Med Term Quiz 1/Rules/Roots

Match the following Root Words with their meanings

• Bronchus

• Abdomin/o

• Artery

• Carcin/o

• Arm

• Brachi/o

• Abdomen

• Arteri/o

• Cancer

• Bronch/o

The majority of medical terms come from ​ ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   roots/origin

• Greek
• Latin
• English
• French
• Russian
• German

Suffixes usually indicate ​a ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• procedure
• condition
• location
• time
• foundation

Name the 5 basic word parts

• Prefix, suffix, root word, compound word, combining vowel

• Prefix, suffix, root word, combining vowel, and consonant

• Prefix, suffix, combining vowel, and combining form

Match the terms with their meanings

• Heart

• Cardi/o

• Skin

• Encephal/o

• Brain

• Colo

• Colon

• Derm

• Cell

• Cyto

How do you read a medical term?

• start at the end

• start at the beginning

• start in the middle

In what order should a medical term be written?

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Prefix

All medical terms have prefixes

• True

• False

A combining vowel is ALWAYS used when putting 2 root words together

• True

• False

Match the following

• Lung

• My/o

• Ear

• Pulm/o

• Eye

• Ot/o

• Intestine

• Intestin/o

• Muscle

• Ocul/o, Opthalm/o