Chapter 1: MED 103

Five separate language skills are critical to communication. Which skill involves the processing of medial language?

• Thinking and analyzing

• Reading

• Listening

• Speaking

All of the following are TRUE about a medical record EXCEPT ________.

• it is a medicolegal record

• it contains medical documents

• it has more extensive documentation in the physician's office than in the hospital

• it can be used in a court of law

The suffix -gram means "________."

• process of recording

• picture; record

• x-ray

• instrument used to examine

The plural form for the word phalanx is ________.

• phalanxs

• phalanices

•  phalanges

• phalanx

The combining form ven/o- means "________."

• vein

• artery

• blood vessel

• leg

The origin of medical language is in ________.

• Latin

• Greek

• Latin and Greek

• many languages, including Latin and Greek

The combining form in the word pneumonia means "________."

• mind

• air; lung

• condition; state; thing

• surgical removal

Which suffix means "process of recording"?

• -pathy

• -graphy

• -ation

• -iatry

Which word is an example of a Latin singular noun?

• Diagnoses

• Phalanx

• Carcinoma

• Bronchus

The medical word diverticulum is a Latin noun. You would make the plural form by changing the word ending -um to ________.

• -a

• -ices

• -us

• -ae