Medical Terminology Quiz
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Word Roots are the
A. Main idea or structure of the term
B. Source of all evil
C. Represent the time, location, number,
D. Descriptor of the term
Physician that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases/disorders if the immune system
A. Pathologist
B. Immunologist
C. Epidemiologists
D. Pediatrician
What does “Brady-” mean?
A. Understated
B. Slow
C. Stop
D. Movement
What does “Idiopathic” mean
A. Disease of unknown cause
B. Disease of a known cause
geront
A. gum
B. stomach
C. quad
D. old age
The chest is the ________ cavity.
A. inguinal
B. abdominal
C. thoracic
D. dorsal
What is the correct breakdown of the word osteoarthritis
A. oste/o/arthr/itis
B. oste/o/arthritis
C. osteo/arthritis
D. oste-o/arthr-itis
spasm
A. surgical removal
B. joint
C. involuntary contraction
D. spacemen
Clinical term for cells in your blood that help your blood to clot
A. Thrombocyte
B. Leukocyte
C. Erythrocyte
D. white blood cell
Prefix referring to the gallbladder
A. Hepato
B. Gastro
C. Cholecyst
D. Recto
When writing a word root by itself, its combining form is used, which of the following is correct?
A. Dermat/o
B. Dermat
C. Dermat-o
D. Derma/to
Adipo- means?
A. Muscle
B. Carbohydrate
C. Protein
D. Fat
What does “-rrhea” mean?
A. Blood
B. Flow
C. Occlusion
D. Liquid
cut into
A. blephar-
B. -otomy
C. -ectomy
D. megal-
Which medical term means to the front?
A. Supine
B. Anterior
C. Lateral
D. Inferior
Removal of the spleen
A. Splenectomy
B. Nephrectomy
C. Tonsillectomy
D. gastrectomy
Term meaning without symptoms
A. Idiopathic
B. Asymptomatic
C. Prodrome
D. Pathogenic
What is the proper word the following: hypo-, -emia, glyc/o,
A. Hypoglycemia
B. Hypo-glyc/o-emia
C. Hypo–emiaglyc/o
D. Hypoeniaglcyo
Anatomical term for armpit
A. Olecranon
B. Rectum
C. thoracic
D. axilla
vessel
A. enter-
B. cardi-
C. -itis
D. angi-
-oma
A. liver
B. joint
C. enlarged
D. tumor
If some has liver disease it is called
A. hepatomegaly
B. hepatoplasty
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatology
A prefix is used to describe
A. Location, time, number, status
B. Structure, location, alignment, type
C. Procedure, purpose, location, type
D. Location, direction, alignment, status
What does the root word ‘osteo’ refer to?
A. Joints
B. Bones
C. Stomach
D. Lungs
This term refers to fat
A. glucose
B. Insuln
C. Lipid
D. Saliva
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