Ch 2 Self-Test Questions

Question 1

Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?

Answer 1

root word

Question 2

In the medical term ‘intra/ven/ous’, -ven- is the:

Answer 2

word root or stem word

Question 3

The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a:

Answer 3

prefix

Question 4

In the medical term ‘arthr/itis’, -itis is the:

Answer 4

suffix

Question 5

The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:

Answer 5

suffix

Question 6

The most common combining vowel is:

Answer 6

‘o’

Question 7

In the divided medical term ‘arthr/o/pathy’, “o” is the:

Answer 7

combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix

Question 8

In the divided medical term ‘sub/hepat/ic’, which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?

Answer 8

sub- and -ic

Question 9

The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:

Answer 9

word root and combining vowel

Question 10

In the divided medical term ‘osteopor/o/sis’, the slash lines indicate that the vowel “o” may be used as part which word parts?

Answer 10

por- and -osis

Question 11

The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning for the phrase “refers to or _______.”

Answer 11

pertains to

Question 12

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

Answer 12

action taken, condition, or state

Question 13

Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:

Answer 13

distinction of the object from something else

Question 14

Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called?

Answer 14

fracturing

Question 15

The combining form or term that literally means “internal organs: is:

Answer 15

viscer/o-

Question 16

My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:

Answer 16

muscle

Question 17

The combining from -phas- means:

Answer 17

to speak; utter

Question 18

The prefix that means “change or after” is:

Answer 18

meta-

Question 19

The suffix that means “to control or stop” is:

Answer 19

-stasis

Question 20

The medical term that means “the science of or study of body changes caused by disease” is:

Answer 20

path/o/logy

Question 21

The combining form onc/o- means:

Answer 21

tumor

Question 22

The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:

Answer 22

neoplasm

Question 23

The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:

Answer 23

crab-like tumor

Question 24

The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:

Answer 24

melano/carcin/oma

Question 25

The term ‘af/ferent’ which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:

Answer 25

conveying toward the center

Question 26

If an infection is “chronic” it is characterized by:

Answer 26

little change, slow progression, and long duration

Question 27

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:

Answer 27

fibrochondroma

Question 28

The study of disease is referred to as:

Answer 28

pathology

Question 29

The prefix of the term catabolism means:

Answer 29

down, under, against

Question 30

A fatty tumor is called a:

Answer 30

lipoma

Question 31

The term “metastasis” means:

Answer 31

to spread

Question 32

The term “diagnosis” means:

Answer 32

total knowledge

Question 33

The term “clinical” means:

Answer 33

at patient’s bedside

Question 34

The term “prognosis” means:

Answer 34

before knowledge

Question 35

The term “graphy” means:

Answer 35

procedure using an instrument to record something

Question 36

The term “stetho/scop/e” literally means:

Answer 36

instrument to examine the chest

Question 37

The term “laryngo/scop/y” literally and actually means:

Answer 37

the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box

Question 38

The term “surgery” literally means:

Answer 38

procedure of working by hand

Question 39

Ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and:

Answer 39

adjectives

Question 40

A compound term is derived from two or more:

Answer 40

word roots

Question 41

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:

Answer 41

have opposite meanings

Question 42

The word “afebrile” has a prefix which means:

Answer 42

without or not

Question 43

The word “periosteum” has a prefix which means:

Answer 43

around

Question 44

which example of the compound term “ankylosing” is fractured correctly?

Answer 44

Ankylos/ing

Question 45

In the medical term “pleurisy,” what is the meaning of its suffix?

Answer 45

Inflamed

Question 46

Which surgical suffix means “procedure or process of cutting out?”

Answer 46

-ec/tom/y

Question 47

In the medical term “cephalgia,” the combining verb form means:

Answer 47

pain

Question 48

If a patient has “ptosis” of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid:

Answer 48

drooping

Question 49

A patient that is “eurthyroid” has:

Answer 49

Normal thyroid function

Question 50

The prefix extra- means:

Answer 50

outside

Question 51

A patient with cyanosis has which skin color?

Answer 51

blue

Question 52

A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it:

Answer 52

toward their body

Question 53

A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed?

Answer 53

kidney

Question 54

A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of:

Answer 54

striated muscle

Question 55

An atrophic muscle would appear:

Answer 55

shrunken