Chapter 1

Question 1

True or false: Word roots ALWAYS indicate the part of the body involved.

Answer 1

False- this is not always the case

Question 2

Are Suffixes found:

a. above the word
b. below the word
c. before the word
d. at the end of the word

Answer 2

d. at the end of the word

Question 3

True or False: Spelling is always important, as a single error in spelling can change the whole meaning of a word.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Tonsillitis is known as:

a. inflammation of the tonsils
b. removal of the tonsils
c. repair of the tonsils
d. bleeding of the tonsils

Answer 4

a. inflammation of the tonsils

Question 5

True or false: The root -gastr/o means referring to the stomach.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The suffix that means “surgical repair” is:

a. neur/o
b. -plasty
c. -rrhaphy
d. -cyte

Answer 6

b. -plasty

Question 7

The suffix that means “ tissue death”

a. -megaly
b. -malacia
c. -necrosis
d. -stenosis

Answer 7

c. -necrosis

Question 8

True or False: arteri/o means vein.

Answer 8

False- means artery

Question 9

True or false: a fissure is a groove or crack like sore of the skin, and also describes the normal folds in the contours of the brain.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or false: The difference between a laceration and a lesion is that a laceration is a torn or jagged wound or accidental cut while a lesion is pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury.

Answer 10

True