Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____	1.	Which suffix means decrease, deficiency?
a.	-rrhea	
b.	-rrhage	
c.	-rrhexis	
d.	-penia	
e.	-iasis	

____	2.	What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a.	mouth	
b.	intestine	
c.	stomach	
d.	liver	
e.	bladder	

____	3.	To build a medical word, use a CF before a suffix that begins with a:
a.	prefix.	
b.	suffix.	
c.	vowel.	
d.	consonant.	
e.	letter "o."	

____	4.	Which word element is a word root?
a.	hepat	
b.	hepato	
c.	hepatom	
d.	-megaly	
e.	hepatomegaly	

____	5.	A CF is a word root plus a:
a.	prefix.	
b.	vowel.	
c.	suffix.	
d.	word root.	
e.	consonant.	

____	6.	Which word element is an adjective suffix?
a.	-oma	
b.	-penia	
c.	-itis	
d.	-ic	
e.	-ia	

____	7.	Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?
a.	Word root	
b.	Suffix	
c.	Combining vowel	
d.	Prefix	
e.	Combining form	

____	8.	What does the word root usually indicate?
a.	Position	
b.	Number	
c.	Condition	
d.	Body part	
e.	Procedure	

____	9.	What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a.	before	
b.	after	
c.	death	
d.	life	
e.	beyond	

____	10.	Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word, arthr/o is a:
a.	prefix.	
b.	suffix.	
c.	word root.	
d.	combining vowel.	
e.	combining form.	

____	11.	A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a.	adjective.	
b.	verb.	
c.	combining form.	
d.	compound word.	
e.	suffix.	

____	12.	Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?
a.	gastr/itis	
b.	gastr/o/dynia	
c.	gastr/o/esophag/itis	
d.	gastr/o/megaly	
e.	gastr/oma	

____	13.	Which word is built correctly?
a.	my/algia	
b.	nephr/dynia	
c.	aden/o/oid	
d.	gastr/plasty	
e.	py/rrhea	

____	14.	The suffix -itis means:
a.	pain.	
b.	blood.	
c.	excision.	
d.	rupture.	
e.	inflammation.	

____	15.	Which word contains a prefix?
a.	hyperthermia	
b.	gastric	
c.	thermometer	
d.	nephritis	
e.	cardiac	

____	16.	The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:
a.	word root.	
b.	combining form.	
c.	suffix.	
d.	combining vowel.	
e.	consonant.	

____	17.	Vowels marked with a macron (-) indicate a:
a.	short sound.	
b.	stress.	
c.	silent letter.	
d.	long sound.	
e.	diphthong.	

____	18.	Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a:
a.	suffix that begins with a consonant.	
b.	simple word.	
c.	compound word.	
d.	medical word containing a prefix.	
e.	word with only one word element.	

____	19.	The oe in roentgen is pronounced:
a.	?7e.	
b.	oy.	
c.	?5u.	
d.	ō.	
e.	ā.	

____	20.	In medical terms, ch (as in cholera) is pronounced:
a.	"chal."	
b.	"cha."	
c.	"k."	
d.	"aitch."	
e.	"cee."	

____	21.	To make words ending in y plural:
a.	retain the y and add es.	
b.	drop the y and add es.	
c.	drop the y and add i.	
d.	retain the y and add s.	
e.	drop the y and add ies.	

____	22.	The plural form of diagnosis is:
a.	diagnose.	
b.	diagnostic.	
c.	diagnosia.	
d.	diagnoses.	
e.	diagnosticians.	

____	23.	What does the suffix -ior mean?
a.	small	
b.	specialist	
c.	condition	
d.	pertaining to	
e.	treatment	

____	24.	What is the plural form of appendix?
a.	appendamata	
b.	appendises	
c.	appendices	
d.	appendae	
e.	appendia	

____	25.	What is the adjective form of axilla?
a.	axillar	
b.	axillary	
c.	axilliac	
d.	axillae	
e.	axillic	

____	26.	What is the plural form of radius?
a.	radii	
b.	radium	
c.	radiae	
d.	radious	
e.	radial	

____	27.	What is the plural form of nucleus?
a.	nuclear	
b.	nucleolus	
c.	nuclei	
d.	nucleic	
e.	nucleii	

____	28.	Which words means surgical fracture of a bone?
a.	oste/o/malacia	
b.	oste/o/blast	
c.	oste/o/clasis	
d.	oste/o/gen	
e.	oste/o/metry	

____	29.	Which word means rupture of an artery?
a.	arthritis	
b.	arthrodynia	
c.	arteriorrhexis	
d.	arthrodesis	
e.	arthralgia	

____	30.	Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a.	pelviscope	
b.	pelvimetry	
c.	pelvitomer	
d.	pelvimeter	
e.	pelvometer	

____	31.	In the term chol/e/lith/iasis, the element lith is a:
a.	combining form.	
b.	suffix.	
c.	prefix.	
d.	combining vowel.	
e.	word root.	

