Medical Terminology Lesson 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the smallest (stable) unit of matter?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

Multiple Choice

The thoracic cavity, which contains organs like the heart and lungs, is a part of the ________ cavity.

• Dorsal

• Ventral

Multiple Choice

Your heart is ____ to your left shoulder.

• medial

• lateral

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is spelled correctly?

• gastroenteritis

• gastrenteritis

Multiple Choice

Prefixes come _____ the root, while suffixes come ______.

• after, before

• before, after

Multiple Choice

Gastroscope

What is the root?

• Gastr

• O

• scope

Multiple Choice

Gastroenteritis

What is the suffix?

• Gastro

• enter

• itis

Multiple Choice

Transgastric

What is the prefix?

• Trans

• gastr

• ic

Multiple Select

Which of the following suffixes means "pertaining to?"

• -ac

• -al

• -ary

• -ical

• -ile

Multiple Select

Which of the following words are plural?

• diagnosis

• diagnoses

• bacteria

• bacterium

• Kabsa

Multiple Choice

What is nephrology?

• The study of the brain

• The study of the kidneys

• A disease of the brain

• A disease of the kidneys

• Kabsa

Multiple Choice

Air in the pleural cavity

+Suffix: thorax-chest

+Root/CF: pneum/o-air/lung

• Perinatal

• Respiratory

• Postnatal

• Pneumothorax

Multiple Choice

Pertaining to the lack of blood supply to tissue

+Root: isch-to block

+Suffix: emic-pertaining to a condition of the blood

=

Diagnostic

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Study of diseases or  disorders of the lungs

+Suffix: logy-Study of

+Root/Combining Form: pulmon/o-Lung

• Cardiologist

• Cardiomyopathy

• Pulmonology

• Cardiology

Multiple Choice

Suffering from high blood pressure

• +Suffix: ive-pertaining to

• +Root: tens-pressure

• +Prefix: hyper-excessive

• Myocardial

• Hypertensive

• Diagnostic

• Unilateral

Multiple Choice

Occurring BEFORE the expected time

+Prefix: pre-Before

+Root: mature-fully developed

• Prenatal

• Postnatal

• Pulmonary

• Premature

Multiple Choice

An area of cell death resulting from blockage of its blood supply

+Prefix: in-in

+Root: farct-area of dead tissue

• Infarction

• Diagnose

• Ischemic

• Infarct