Medical Term Ch. 3-4 Prefixes and Body Structure

Febrile means: a. weak. b. feverish. c. healthy. d. feeble. e. tepid.

B

Quadriplegia refers to paralysis of: a. one extremity. b. four extremities. c. both legs. d. upper extremities only. e. two extremities.

B

The medical term bradycardia means: a. irregular heartbeat. b. slow heartbeat. c. normal heartbeat. d. intensified heartbeat. e. rapid heartbeat.

B

The medical term peritonsillar means: a. beneath the tonsils. b. around the tonsils. c. above the tonsils. d. to the side of a tonsil. e. inside a tonsil.

B

Which term means pertaining to under the skin? a. Subungual b. Hypodermic c. Epidermis d. Hyperdermic e. Antecubital

B

The CF idi/o means: a. cause. b. near, nearest. c. unknown, peculiar. d. shape. e. disease.

C

Which body cavity contains the lungs? a. Abdominopelvic b. Cranial c. Thoracic d. Spinal e. Dorsal

C

Which imaging procedure is a noninvasive technique that uses radio waves to produce highly detailed, multiplanar images of soft tissue? a. Computed tomography b. X-ray c. Magnetic resonance imaging d. Positron emission tomography e. Ultrasound

C

Which plane divides the body into right and left halves? a. Coronal b. Lateral c. Midsagittal d. Frontal e. Horizontal

C

Use cyan/o to build a word that means abnormal condition of blue(ness):

Cyanosis

Which prefix means around? a. Trans- b. Dia- c. Supra- d. Circum- e. Esto-

D

Which term means double vision? a. Bivisual b. Divisual c. Monopia d. Diplopia e. Bilateral

D

Which prefix means rapid? a. Brady- b. Supra- c. Eeu- d. Contra- e. Tachy-

E

Which term means fear of many things? a. Photophobia b. Quadriphobia c. Macrophobia d. Superphobic e. Polyphobia

E

Use path/o to build a word that means specialist in the study of diseases:

Pathologist

Anti- in the word antibacterial means: a. against. b. around. c. beneath. d. deficient. e. same.

A

The combining form (CF) cyt/o means: a. cell. b. organ. c. system. d. organism. e. tissue.

A