____	32.	Which term means pain in a nerve?
a.	neuroblast	
b.	neuralgia	
c.	neuroclonic	
d.	neuroglia	
e.	neurogenic	

____	33.	What does the suffix -edema mean?
a.	vomiting	
b.	softening	
c.	condition	
d.	swelling	
e.	tumor	

____	34.	Which suffix means pain?
a.	-algia	
b.	-emesis	
c.	-plasia	
d.	-ectasis	
e.	-poiesis	

____	35.	What does the term gastritis mean?
a.	excision of the stomach	
b.	pain in the stomach	
c.	hemorrhage of the stomach	
d.	inflammation of the stomach	
e.	incision of the stomach	

____	36.	Which word means double vision?
a.	bivisual	
b.	divisual	
c.	monopia	
d.	diplopia	
e.	bilateral	

____	37.	Which prefix means around?
a.	trans-	
b.	dia-	
c.	supra-	
d.	circum-	
e.	esto-	

____	38.	The prefix dia- means:
a.	away from.	
b.	within.	
c.	wide.	
d.	against.	
e.	through, across.	

____	39.	What is the term that means without a breast?
a.	amastia	
b.	dysmastia	
c.	eumastia	
d.	hemimastia	
e.	supermastia	

____	40.	The prefix hypo- means:
a.	excessive.	
b.	below.	
c.	slow.	
d.	between.	
e.	above.	

____	41.	Which term means first pregnancy?
a.	multigravida	
b.	primigravida	
c.	polygravida	
d.	agravida	
e.	homogravida	

____	42.	The prefix homo- means:
a.	against.	
b.	good.	
c.	all.	
d.	same.	
e.	union.	

____	43.	Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another part of the body in the same person?
a.	xen/o/graft	
b.	allo/graft	
c.	homo/graft	
d.	auto/graft	
e.	heter/o/graft	

____	44.	What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar, post/nat/al, and macro/cyte?
a.	Combining form	
b.	Word root	
c.	Compound element	
d.	Suffix	
e.	Prefix	

____	45.	Which term is an adjective?
a.	cardial	
b.	bile	
c.	lung	
d.	tooth	
e.	kidney	

____	46.	The plural form of calcaneum is:
a.	calcaniae.	
b.	calcaneus.	
c.	calcaneal.	
d.	calcanea.	
e.	calcania.	

____	47.	To make words ending in is plural:
a.	drop is and add es.	
b.	drop is and add ex.	
c.	drop is and add ices.	
d.	drop is and add a.	
e.	retain is and add es.	

____	48.	Which term means enlargement of the liver?
a.	hepatorrhexis	
b.	hepatosis	
c.	hepatoma	
d.	hepatomegaly	
e.	hepatomalacia	

____	49.	What is the plural form of bacterium?
a.	bacteria	
b.	bacteries	
c.	bacteriae	
d.	bacterion	
e.	bacteriae	

____	50.	Which terms is an adjective?
a.	ganglia	
b.	lumina	
c.	pleural	
d.	appendix	
e.	colon	

____	51.	A herniation or swelling of the liver is called:
a.	hepatomegaly.	
b.	hepatodynia.	
c.	hepatomalacia.	
d.	hepatosis.	
e.	hepatocele.	

____	52.	The word mucous is a(n):
a.	adjective.	
b.	adverb.	
c.	noun.	
d.	plural form.	
e.	singular form.	

____	53.	The plural form of lumen is:
a.	lumena.	
b.	lumenae.	
c.	luminata.	
d.	lumina.	
e.	luminal.	

____	54.	The plural form of bursa is:
a.	bursi.	
b.	bursium.	
c.	bursices.	
d.	bursae.	
e.	bursal.	

____	55.	Which term is a noun?
a.	cutaneous	
b.	acoustic	
c.	hypodermic	
d.	pulmonary	
e.	rectum	

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____	56.	Compound words may consist of two or more word roots.

