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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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