a quick way to speak to other health care professionals without taking the time to describe symptoms or examine findings
Which of the following is NOT a reason why medical language is necessary and useful?
Medical language allows health care professionals to intimidate their patients.
-ium
tissue, structure (pericardium)
Which is NOT a suffix used to mean "small"?
-ic
Indicate whether a combining vowel is necessary. Then select the correct reason for explaining why or why not. Root: nephr/o Suffix: -oma Combining Vowel?(Yes?,No?)
No, Suffix begins with vowel
Medical language is made up primarily, but not exclusively of words taken from two ancient languages: Greek and Latin.(True or false)
True
-malacia
abnormal softening (osteomalacia)
hemat/o
blood (hematoma)
hem/o
blood (hemorrhage)
-emia
blood condition (leukemia)
Thinking of medical language as sentences to be translated instead of words to be memorized allows one to:
break down and understand new words.
Identify and define the root in the following term. In the first drop-down box, select the root in the following term. Then, in the second drop-down box, identify the meaning of that root. pericardium
cardi, heart
Identify and define the roots in the following term. In the first set of drop-down boxes, select the first root in the following term, followed by the correct definition for that root. Then, in the second set of drop-down boxes, select the second root in the term, followed by the definition for that root. cardiopulmonary
cardio- heart, pulmon- lung
morph/o
change (morphology)
-ism
condition (autism)
-ia
condition (pneumonia)
-osis
condition (thrombosis)
-y
condition, procedure (hypertrophy)
gen/o
creation, cause (pathogenic)
necr/o
death (necrosis)
-penia
deficiency (leukopenia)
-pathy
disease (myopathy)
phag/o
eat (aphagia)
-megaly
enlargement (hepatomegaly)
A(n) ______ is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented what is being described.
eponym
Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable inpharynx.
fair
Acronyms are used to say things more quickly.(True or false)
false
MRI is an example of an eponym.(True or false)
false-correct:acronym
xen/o
foreign (xenograft)
plas/o
formation (hyperplasia)
myc/o
fungus (dermatomycosis)
scler/o
hard (scleroderma)
cardi/o
heart (cardiology, pericardium)
Which combining form would be used in medical terms pertaining to blood?
hemat/o
-cele
hernia(a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) (hydrocele)
Which of the following prefixes are opposites?
hyper-, hypo-
-itis
inflammation (arthritis)
Identify and define the suffix in the following term. In the first drop-down box, select the suffix in the following term. Then, in the second drop-down box, identify the meaning of that suffix. myocarditis
itis, inflammation
Identify and define the suffix in the following term. In the first drop-down box, select the suffix in the following term. Then, in the second drop-down box, identify the meaning of that suffix. carditis
itis, inflammation
arthr/o
joint (athroscope, arthritis)
Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in cardiovascular.
kar
hepat/o
liver (hepatology, hepatitis)
-lysis
loosen, break down (hemolysis)
pneumon/o
lung (pneumonia, pneumonitis)
pneum/o
lung (pneumotomy)
pulmon/o
lung (pulmonologist, cardiopulmonary)
Medical language is necessary and useful because:
medical professionals can communicate clearly and quickly with each other using a common language, and patients can be comforted and assured that the medical professional understands their symptoms and is in control of the diagnosis and treatment process.
-iatrics
medical science (pediatrics)
-iatry
medical science (psychiatry)
Identify and define the prefix in the following term. In the first drop-down box, select the prefix in the following term. Then, in the second drop-down box, identify the meaning of that prefix. pericardium
peri, around
-ac
pertaining to (cardiac)
-eal
pertaining to (esophageal)
-ic
pertaining to (medic)
-ar
pertaining to (muscular)
-tic
pertaining to (neurotic)
-ary
pertaining to (pulmonary)
-al
pertaining to (skeletal)
-ous
pertaining to (subcutaneous)
-iasis
presence of (lithiasis)
py/o
pus (pyorrhea, pyemia)
-oid
resembling (keloid)
dermat/o
skin (dermatology, dermatitis)
derm/o
skin (dermoscopy, dermis)
cutane/o
skin (subcutaneous)
-ole
small (arteriole)
-ule
small (pustule)
-ula
small (uvula)
-icle
small (ventricle)
enter/o
small intestine (enteropathy, dysentery)
-ist
specialist (dentist)
-iatrist
specialist in medicine of (psychiatrist)
-logist
specialist in the study of (psychologist)
gastr/o
stomach (gastrointestinal, gastritis)
orth/o
straight (orthodontist)
-logy
study of (psychology)
path/o
suffering, disease (pathology)
