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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