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Medical Terminology Quiz


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What does the prefix ‘tachy-‘ refer to?

A. Within

B. Slow

C. Fast

D. Too high


What part of the body would thie prefix ‘gastr’ be talking about?

A. Bowel

B. stomach

C. Small intestine

D. Colon


What does “Idiopathic” mean

A. Disease of unknown cause

B. Disease of a known cause


The study of the kidneys is

A. nephropathy

B. nephrology

C. nephrologist

D. nephrostomy


lways ad an _______ to any suffix beginning with r

A. r

B. a

C. e

D. o


What does the prefix ‘intra-‘ refer to?

A. Within

B. Slow

C. Fast

D. Too high


Prefix referring to the gallbladder

A. Hepato

B. Gastro

C. Cholecyst

D. Recto


Specialized cells in your blood that help your blood to clot

A. Red blood cells

B. White blood cells

C. erythrocytes

D. Platelets


-oma

A. liver

B. joint

C. enlarged

D. tumor


A root word must have a _______ to be complete term

A. Suffix

B. Prefix

C. Another root

D. combining vowel


blephar-

A. nose

B. eyelid

C. blue fur

D. eyeball


ad lib

A. ambulate

B. freely

C. admission

D. history


What does the suffix ‘-itis’ refer to?

A. Inflammation

B. Study of

C. Forming or causing

D. Blood condition


What does “Brady-” mean?

A. Understated

B. Slow

C. Stop

D. Movement


gastro

A. gum

B. old age

C. stomach

D. sugar


Which of the following would describe this picture?

A. Erythro

B. Alb

C. Cyano

D. Hemo


If you take a medicine PO qid for 7 days how many doses is that?

A. 21

B. 14

C. 28

D. 32


If a _________ begins with a consonant, then _____ a combining vowel

A. suffix, use

B. word root, use

C. suffix, do NOT use

D. word root, do NOT use


Olecranon is the anatomical term for what body part?

A. Armpit

B. Mouth

C. Behind the knee

D. Elbow


Which cavity includes the heart and lungs?

A. Thoracic

B. Cranial

C. Abdominal

D. Retroperitoneal


The arms are ___________ to the body.

A. medial

B. superior

C. lateral

D. transverse


Electricity

A. duct/o

B. tax/o

C. electr/o

D. flex/o


Difficult swallowing is called

A. hypophagia

B. aphagia

C. dysphagia

D. tachyphagia


the suffix -logy, means

A. Study of

B. Specialist of

C. Absence of

D. Pertaining to


Which prefix means fast

A. hyper-

B. brady-

C. tachy-

D. hypo-




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