____	57.	A word root + o results in a combining form.

____	58.	The plural form of thrombus is thrombi.

____	59.	The suffixes -ary, -ical, -ic, and -eal mean pertaining to.

____	60.	The prefix diplo- means three.

____	61.	The term proximal refers to farthest from the point of attachment.

____	62.	The eyes are inferior to the nose.

____	63.	The legs are inferior to the waist.

____	64.	The term gastrodynia means excision of the stomach.

____	65.	The terms anterior and ventral both refer to the front of the body.

Matching

Match the word elements with their meanings.
a.	-algia	k.	-osis	
b.	-cele	l.	-pathy	
c.	-centesis	m.	-scope	
d.	-clasis	n.	circum-, peri-	
e.	-edema	o.	dys-	
f.	-ectomy	p.	macro-	
g.	-emesis	q.	pre-, pro-	
h.	-emia	r.	primi-	
i.	-graph	s.	retro-	
j.	-itis	t.	super-	

____	66.	excision, removal

____	67.	vomiting

____	68.	inflammation

____	69.	instrument for examining

____	70.	surgical puncture

____	71.	disease

____	72.	swelling

____	73.	abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

____	74.	blood

____	75.	hernia, swelling

____	76.	instrument for recording

____	77.	to break; surgical fracture

____	78.	pain

____	79.	around

____	80.	before, in front

____	81.	backward, behind

____	82.	first

____	83.	upper, above

____	84.	large

____	85.	bad, painful, difficult

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
a.	appendectomy	k.	hemophobia	
b.	arteriostenosis	l.	hyperemesis	
c.	arthrocentesis	m.	lithotripsy	
d.	cardiomegaly	n.	lymphedema	
e.	chondromalacia	o.	mastopexy	
f.	electrocardiogram	p.	myopathy	
g.	gastritis	q.	neuroma	
h.	gastroscope	r.	osteotome	
i.	hemiplegia	s.	rhinoplasty	
j.	hemorrhage	t.	tracheostomy	

____	86.	fixation of the breast

____	87.	crushing a stone or calculus

____	88.	forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea

____	89.	narrowing or stricture of an artery

____	90.	enlargement of the heart

____	91.	excision of the appendix

____	92.	softening of cartilage

____	93.	surgical puncture of a joint

____	94.	disease of muscle

____	95.	tumor composed of nerve cells

____	96.	fear of blood

____	97.	inflammation of the stomach

____	98.	instrument to examine the stomach

____	99.	instrument to cut bone

____	100.	record of electrical activity of the heart

____	101.	bursting forth of blood

____	102.	excessive or above-normal vomiting

____	103.	swelling of lymph tissue

____	104.	paralysis of one side of the body

____	105.	surgical repair of the nose

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
a.	anesthesia	k.	neuralgia	
b.	cyanosis	l.	pelvimeter	
c.	diarrhea	m.	periodontal	
d.	diplopia	n.	postnatal	
e.	dystrophy	o.	prenatal	
f.	endocrine	p.	primigravida	
g.	homograft	q.	retroversion	
h.	hypodermic	r.	superior	
i.	macrocyte	s.	thrombolysis	
j.	microscope	t.	transvaginal	

____	106.	Discharge or flow of fecal matter from the bowel

____	107.	Bad development or nourishment

____	108.	Pain of a nerve

____	109.	Transplantation of same (tissue from one person to another person)

____	110.	Abnormally large cell (usually erythrocyte)

____	111.	Instrument for measuring the pelvis

____	112.	Separation, destruction, or loosening of a blood clot

____	113.	Abnormal condition of blue

____	114.	Under the skin

____	115.	Around a tooth

____	116.	Period after birth

____	117.	Secrete within

____	118.	Woman during her first pregnancy

____	119.	Instrument for examining minute objects

____	120.	Without feeling

____	121.	Pertaining to across the vagina

____	122.	Pertaining to upper or above (toward the upper portion of) a structure.

____	123.	Turning backward (tipping back of an organ) from its normal position

____	124.	Period before birth

____	125.	Double vision

Chapter 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building
Answer Section

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