Ch 5 Medical Terminology and Body Organization Test

A(n) _____ device is a learning tool that helps students memorize information.

• acronymic

• behavioral

• assessment

• mnemonic

Medical _____ is special vocabulary that is used in healthcare and is often formed from Latin and Greek word parts.

• latin

• language

• terminology

• coding

You should only use the abbreviations approved by your healthcare facility.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a word part contained in medical terms?

• suffix

• root word

• prefix

• all of the above

A(n) _____ is sometimes needed to connect one word part to another when the second word part does not begin with a vowel.

• root word

• combining/connecting vowel

• suffix

• prefix

Which of the following terms describes the physical structures or parts of the body?

• physiology

• cell bodies

• anatomy

• none of the above

_____ describes the functions or inner workings of the body.

• physiology

• terminology

• anatomy

• pronunciation

Structures within cells are known as _____.

• anatomies

• homunculi

• suffixes

• organelles

Which of the following terms describes a group of cells of the same type working together for the same purpose?

• organ

• system

• tissue

• both A and B

Which of the following is not a type of tissue?

• epithelial

• nervous

• connective

• histological