1. Write the meanings of the listed abbreviations (20 marks):
a. LP __________________________________________________
b. D & C _______________________________________________
c. BPH _________________________________________________
d. C/S___________________________________________________
e. PMS_________________________________________________
f. EDC_________________________________________________
g. PID__________________________________________________
h. Gyn._________________________________________________
i. OB___________________________________________________
j. LMP_________________________________________________
k. Path._________________________________________________
l. PSA__________________________________________________
m. ALS _________________________________________________
n. TUPR________________________________________________
o. CVA _________________________________________________
p. TIA___________________________________________________
q. CNS __________________________________________________
r. MS____________________________________________________
s. CSF___________________________________________________
t. AB ____________________________________________________
2. Medical Terminology – Multiple Choice (25 marks):
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
____ 1. Dark-pigmented area around the breast nipple:
a. Fimbriae
b. Amnion
c. Exenteration
d. Perineum
e. Areola
____ 2. X-ray study of the spine:
a. Electroencephalogram
b. Myelogram
c. Computed tomography
d. Angiogram
e. Mammography
____ 3. Woman who has not had any pregnancies:
a. Nulligravida
b. Multigravida
c. Primipara
d. Multipara
e. Primigravida
____ 4. Outer region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray
matter:
a. Myelin sheath
b. Meninges
c. Cerebral cortex
d. Dura mater
e. Subarachnoid space
____ 5. Benign muscle tumors in the uterus:
a. Gynecomastia
b. Fimbriae
c. Chorion
d. Fibroids
e. Gamete
____ 6. Respiratory disorder in the neonate:
a. Pyloric stenosis
b. Hydrocephalus
c. Hemolytic disease
d. Melena
e. Hyaline membrane disease
____ 7. Incision of the perineum during childbirth:
a. Episiotomy
b. Colpotomy
c. Perineoplasty
d. Laparotomy
e. Perineorrhaphy
____ 8. Adnexa uteri:
a. Fetus
b. Chorion
c. Ovaries and fallopian tubes
d. Bartholin glands
e. Vagina
____ 9. The ovum is the:
a. Female gonad
b. Female gamete
c. Embryo
d. Fertilized egg cell
e. Fetus
____ 10. Sac containing the egg cell is the :
a. Corpus luteum
b. Ovarian cyst
c. Amnion
d. Ovarian follicle
e. Placenta
____ 11. Undescended testicles:
a. Anorchism
b. Phimosis
c. Epispadias
d. Cryptorchism
e. Orchiotomy
____ 12. A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra:
a. Vas deferens
b. Bulbourethral
c. Bartholin
d. Seminal vesicle
e. Prostate
____ 13. An androgen:
a. Luteinizing hormone
b. hCG
c. Testosterone
d. Estrogen
e. Progesterone
____ 14. Non-gonococcal urethritis is most often caused by:
a. Prostatitis
b. Syphilis
c. Herpes genitalis
d. Chlamydial infection
e. Castration
____ 15. Parenchymal tissue in the testes:
a. Seminiferous tubules
b. Bulbourethral fluid
c. Vas deferens
d. Connective tissue
e. Interstitial tissue
____ 16. A spermolytic substance:
a. Produces sperm cells
b. Destroys sperm cells
c. Is used for benign prostatic hyperplasia
d. Increases potency
e. Is produced by the testes
____ 17. Congenital condition of the male urethra:
a. Varicocele
b. Phimosis
c. Circumcision
d. Hypospadias
e. Hydrocele
____ 18. Elevated portions of the cerebral cortex are called:
a. Sulci
b. Plexuses
c. Gyri
d. Ventricles
e. Glial cells
____ 19. Part of the brain that controls breathing, heartbeat, and the size of
blood vessels:
a. Cerebellum
b. Pons
c. Cauda equina
d. Medulla oblongata
e. Thalamus
____ 20. Part of the nerve cells that first receives the nervous impulse is
the:
a. Axon
b. Cell body
c. Neurilemma
d. Convolution
e. Dendrite
____ 21. Inability to speak:
a. Apraxia
b. Dysplasia
c. Aphasia
d. Aphagia
e. Ataxia
____ 22. Collection of blood within the meningeal layers:
a. Leptomeningitis
b. Cerebromalacia
c. Subdural hematoma
d. Hysrodephalus
e. Hemiparesis
____ 23. Condition of no nervous sensation:
a. Analgesia
b. Anencephaly
c. Anesthesia
d. Huntington’s disease
e. Alzheimer’s disease
____ 24. Cerebral aneurysm, thrombosis, or hemorrhage can be the cause
of:
a. Cerebrovascular accident
b. Concussion
c. Multiple sclerosis
d. Myasthenia gravis
e. Epilepsy
____ 25. Inflammation of a spinal nerve root:
a. Encephalitis
b. Meningitis
c. Blepharitis
d. Radiculitis
e. Polyneuritis
3. Give meanings of the following suffixes, prefixes, and combining
forms (20 marks):
a. radicul/o _________________________________________________
b. –esthesia _________________________________________________
c. lex/o __________________________________________________
d. –phasia ______________________________________________
e.
–sthenia _________________________________________________
f. tax/o _________________________________________________
g. zo/o___________________________________________________
h. -genesis ________________________________________________
i. crypt/o___________________________________________________
j. balan/o______________________________________________
k. gon/o ___________________________________________________
l. –arche ____________________________________________________
m. –salpinx __________________________________________________
n. colp/o ____________________________________________________
o. phor/o __________________________________________________
p. metr/o __________________________________________________
q. –tocia _______________________________________________
r. –parous __________________________________________________
s. endo- ___________________________________________________
t. nulli- ____________________________________________________