Introduction to Medical Terminology Lesson

Multiple Choice

A vertebra is a bone in the spine. What is the plural of vertebra?

•  vertebras

• vertebri

• vertebrae

Multiple Choice

Intra- means between or among. T/F

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Losing a large amount of blood in a short time is a:

• hemorage

• hemorrhage

• hemorhage

Multiple Choice

The ilium is part of the hip bone, and the ileum is part of the small intestine. T/F

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which prefix means excessive or increased?

• dys-

• hypo-

• hyper-

Multiple Choice

Which prefix means deficient or decreased?

• hyper-

• hypo-

• sub-

Multiple Choice

Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel?

• -algia

• -otomy

• -rrhexis

Multiple Choice

In the term endarterial, which part is the suffix?

• -al

• arteri

• end-

Multiple Choice

Which term means any disease of the stomach?

• gastralgia

• gastritis

• gastrosis

Multiple Choice

Which suffix means pain or suffering?

• -algia

• -itis

• -osis

Multiple Choice

Which term means abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries?

• arteriomalacia

• arterionecrosis

• arteriosclerosis

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The term meaning inflammation of the nose is _______________________. (rhin/o means nose.)

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The medical term meaning inflammation of the stomach and small intestine is _______________________.

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The medical term meaning abnormal enlargement of the liver is _______________________.

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The surgical removal of a joint is a/an _______________________. (arthr/o means joint.)

Multiple Choice

Which suffix means surgical repair?

• -plasty
• -ectomy

• -otomy

Multiple Choice

Abdominocentesis is the visual examination of the interior of the abdominal cavity.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which suffix is most often used to describe sudden severe bleeding?

• -rrhage

• -rrhexis

• -rrhaphy

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The medical term meaning excessive bleeding is _______________________.

Drag and Drop

The term ​

Placeholder

means between, but not within, the parts of a tissue.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

interstitial

intramuscular

endarterial

Multiple Choice

In the term otorhinolaryngology, which word root (combining form) means ear?

• laryng/o

• ot/o

• rhin/o

Multiple Choice

The term arteriosclerosis means the tissue death of an artery or arteries.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The suffix -ostomy refers to the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which term is a groove or cracklike sore of the skin?

• fistula

• lesion

• fissure

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A surgical incision into a nerve is a/an _______________________. (neur/o means nerve.)

Multiple Choice

What condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?

• infection

• inflammation

• laceration

Multiple Choice

Which term means any disease caused by a fungus?

• mycosis

• myelitis

• myositis

Multiple Choice

The term meaning any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow is __________.

• myelopathy

• myopathy

• myotomy

Multiple Choice

Pyoderma is discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which term is a pounding or racing heart?

• palpation

• palpitation

• hypertension

Multiple Choice

Which term means discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus?

• pyrosis

• cyanosis

• neuritis

Multiple Choice

Which term means rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is upward?

• supination

• supplication

• suppuration

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct spelling of the term meaning wound or injury?

• thrauma

• trauma

• trawma

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Screening of patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place of medical treatment is called _______________________.

Multiple Choice

Which term means the rupture of a muscle?

• poliomyelitis

• myorrhexis

• gastralgia

Multiple Choice

Which suffix means to rupture?

• -rrhaphy

• -rrhea

• -rrhexis

Multiple Choice

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?

• acronym

• eponym

• syndrome

Multiple Choice

Pain, which can be observed only by the patient, is a _______________.

• prognosis

• sign

• symptom

Multiple Choice

A/An __________ is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.

• acute

• remission

• chronic

Multiple Choice

Which term means the rupture of a muscle?

• myoplasty

• myorrhaphy

• myorrhexis

Multiple Choice

Which term describes a word that is formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term?

• eponym

• acronym

• sign

Multiple Choice

Which term describes a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease?

• diagnosis

• prognosis

• syndrome

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The term meaning lower than normal blood pressure is _______________________.

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The bones of the fingers and toes are called _______________________.

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Objective evidence of disease is called a/an _______________________ and can be evaluated by the patient or others.

Multiple Choice

A fistula is an abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which term describes swelling caused by excess fluids in the body tissue?

• edema

• diarrhea

• fistula

Multiple Choice

What is the correct spelling of the term that means pertaining to a virus?

• virile

• virial

• viral

Multiple Choice

Which term means a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder?

• differential diagnosis

• prognosis

• symptom

Match

Match term with the correct definition.

• appendectomy

• arthralgia

• cyanosis

• gastralgia

• tonsillitis

surgical removal of the appendix

joint pain

blue discoloration of the skin

pain in the stomach

inflammation of the tonsils

• surgical removal of the appendix

• joint pain

• blue discoloration of the skin

• pain in the stomach

• inflammation of the tonsils