Chapter 1 & 2- Study Guide - Tayden Bitsoie

Medical terms composed of word parts are of:

• Greek Latin origins

• French origins

• Germanic origins

• Slavic origins

A medical term that is an eponym is:

• Derived from the name of a person

• A combination of two words

• A term with no meaning

• A term with a prefix

A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase is:

• An acronym

• A synonym

• An antonym

• A homonym

The medical term "magnetic resonance imaging" is:

• A term taken from modern language

• A term from ancient Greek

• A term from Latin

• A term from Old English

Which of the following medical terms is an eponym?

• Heimlich maneuver

• Thermometer

• Arthropathy

• Subhepatic

The medical term "arthritis" is an example of:

• A term built from word parts

• A term with no root

• A term with a prefix only

• A term with a suffix only

The word part placed at the end of a word to modify its meaning is a:

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Root

• Combining form

A word root is the word part that:

• Is the core of the word

• Is at the end of the word

• Is a prefix

• Is a suffix

The word part that links a word root to a suffix is a:

• Combining vowel

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root

A combining form could best be described as a(n):

• Combination of a word root and combining vowel

• Prefix and suffix

• Root and suffix

• Prefix and root