UNLOCKING MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 2ND EDITION WINGERD
Test Bank
CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Cardi is an example of which word part?
A. suffix
B. word root
C. combining form
D. prefix
2. Which medical term is spelled correctly?
A. cardiapathy
B. artarioscope
C. osteoitis
D. hepatology
3. What word parts make up the medical term arthroscopy?
A. prefix, word root, combining vowel, suffix
B. prefix, combining vowel, word root
C. prefix, word root, suffix
D. word root, combining vowel, suffix
4. Which combining form means joint?
A. ven/o
B. arter/o
C. oste/o
D. arthr/o
5. Which is a suffix that means measure?
A. -scope
B. -meter
C. -scopy
D. -logy
6. Wilm’s tumor is an example of a(n):
A. eponym
B. synonym
C. combining form
D. acronym
7. Which medical term is an example of an acronym?
A. diabetes
B. Huntington’s chorea
C. AIDS
D. appendicitis
8. What is the definition of the medical term intrahepatic?
A. under the liver
B. study of the liver
C. beyond the liver
D. pertaining to within the liver
9. Which prefix means above or excessive?
A. abB. intraC. hyperD. post10. Study of the stomach is the definition of which medical term?
A. prevenous
B. gastrology
C. osteopathy
D. hepatitis
11. Which is the medical term that means pertaining to the stomach and liver?
A. gastrohepatic
B. arteriovenous
C. osteoarthritis
D. cardiopathy
12. Which medical term has two word roots?
A. intravenous
B. subhepatic
C. osteoarthritis
D. cardiopathy
13. What is the definition of the medical term osteitis?
A. disease of the arteries
B. measure of liver function
C. study of joints
D. inflammation of the bone
14. What is the definition of the suffix -scopy?
A. pertaining to instruments
B. use of an instrument for viewing
C. an instrument used for viewing
D. study of instruments
15. What is the meaning of the prefix ab-?
A. away from
B. under
C. to follow after
D. excess
True/False
Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
16.
_______
The plural of neurosis is neuroses.
17.
_______
The combining vowel is used between a prefix and a word root to ease
pronunciation.
18.
_______
A medical term must have four parts: a prefix, a word root, a
combining vowel, and a suffix.
19.
_______
A word root is the part of a word that modifies its primary meaning.
20.
_______
In the medical term gastroscopy (gas-TROS-ko-pee), the first o sound
is short.
21.
_______
An acronym is a word created from abbreviations or the first letters of
a group of words.
22.
_______
When a medical term is constructed from word parts, its definition
usually starts with the definition of the suffix.
23.
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The suffix -ous means inflammation of.
24.
_______
Medical terminology is a language that is built mostly on Greek and
Latin word parts.
25.
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The definition of cardiology is the study of the heart.
Short Answer
Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All
answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written with a
combining vowel and a slash; for example, the combining form meaning heart
is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written with a
hyphen before the suffix; for example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All
answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written with a hyphen after
the prefix; for example, the prefix meaning two is bi-.
26. What is a prefix that means deficient?
27. In the medical term gastroscopy, what is the word root?
28. What is the medical term for pertaining to disease of the liver?
29. What does the prefix -intra mean?
30. What does the medical term hepatitis mean inflammation of the ________?
31. What is the medical term that means pertaining to below the stomach?
32. What suffix besides –ic and -ous means pertaining to?
33. What is the medical term meaning study of disease?
34. What is the plural of atrium?
35. What is the medical term for an instrument used to view joints?
Essay
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
36. What are some helpful hints for learning medical terminology?
37. Describe the steps for defining medical terms.
CHAPTER 2
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1.
The pregnant client will soon deliver a baby, head first. This presentation is known
as:
A. caudal
B. cephalic
C. distal
D. ventral
2.
In a dorsal recumbent position, the client is lying on his/her:
A. back
B. front
C. left side
D. right side
3.
If a physician ordered a lateral chest x-ray, the x-ray will be taken from which view?
A. back
B. front